Page 19 of Sadie's Highlander (Highland Protector 1)

God a’mighty, she’s tryin’ t’kill me.That delectable arse and that sweet prize between her thighs, winking at him with those glistening wet folds with every sway of her hips. How many times had he fantasized about bending her over the porch railing?

Totally ignoring him, Sadie hooked the loop of her backpack with one finger and pulled it over in front of her. She yanked open the zipper to one of the side pockets, digging into the depths of the bag like a starving waif searching for food. Her face lit up with a smug, satisfied look as she pulled her hand out of the bag—clutching several condom packets. “I brought some.”

Suddenly, all was right in the world—or at least this very heated corner of it. “So ye wanted me too?” That knowledge hardened his cock to an alarming level.Must get control.He’d be damned if he made it this far just to spill himself afore he was well seated inside her bliss.

“Definitely,” Sadie breathed out as she slowly crawled toward him. “I guess I’ve wanted you since the day I saw you swinging that sword in the practice ring.” A devilish smile lit her face as her gaze lowered to his crotch. “How well do you swingthatsword?”

“With deadly accuracy, I assure ye.” Alec met her halfway and rolled her beneath him.

Sadie tore open the packet, pulled free the condom, then nudged a quick teasing kiss to his collarbone as she pushed him away. “Allow me to sheath your sword, my chieftain.”

Alec obligingly rolled to his back, swallowing hard and praying for control as Sadie kissed her way down the center of his chest, then traced a fingernail down his stomach. As she nipped and tongued her way ever lower, Alec clenched the blankets in his fists. “Yer a cruel woman, Mistress Sadie Williams,” he said in a strained growl as she swiped her tongue around the head of his cock.

“You ain’t seen nothin’ yet,” she promised, then sucked him in deep and hard with long, slow strokes of her tongue while her hand teased his balls with light, tickling caresses.

Sons a bitches. Such torturous pleasure. Must stop her afore I explode.

“By the gods!” Alec forced himself to lift her away, holding her just above his throbbing cock. “The sheath. I beg ye. Now.”

Without a word, Sadie smoothed the condom down the aching length of him, then crawled her way up his body, coming to a stop when she was high enough to cradle his face between her breasts. She reached down between them, took his cock in one hand, and rubbed the tip of it back and forth across her slick opening.

“Enough teasing,” Alec said. He grabbed her hips and thrust upward, encasing himself in the wet heat he’d needed for so long.

Arching her back, Sadie wiggled until she was well seated all the way to the hilt. “Damn,” she gasped as she closed her eyes. She raked her fingers down his chest, threw her head back, and rocked back and forth. “Nowthat’sa sword.”

Alec matched her every move, bucking his hips to her rhythm as she rode him faster and harder. Sadie slammed her hands to his chest, panting and gasping as the building orgasm tensed her delicious heat around him, squeezing with an intensity that dared him to plunge even deeper.

Rolling her to lie beneath him, Alec settled himself between her legs. He shuddered with slipping control as he slowly withdrew to the tip, then shoved back in. Three more times he managed the teasing stroke. “God a’mighty, I can take n’more.”

“Good, ’cause I can’t either,” Sadie gasped, arching and bucking beneath him. “Now,” she begged, raking her nails up his thighs and clenching his ass, pulling him in deeper.

“As the lady wishes,” Alec groaned, then pounded into her, moving ever faster with the hammering rhythm both their bodies needed.

The quiet, secluded clearing wasn’t quiet anymore.

Chapter 9

A rumbling gurgle vibrated up between them. Sadie forced her eyes open and barely lifted herself up, propping her cheek on Alec’s bare shoulder. She looked around the peaceful clearing. Another deep gut rumble vibrated against her.Sounds like I’m not the only one starving. Wonder how long we’ve been asleep?Before she could move or wake Alec, her stomach growled in response.

Alec didn’t open his eyes, but his lopsided smile grew exponentially as he shook with silent laughter. “Our bodies are speakin’ to one another. They’re well pleased to finally be together.”

“I think they’re trying to tell us it’s time to refuel.” Sadie patted his arm, then rolled away, scooping up his crumpled plaid from the edge of the pallet to pull it across her chest and hurriedly wrap it around her body. She couldn’t explain the sudden need to cover herself—especially after the epic romp they’d just enjoyed—but something had drastically changed, become lost or messed up while they slept. She just wasn’t comfortable sitting in the clearing wearing nothing but sunshine. Brazen, lusty Sadie was gone. Insecure,I wasn’t going to be Delia’s rented-out whoreSadie had arrived to overdose her with a nauseating hit of guilt and second-guessing and shove a wad ofwhy the hell did you do thatdown her throat.

Sadie clamped the plaid around her body with her arms while she massaged her suddenly throbbing temples.What the hell is wrong with me? I wanted to sleep with him. I wanted sex. I am not the victim here.And yet somehow…for some reason…she felt like she’d just been played. The stupid fat girl had just taken the bait and fallen for the joke. Hook, line, and sinker. Delia was probably hidden somewhere up the hillside with a set of binoculars, laughing her ass off.Now I’m really being stupid. Delia would never set foot in the woods. She’d send a flunky with a camera.

Alec rolled toward her, hooked a finger in a fold of the material gathered at her chest, and yanked it away. “What did I tell ye about hidin’ yer beauty from me?” His blue eyes flashed dark and stormy as the sea, filled with that libido-stoking fire that had earlier signaled the beginning of round two—or had it been round three—before they’d both passed out in a post-orgasmic coma?What the hell difference does it make now?She’d have to count the condoms to be certain, but then who really gave a rat’s ass how many times she’d been too high on humping to shield her self-respect?

She jerked the plaid back out of Alec’s grasp and cloaked it around her shoulders. “Stop it!” The request came out sharper than she’d intended. She pulled in a deep breath, held it, then slowly blew it out. She needed to calm down and play this cool—not sound like a wounded animal.

Alec frowned, then drew back and folded his hands across his stomach, looking at her as though he was trying to figure out what he’d done wrong.

“And you can stop looking at me like that too.”Dammit. That is not playing it cool.She yanked the plaid tighter around her body and gritted her teeth.I need food and space so I can think this through. I can’t believe I just spent the last few hours rutting in mindless abandon. How could I not see this was one of Delia’s traps? Now what the hell do I do? Chew my arm off to get away? Tell him, “Oops. Sorry. Didn’t mean to do that”?“I can besucha stupid bitch sometimes,” she whispered out in a defeated hiss. “I should know better by now.”

“Sadie?”

Alec sounded wary, extremely concerned, definitely confused, and maybe a little hurt. Wasn’t it amazing how many emotions one could read in a tone of voice? The part of his tone that bothered her the most was that he sounded like he actually cared.

Sadie closed her eyes. He’d seemed so—there wasn’t a word in any language she knew that could describe how he’d made her feel. And it wasn’t just the physically satisfying part of the sex. He’d made her feel there was…more.

---