He placed one hand on each of her thighs, and he kissed the inside of each knee, trailing more kisses down the length of each leg. With every drop of his lips against her heated skin, Romi bucked off the bed, searching for more.

When he finally settled his mouth on her clit, she was all but thrashing on the bed, begging for an orgasm. She’d never been so turned on, so desperate to come. Xabir had made her into nothing but a puddle of want and desire.

Though he had said he wanted to take his time, he wasted none bringing her to the edge of pleasure. His tongue twirled around the hood of her clit, and he took to suckling it. It was all too much for Romi after all of the teasing. One of his thick fingers traced her entrance, never actually making it in. The teasing of it was intense, and she ground her pussy against his face shamelessly. She chased down the orgasm like it was the only thing keeping her alive.

The tingles of her climax weren’t soft as they raced her to release. She cried out Xabir’s name, and he chuckled against her sex as he kept licking her, savoring the aftershocks of her completion.

“You’re wild when you come, love. I want to see that again when you’re full of me.”

“Yes,” she moaned, already craving more of everything Xabir had to offer.

He kicked off his jeans and his boxers. His thick erection stood proudly between his legs, making Romi blush.

His eyes looked deep inside hers as he took the solid column of his cock in his hand. Romi watched, half in expectation, half in fascination as he lined himself up with her center. He eased in slowly. He never looked away from her, and when he tapped out, something clicked between them. Romi felt it deep in her soul and shivered.

“Move,” she begged, needing to get away from the pure admiration she saw in his eyes.

He did, his thrusts in and out a slow, torturous affair. Romi took hold of his muscular shoulder and held on as Xabir worked on building another orgasm deep inside her core. She clenchedthe walls of her pussy around the thick length, desperately trying to keep him within her. She needed him, all of him.

“Fuck, Xabir,” she cried out just before the orgasm hit.

It was a wall of pleasure that she crashed into, over and over again. She knew she was calling out his name, gripping his back tightly. Above her, Xabir was caught between triumphant and loving. It was an odd sort of mix, but it was a good look on him.

He trailed kisses along her jaw before capturing her mouth in a desperate kiss. It was absolute heaven to be kissed by him. Like she had needed only that to re-fill her magical tank after almost dying.

Before she had a chance to catch her breath, he flipped her over to her hands and knees.

“We’re not done yet. I am going to take you again. Hard and fast, but I’ll make it good, baby.”

Romi didn’t think she could climax so soon again, so quick, so hard. But Xabir knew just how to touch her. This was more than sex. It was a claiming, it was them coming together after almost losing each other.

“Are you ready for more, little witch?” he whispered in her ear.

“Take me,” she purred.

And he did. With one smooth thrust, he seated himself completely inside her. Romi cried out, her pussy walls still clenching from the orgasm he had just given her.

Xabir pumped in and out of her, saying her name over and over again. It was obvious this was a shifter thing. He had fought for her, now he needed to make sure she was there, that she was his.

Romi clamped down on his cock every time he reared in, desperate to come again, even if that made her greedy.

“Tell me you’re mine forever, Romi.”

“Forever,” she agreed.

Romi felt the bite on the back of her neck, and it spurred on her orgasm. She came, fast and loud, Xabir quickly falling into oblivion behind her. He kissed the mark, and then all the way down her spine and back up again.

“I’m going to love you and protect you until the day I die. In this life and the next.”

His vow was profound and resonated with her.

“Good,” Romi purred, “because I’m in love with you in a pretty big way.”

“I love you, too, my beautiful witch.”

FIFTY-SIX

Xabir couldn’t take his eyes off Romi as she curled against him on his penthouse couch, her laughter filling the room during the strip scene in “The Proposal.” The soft glow from enchanted floating candles cast a warm light across her face, making her eyes sparkle with mirth.