She needed to get close to him. There was a deep place in her that wanted to join with him. To be bonded in a way that went beyond their bodies—but her body was the only way that she could imagine getting that close. All she knew was that she needed him, and that she’d never be able to get enough.

Kade’s mouth on her body made her feel like she was in a deep hole that she was powerless to escape no matter how hard she tried to climb out, or that she was pushing a rock up a hill that she could never reach the top of, because every time she got close it would come rolling back down again.

Thankfully, there was a lot of pleasure to go along with that frustration.

Still, the one thing that held true was that she had a goal, a climactic place that she was trying to get to, and she was powerless to guide her movements. Kade, however, had it within his power to bring her right to the edge of orgasm and then back her off again, and he made liberal use of that capability.

Yeah. He definitely liked to torture her, and she was realizing that she liked it, too.

She buried her fingers in his hair as he devoured her breasts, making her feel like the most desirable woman he’d ever seen. The way he moved his mouth against her was more than just going through the motions. It was expressing what was in his heart. It was worshipful, full of awe and love.

“Please,” she pleaded as the empty ache that only Kade could fill grew unbearable.

He reached between their sweat-laced bodies and she felt the plump crown of his shaft press against her slick entrance. Eagerly, she spread her thighs farther apart and tilted her hips up in desperation. Her efforts were rewarded as he entered her slowly, at an excruciatingly seductive pace.

His face was buried in her neck and she loved feeling the heat of his breath and the weight of his body as he stretched her inner walls to the point where pain met pleasure.

Her hands raked his back as he began pulling out and then pressing back into her in deep, commanding strokes. As his pace grew faster, so did his breathing. She clutched onto him, pulling him as close to her as possible. Their skin was slick and the friction of their bodies rubbing against one another only added to the acute arousal consuming her.

Kade thrust into her over and over again, his powerful muscles giving real weight to the movements. Her second orgasm started nearly on the heels of her first—and this one took her almost completely by surprise, as well. It crashed through her like a freight train and she was the damsel, hapless on the tracks in its path.

Whereas the first two climaxes he’d given her had gone off like firecrackers, exploding through a million different parts of her body at once, this one was just one tidal wave after another of pleasure pounding through her body, knocking her down to the sand with each powerful break.

She maintained enough presence of mind to realize by the tightening of his muscles and the desperate quality of his grunts that he was plunging over the edge at the same time she was. Knowing they were sharing the experience, reaching their climax together, only intensified her own orgasm, something she would not have thought was possible.

There was nothing in her life now that she didn’t want to share with Kade. The good was made sweeter by experiencing it together, and even the hard times would be made so much more bearable because he would be by her side. They were a team. Together, always.

A silent cry ripped from deep within her soul as pleasure that caused stars to whirl behind her eyes rocked her. Her entire body convulsed under the sheer magnitude of her release.

She was still drifting back down to earth when Kade masterfully flipped their positions so he was lying on his back and she was draped over him. A grin tilted her lips. There were definite benefits of being with someone who grappled for a living. She loved that he could handle her with skill and expertise. It was hot because she knew he would only ever use his primal power to pleasure her.

He pulled her against him and she rested her cheek on his chest as he kissed her on the top of her head. “I love you.”

There was nothing better than hearing those words from the man that she’d loved her entire life.

Anchored by the simple, tender strokes of Kade’s fingers through her hair, she sighed, contentedly, “I love you, too.”

Her wildest dream had just come true, and it was even better than she’d ever imagined it could be.