Beautifully.
And when she shudders again, another tremulous orgasm overtaking her, I let myself sink into the pleasure, the warmth, the overwhelming certainty that she is mine now.
I let my hands roam,lazily stroking over her trembling body, playing with her sensitive little bud, enjoying how she jolts, clenches, whimpers.
She’s locked to me, has nowhere to go, and I have all the time in the world.
Every little movement pulls a reaction from her—tiny gasps, small shudders, sweet little whines—and I savor each one, memorizing her body, her pleasure, her surrender.
I keep her on the edge, keep her twitching and flexing around me, chasing her pleasure over and over again until she gasps, shivering, burying her face against the table.
“Ronan,” she pleads, her voice wrecked, her body exhausted and twitching beneath me. “Please…”
I smirk, kissing her shoulder, pleased with how utterly ruined she sounds.
“You’re mine now, Maya,” I murmur.
She lets out a shaky, satisfied sigh?—
And drifts off, still wrapped around me, still bound, claimed, locked.
I hold her against me, her soft breaths warm against my chest, her scent wrapped around me like a second skin.
This is bliss.
True, complete, bone-deep bliss.
If I had known what it would be like to have my mate, to feel this peace, to have this pleasure, this wholenes?—
I would have come looking for her sooner.
I nuzzle into her hair, breathing her in, and let myself finally, finally rest.
Chapter Sixteen
THE WEIGHT OF FOREVER
Maya
After an entire daywrapped up in Ronan, in his bed, his arms, his scent, I needed to return to my world.
Not because I wanted to leave, but because reality still existed beyond the walls of his secluded cabin in the woods.
We both had responsibilities.
He had his family, his duties, his life here.
I had my work, my travels, my plans to keep moving.
And yet?—
When we parted earlier, it wasn’t really a goodbye.
He expected to see me tonight for dinner.
The way he said it?—
A low, rumbled promise, the kind that sent shivers down my spine and heat pooling low in my belly?—