Page 79 of Beneath the Starlight and Storms

Hook whispers my name in a plea, in a promise and a curse and that’s all it takes to push me over the edge. I call out his name, gasping in pleasure as my release hits me like a shattering star.

I arch into it, savoring every sliver of sweet bliss before I finally open my eyes.

My breath comes out in short raspy waves as I slowly come down from my high. I try to calm my racing heart when I hear a noise to my right and glance over to my door.

My entire body freezes when I spot Hook standing in the doorway. His hands clenched at his side; his entire body strung tight like a bow while his dark eyes settle directly on me.

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My momentof pleasure soon turns to shock and then quickly morphs to embarrassment.

“What are you—I mean… How long have you been standing there?” He couldn’t have been there the entire time… could he?

I shiver as the heat in his eyes expands. “Long enough to see you come apart with my name on those beautiful lips.”

My mouth drops open at the hungry, possessive look that flashes across his face.

“I…” I scramble for something to say,anything. And end up saying the first thing that comes to my mind.

“Why are you here?” I ask and immediately regret it. This ishishome, after all. He can come and go as he pleases.

His eyes trail up and down my body as a sinful smile slides across his face. “Did you forget our little nightly routine?”

I frown at him, my mind hazy, my thoughts only on that growing heat in his eyes.

His smile morphs into something else. Something savagely, wicked. “To charge your bracelet.”

Oh.

“Tell me what you were thinking?” His voice was so husky it was almost inaudible.

“I think you should charge the bracelet and leave.” I clear my throat and glance anywhere but at him. Anywhere but the piercing gaze that tries to make me reveal my secrets.

“No,” he growls. With fire in his eyes, he moves forward until he’s leaning over me with a look that makes me melt into a puddle beneath him.

“No?” I ask as my eyes widen on his.

His gaze fills with lust. “I can make every wicked, delicious thought of yours come to life. There’s nothing your mind can come up with that I haven’t already thought of. That I haven’t already dreamed, imagined or fantasized.” His voice, deep and sensual, sends a ripple of awareness through me.

“Did I touch you?” he asks as his eyes darken.

I bite my lip, not willing to tell him.

The air around us turns electric as Hook’s smirk grows into a knowing look.

“Did we kiss?” He leans down and places a soft kiss just under my ear, making me shiver. I feel his smile as he places more kisses along my jaw and neck before moving back to my ear.

Enjoying this little push and pull game we’ve started, I keep my mouth shut, unwilling to say a word.

I’ve been starved of this kind of passion for far too long. I can no longer deny the desire flaring to life between us. Nor stop the flames now ignited, the deep ache that’s slowly consumed my thoughts. Craving every touch and taste he gives me.

“Tell me.” He groans, biting down on my ear.

Unable to help myself, I moan. “Yesss.”

He captures my mouth in a hungry kiss, teasing me until I’m aching for him. Until my entire body burns for more. More than his soft touches and hungry kisses.

He leans back all too soon, giving me a smoldering look full of heated promises. With the barest brush of his fingertips, he draws a path across my collarbone, my skin tingling as he teases me.

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