Page 105 of Caelum

With her shoulders exposed, I reached up and grabbed her hair, tucking it into a ponytail with my hand as the fastener. With that out of the way, I dropped my head and pressed a line of kisses down her shoulder.

The instant I did, she tensed and then sank into me. I knew this would take her by surprise, but I was patient when I had to be, and there was nothing more important in my life than this woman. Than this moment.

Not even the Alpha Unit beat this.

Whatever happened to me, whether I made it to Top Enforcer or if I crashed and burned and was injured in the line of duty, Eve would be there. For the peaks and troughs of my life, she’d be there through it all.

That meant she was my fucking everything.

I pressed more fluttering kisses to her silky skin, letting my lips tickle her, letting my warm breath wash over her. When I reached the ball of her shoulder, I used my tongue to trail a line back up to her neck, and I didn’t stop until I was suckling on her earlobe.

The soft whimper that escaped her nearly felled me. My cock hardened, and I knew she felt it because she stiffened once more before relaxing as I sucked on that tender piece of flesh. Nibbling on it, enjoying her sensitivity, I grabbed her hair tighter in my fist and tugged her head back.

With her positioned just so, I whispered in her ear, “You’re mine.”

I didn’t let her argue, instead I, once again, used my grip on her to twist her around slightly so I could connect my mouth with hers.

She was tense and uneasy as I pressed our lips together. I knew she was nervous, unsure about how to do this, so I coached her. Guided her. Showed her what I wanted, taught her what she needed.

After a few moments, her mouth opened and she let me thrust my tongue inside. When I did, she whimpered into my mouth, and I used my free hand to reach down and cup her breast. As I squeezed, she arched up onto her tiptoes, and I smiled through the kiss, loving how responsive she was.

I pulled back, enjoying the wetness of her lips before I ran my nose along her jawline, moving back to her shoulder and throat. Nipping and suckling here and there, leaving my mark for all to see, I teased her until she was writhing against me.

With one hand in her hair and the other on her breast, she was in my arms, but more than that, she was with me every step of the way.

The fire in her called to me, and it soothed the intense burn I’d been dealing with since she’d arrived here and set me ablaze with her unfinished Claiming.

I lifted her hair higher and pressed an open-mouthed kiss to her nape. When her knees wobbled, I clamped my arm against her belly and hauled her up while I pushed her forward, letting her cling to the wall for support.

Sucking harder on that sensitive knot of flesh, I almost wept at the sound of her moan. The pleasure-loaded sound had me clenching every muscle in my body as I urged myself to focus on her.

Moving her hair to the other side, I repeated my earlier moves, tracing kisses where I could until I tickled my tongue along the bony flesh before suckling her earlobe. This time, my hold on her hair was harder, firmer, and she yelped at my rough touch before she melted in my arms, her lips pressing into mine with such need that I burned with her.

I’d hoped if I had a Chosen that she’d be like this, and those hopes had wavered in the face of how innocent Eve was. I hadn’t anticipated this. Couldn’t have. But here she was. Surprising the hell out of me.

With her mouth on mine, I thrust my tongue into her, longing for the day when my cock would be inside her. When we’d be united in a way that would tie us forever.

Her body wriggled against mine in a sinuous wave that had her soft ass cheeks rubbing my cock with every jerk of her form. It was heaven and hell, and I wasn’t about to complain. A part of me wondered if I could get her to come, and another part wondered if that was taking shit too far.

As I thrust my tongue into her mouth, fucking her with it, her body seemed to spark in my arms, and it urged me to do something I hadn’t expected. Pushing her harder into the wall, I lodged one knee between hers and parted her legs a little wider.

Releasing my hold on her hair, I smoothed that hand down over her breast, along the curve of her waist, not stopping until I reached her pussy.

She tensed in my arms once more, sensing what I was doing, but even as she froze, deep inside, she was melting. I didn’t coerce her into more. Didn’t pressure her. I just held my hand to her hip, my fingers arching toward her sex, and I kissed her, holding her deep in my embrace where she was safe and, yes, loved.

Within seconds, her focus was back on the kiss. Her tongue thrust harder against mine and, for the first time, she began sparring back with me. My blood raced in my veins, loving that she wasn’t passive, loving that she was showing me everything she had to give.

I ran my fingers along the seam of her yoga pants. The tight fitwouldn’t let her feel as much as skin to skin would, but she wasn’t ready for that. Christ, she was barely ready for this, but I wasn’t about to put a halt to it. If she said no or stop, then I would. Until then, I was in this for the long haul.

The second I rubbed my fingers along that seam, she tensed so hard I wasn’t sure whether she was terrified or locked into a pleasure so deep she was frozen.

When her tongue stopped thrusting against mine, I paused, but I kept my fingers where they were, rubbing a circle over the top of her pussy where I knew her clit would be.

Her breath staggered from her chest in huge gulps, but she wasn’t pushing me away, she was sinking harder into my hold. I let her face forward, and instead, dropped my mouth to her shoulder where I began to kiss and nip at her once more.

Her movements were jerky now, not sinuous and rhythmic. I felt her intent. Felt her soul’s intent too.

They knew they were chasing something, but they weren’t sure what.

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