Page 88 of Blade's Battle
“Very.”
“Then I’m glad he was in your life.”
She hesitated, almost afraid to ask the question, of what the answer might be. “You’re not threatened by his memory?”
He pulled her to her feet. “I could no more expect you to forget him than I’d want to forget my brother or my parents. As long as you’re with me, really with me, Anna, in the moment, then Kurt cannot come between us. I understand the fear you have of getting close to me because of what happened to Kurt. Don’t let your fears control you.”
She sagged against his chest. “I’m afraid of losing you.”
“You won’t lose me,” he said with all the confidence in the world.
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because I have the smartest genetic engineer working on the solution.”
Kurt had believed in her too, but this was different. This felt more hopeful.
Before Blade unlocked the hatch, he jumped back down and drew her in tight for a kiss. “You’ll be okay?” he asked, concerned eyes searching her face for any sign of a problem.
She smiled. “I’ll be down here alone, locked in. It’s the cabin that has no security.”
“Believe me, I’m thinking about having you sleep down here for that very reason.”
“I’d go crazy if I stayed down here twenty-four seven.”
“I’ll find a way to distract you.” He trailed a finger down her neck to the side of one breast and she instantly became aroused. It wasn’t fair that he could do that to her so easily, distract her with a mere touch.
“You’re already distracting me,” she said as he licked that spot behind her ear that always made her melt. Unbidden, her hand trailed down the gloriously hard muscles of his back. A muscle rippled beneath her fingertips as if he was barely containing himself.
“I can smell you, Angel. You’re already wet for me.”
Damn him, he was right. If he kept touching her, she’d be flat on her back soon enough. She tried pushing him toward the ladder, but he backed her against the wall and pressed his hard length against her.
Her heart was racing. “Callen’s waiting up top. He’ll hear us.” She barely got the words out as he ground against her.
“I’m not the noisy one.”
That sexy, devilish grin of his made every part of her tingle. Another rocking of his hips, pressing his cock against her, had her hand moving down his length, feeling his hardness.
“Work before pleasure,” she pointed out.
“I need something to tide me over, Angel.”
A button popped. A zipper ratcheted down. And her pussy throbbed.
“Touch me,” came Blade’s voice, heavy with need.
Her hand glided to his open pants, marveling at the iron hardness beneath the silky soft skin. Her imagination took off, envisioning how wonderful that thick cock would feel inside of her, and not her ass this time. Damn. The condoms Tess had given her were back with her clothing in the cabin.
“Callen will hear us,” she objected even as she started moving her hand up and down his length, enjoying how he pressed into her palm with his eyes half-closed.
“What did I tell you back at my place?” he asked as his hand slipped under her dress and pulled her panties to the side.
She racked her brain to remember what he’d said but with his fingers sliding through her folds, her focus waned. “I don’t remember.”
“Think harder,” he said as he worked two fingers in and swirled his thumb around her clit.
Her breathing hitched, and suddenly she remembered some pearl of wisdom about not challenging him or he’d make her come and scream twice as hard. Already the sensation was building so fast that she couldn’t hold back her moan. He was right; she was noisy. She didn’t want Callen to hear them down here, in her lab of all places, and she wasn’t sure she was going to be able to contain herself if he kept rubbing her clit with his fingers still inside her.
