Page 22 of Elemental Affections

Chuckling deep in his chest, he cast aside his shirt, fingers curling in the fabric of her bodice.

“Gods all … fucking…” he growled, searching for the fastening.

Dae laughed, showing him the hidden placket at the side. He drew the long garment over her head, chucking it beside the bed. Her breastband followed. The panties went slower, gradually sliding down her legs as he kissed a trail along her thighs. He nipped playfully at the underside of her knee. Pressed a quick kiss to her clit, the sensation making Dae startle. And clench.

She yelped when he picked her up and dumped her rather unceremoniously onto the bed. His body was quick to follow, his mouth hungry as it covered hers again, stifling her moan as he palmed her breasts.

“You’re—” Dae’s breath caught as his lips circled her nipple. Her fingers wrapped in his hair, tugging him up so she could finish her thought. “You’re wearing too many clothes.”

He snorted but drew back and shucked off his trousers and boots. “Impatient.”

“Yes,” she agreed, pulling him over her.

He only kissed her once before he returned to teasing her breasts. Sucking on her nipples so they stiffened, flicking with his tongue until she writhed. Her back arched off the bed as she sought his lips.

He pressed her down and murmured into her ear as his hand trailed lower. He grinned when his exploring fingers parted her folds and found her already wet.

Her hips cuddled against his hand. She took his first finger, clenching as she tried to create more friction. Tried to feel full.

His breath ghosted across her neck in another short laugh.“Soimpatient.” He slid down again to take one of her nipples into his mouth. A second finger slid into her pussy.

Dae moaned as his fingers began to thrust in earnest. When his thumb caressed her clit, she spasmed, a hoarse scream tumbling past her lips.

“Like that, love?” He went faster, fingers making an audible squelch as they entered. “Sounds like it.”

He stroked her clit again. Dae hissed a breath as her core wound tight, pleasure spiking. Another circle andpressof his thumb, the precise curl of his embedded fingers, and Dae was gone. The orgasm had her bucking weakly in his hand, her inner walls fluttering. He rubbed slowly along her front wall, drawing whimpering, shuddery breaths from her as the electric tingles slowed.

When she was finally quiet, he withdrew his fingers, holding them up in admiration. He glanced down at her, arrogance plain upon his face. “I’m that good, eh?”

He winked at her before putting his fingers in his mouth. His eyes fluttered closed, a guttural, gratified sound rumbling at the back of his throat. Any indignation Dae might’ve felt at his teasing melted at the sound. At the look on his face, both when he marveled at her taste and when he stared down at her, wonder and hunger in his eyes.

His erection bobbed with anticipation, nudged her thigh. Dae’s chest shook with a quiet laugh as she reached for him. “More?”

“Can you?” he murmured, hand skimming across her legs.

Dae nodded. “It’s just … been a while.”

He stared at her for a moment, gave a quick shake of his head, and huffed as if in disbelief, maybe a little contempt. “That’s a damnedcrime,”he growled.

Dae agreed. Especially if this was the kind of attention she’d been missing out on. The attempts at romance with Brint had died out long ago, dropping from sporadic to nothing for the last few years. She’d forgotten what it felt like to be desired. Perhaps she’d never known at all. Not like this.

Dae watched as he coated himself with lubricant from the nondescript bottle he’d bought at the mercantile, and let him draw her to the side of the bed so he could stand. She spread her legs so he could settle between them, trying to watch as his length nosed in. Her breath caught at the stretch.

He paused. “Yes?”

Her fingers tangled in her hair, fanning out across the bed. “Yes. It’s just—gods, don’t let this go to your head—it’s just a little big, okay?”

He smirked, rolling his pelvis in a short circle so that his tip disappeared inside before sliding out. Grinned with teeth at her gasp. “Big, eh?”

“A li-little.” Dae moaned as he slowly, yet without pause, thrust in until his hips were flush against her.

His answering laugh had a predatory quality.

Dae cried out as he thrust again, her legs wrapping around his waist. She held on, angled herself up. Goddess. He was big. Filled her so completely. Satisfied something deep in her brain, in her core. The slapping of skin as he repeatedly bumped the backs of her thighs, the wet sound of his cock sucking in and out. Dae reveled in it. Squeezed him, felt a heady sort of pleasure when he groaned in response.

His large hands cupped her ass, lifted her even more, let his cock nudge a spot that made her whimper. It turned her cry to a shriek when his pace increased. Her legs shook, ankles locked together behind his back. She pulled him closer, fingers leaving her hair to clutch at his arms.

Then he reached forward, taking her clit between his fingers. As she sucked in a breath, he gave it a squeeze.

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