Page 49 of Ash

Earthy. Spice. And...

Aroused.

He was too.

"When the time is right," he was trying not to grit his teeth together as his cock thickened and pressed heavily against the button fly of his jeans, "I'll make love to you and at the height of your release..."

"Oh," her hands were gripping his shirt, her short, trimmed nails scratching at the fabric.

He leaned in, barely holding onto his control and nuzzled against the base of her throat where it met her shoulder.

"Ash?"

"I'll seal our bond," his bear was so close to the surface, he felt his teeth lengthening in his mouth, his eyes darkening with his bear, "with my teeth, biting into your skin, here."

He knew he was tempting fate, but there was something pulling at him. He opened his mouth over her skin and as his eyes drifted closed, he clamped his mouth over her flesh.

Ash knew that he couldn't bite her, the pain would be excruciating, but he sucked at her skin, and he felt her shudderagainst him, her head falling back heavily against his hand which was still holding her hair in his grasp.

He felt his need swell and slowly subside.

And when he felt as if he could move without dragging her against him and kissing her again and again, he loosened his hold on her hair and slowly shifted his body until she was standing before him.

Slowly, her hands released his shirt, and her eyes opened.

She seemed dazed and so incredibly beautiful to him.

"Ash..."

He smiled at her, aching to love her in any way she'd let him, and tonight, that meant letting her get sleep.

"How is that I've just met you and I feel..." She shivered a little and he moved his hands to pick up the quilt and set it back around her shoulders, tucking it around her lush body. "... so comfortable around you?"

"You don't know me, but I think you know, in your heart that I would never... never hurt you."

Suzannah stepped in and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him close. "I feel like I've finally found the place where I belong, and it's with you."

"It is." He hugged her back and feeling the exhaustion in her body, he reached down, putting his arm behind her legs, and lifted her into his arms. He took her back inside, tucked her in bed, and left as she fell into a deep, restful sleep.

He waited for hours in the dark.

Sitting and watching.

He'd seen her again.

It had been a lark for him at first.

She'd been nice enough to look at.

He'd been willing to have a little fun.

But then she wouldn't submit to him.

She should have been grateful, really.

Then, she'd locked him out of the bathroom instead of letting him in to play.

He knew she'd missed the bus, because he'd gone out to his car and waited.

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