Page 11 of Saved By the Mountain Man

I was slick, ready. He slid in deeper, and I grabbed his biceps, holding him tight, urging him in.

His cock throbbed inside me, and when he was all the way in, his pelvis ground against my clit, and I cried out.

His movements were slow, deliberate. He rocked his hips in time with my heartbeat, his cock filling me up.

His eyes were intense, looking down at me. I met his gaze and lost myself in the moment, in the pleasure.

He leaned down and kissed me, and his hand found its way to my throat. He slid his thumb along it, his hands large. Tanner had always been so strong, so powerful. His body covered mine on the bed, a giant against me. But his power was in his restraint. He knew just how much to push, how much to give before he had to hold back. And that was so much more incredible than any other power.

I wrapped my legs tighter around his waist, and his cock pulsed inside me, filling me. He rocked his hips faster and deeper, and the bed slammed against the wall. The windows rattled, and I cried out, dragged back into a world that was perfect; this was us, and nothing else mattered.

My orgasm was building, and it came like a wave and washed over me. It spread through my body like warm water, and I was dizzy with pleasure, lost to the sensations.

Tanner kissed me, his tongue sliding along mine, and he pumped faster, harder, deeper; he was growling now, a low and guttural noise, and then he came.

His cock pulsed inside me, his cum filling me up, and then his muscles relaxed, and he sank down on top of me.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he murmured in my ear. “Why are you here?”

“What?”

“Rae.”

“Tanner,” I breathed and closed my arms tighter around his neck, but he was gone.

I opened my eyes, the darkness wrapping itself around me. I was alone in my bed in the cabin. Tanner wasn’t here.

I suddenly felt empty and alone.

I slipped out of bed but dragged the cover with me, wrapping it tightly around me against the cold. I walked to the little window and looked out over the dark forest, the trees that hid Tanner from view, somewhere up there.

My mind echoed with his same question, asking me over and over again.

Why are you here?

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TANNER

Iwoke up at the crack of dawn, the dregs of sleep still tugging at me, but nerves twisted in my stomach. I wasn’t going to be able to sleep again.

I got up and got dressed, pulling on the khaki cargo pants with all its pockets, a sweater, and a fur coat over that.

I had my knife on me and a gun holstered at my lower back.

My plan wasn’t to shoot anyone if I didn’t have to, but there was no telling who could jump out from behind the trees.

Besides, I wasn’t in the mood to face-off with a mountain lion or a bear, either.

It was careless to wave a gun around, but it was stupid to go out into the mountains without one.

The sun was barely cresting over the mountains when I made my way toward town. My cabin, nestled deep in the woods, had everything I needed to sustain myself, but today I felt an itch—a pull that tugged at my soul I couldn’t just ignore.

It had been days since Rae had shown up out of the blue, and she was all I could think about. Her face, her voice, the way shelooked at me with a mix of anger and something else. Something that stirred old memories and feelings I’d buried deep.

Fuck, I had to stop thinking about her. For all intents and purposes, she didn’t exist in my life anymore.

But then, she washere. And I hadn’t seen her at all.

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