“Bane,” she gasps, tilting her head back to give me more access. “You’re driving me crazy.”

“Good,” I growl, nibbling at the delicate column of her neck. “Because you’ve been driving me insane since the moment I met you.”

Her laugh is breathless. “I didn’t ask you to do this to me, you know.”

I slide my hands down her sides, feeling the warmth of her bare skin beneath my palm. “You didn’t have to. Your body was calling to me before you even opened your mouth.”

“Is that so?” she teases as I untie the robe, letting it fall open. “What’s it saying now?”

I pause to look at her, my gaze roaming over every inch of her exposed skin. “It’s saying, ‘Touch me. Taste me.’ Am I wrong?”

Her cheeks flush, but she doesn’t look away. “Maybe… you should find out for yourself.”

“With pleasure,” I dip my head to kiss her chest, my hands sliding lower, tracing the curves of her hips. She squirms beneath me, her breath hitching when I slip my fingers under the waistband of her panties.

“Impatient, aren’t you?”

“You’ve no idea,” I hook my thumbs under the fabric pulling it down to her legs. I glance up at her as I toss it aside.

“You’re perfect, Aria. Do you have any idea what you do to me?”

“Why don’t you show me?” she parts her legs as her hands grip the sheets. “Or are you all talk?”

I chuckle darkly. “Oh, sweetheart, I’m much more than talk.”

I trail my fingers down her inner thighs, and her body trembles beneath my touch. “You’re so wet for me,” I murmur, brushing lightly against her core, drawing a soft moan from her lips. “Tell me, Aria, do you want my fingers? My tongue? Or both?”

Her eyes widen, and she bites her lip. “Bane…”

“Say it,” I urge, my voice low and commanding. “Tell me what you want.”

Her cheeks flush deeper, but she meets my gaze. “Both. I want everything.”

“That’s my girl,” I growl, leaning down to place a feather-light kiss on her swollen nub. Her hips jerk in response, and I smirk against her skin. “You taste even better than I imagined.”

“Bane,” she gasps, her voice breaking. “Don’t tease me.”

“Oh, but I love teasing you,” I flick my tongue over her clit. “Hearing you beg is my favorite sound.”

Her hands fly to my hair, tugging me closer. “Please,” she breathes, her voice trembling. “I can’t take it. I need you.”

“Good girl,” I murmur, flattening my tongue against her, tracing slow, deliberate strokes. Her cries fill the room, her hips moving in rhythm with my movements as I lose myself in the taste of her.

“Bane… oh, God,” she moans, her voice rising as I slip a finger inside her, then another, curling them to hit the spot that makes her scream. “Yes, right there—don’t stop!”

I suck her clit into my mouth, swirling my tongue around the taut bud, then flicking the very center, over and over, until she's keening, her back arching sharply. Her fingers tangle in my hair, holding me to her, as I suckle and tease, driving her higher.

"Come for me, Aria," I whisper against her flesh. "Let go... cum all over my tongue."

As if my words were a magical command, she shudders, a violent tremor rippling through her body, her inner muscles clenchingaround nothing as her orgasm claims her. I continue to lap at her, refusing to let her escape the exquisite torment, riding out her climax until she's limp and quivering beneath me.

I kiss and nibble my way back up her body, pausing for lavish attention on her breasts, and enjoying how sensitive her peaks feel against my tongue. Her eyes are closed, a small smile curving her lips, her breaths still coming in ragged gasps.

"I want you, Aria," I murmur, my voice thick with desire. "I want to be inside you… do you want this?”

Her eyes fly open, deep pools of molten, expressing her desire. "Yes... oh, yes, please."

I roll onto my back, and haul her atop me, situating her to straddle my waist. Her heat scorches me through my pants, and I buck my hips upward, to seek more contact. Aria gasps as she feels my hardness, her eyes widening as she takes in my size.