Page 61 of The Knight

His grip tightened, his breathing heavy as the kiss intensified. With him everything felt different, electric.

Breaking away, she rested her forehead against his. “When I’m with you, you fill up the dark places inside me.”

Abe’s eyes opened, his lashes grazing her cheek. His silence encouraged her.

“For so long, I thought if I didn’t fight, I’d end up like my mother.”

He cupped her jaw. “You’re your own person.”

She gave a wry laugh. “It’s taken me a long time to realize that.”

“You are so fucking beautiful.” His fingers tracked the swell of her breast, along her collarbone, igniting fire wherever he touched.

She leaned into his palm. “The things you say to get me naked.”

He caught her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. “I’m not kidding. I see you, Freya, and youarebeautiful.”

Warmth bloomed in her chest as Abe’s hands skimmed down her arms, leaving a trail of heat in their wake. He took her hands, pressing his thumbs into her palms in tiny, massaging circles before smoothing his palms over her thighs and cupping her knees.

“Just so damn beautiful and all mine,” he murmured.

She shifted, feeling his hard cock beneath her. The sensation was thrilling. Wild. She moved against him again, savoring the delicious friction.

Her hair fell loose around them as she kissed him again, fingers threading through his hair and trailing down his back. His muscles flexed under her touch, and he groaned softly.

His hands found her breasts, thumbs flicking over the erect nubs. Fire spread from her breasts to between her legs. Freya gasped, the sensation intense. It was as if her body was making up for lost time, hypersensitive after being locked down for so long, only thinking, not feeling. Wherever he touched, she went up in flames, her control evaporating like smoke.

She shifted in his lap and unbuckled his pants, releasing the hard thickness of his cock. Circling it with her hands, she stroked him, relishing the smooth skin and the groans falling from his lips as she pleasured him.

The next few days promised danger. She didn’t know how things would work out, or if there was a future for two people so different. But didn’t she deserve a chance at oblivion, even if just for a while? A chance to block out the world and all its heartache?

Without warning, Abe gripped her bottom and lifted her, carrying her to the bed. He laid her down, the sheets cool against her heated skin, before shucking off his clothes.

She bit down on her lower lip, drinking him in.

Firelight gilded the planes of his chest, highlighting the raw strength in his shoulders, the lean muscles of his abdomen. But it was the way he looked at her, like she was something precious and wild, that stole her breath.

God, she wanted his hands on her skin.On every inch of me.

With care, he parted her legs, pressing between them. His arms bracketed her body, caging her in.

She was his.

He leaned down, scattering kisses over her breasts. She arched into him, needing more as his tongue traced her skin. He sucked one nipple, letting her feel the edge of his teeth.

Pleasure erupted down every nerve, pulsing between her legs.

“Yes.” The word escaped her lips, raw and wanton, her own voice as she’d never heard it before. Abe had unlocked the woman deep within her. “Don’t stop.”

His mouth traveled to her belly, then to the waistband of her panties. He hooked his thumbs inside. No one had ever?—

With a growl, he yanked them and tossed them aside. She lay naked before him, exposed in a way she’d never allowed before. Previous encounters had always been in darkness, where men could touch but not see.

Abe saw everything.

His eyes raked over her, absorbing every detail. He grinned, bending to kiss her bellybutton. “I’ve wanted to taste you since the first moment I saw you.”

His hand slid up her thigh, dipping into her soft folds, moving gently against her slickness.

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