Then we broke through into an overgrown clearing.
I’d stumbled across this place while out running. It must have been a homestead at one time, but it looked as though it had been abandoned for years. The roof was gone on the house, and the barn had crumbled into a pile of rotting lumber.
I slowed to a walk as we threaded past them. I sensed her doubt as we went around the back—and her surprise when she spotted the old gazebo.
The wooden part of the structure was in pieces, but the vines that had grown up it were holding those pieces in place. They were ancient, with woody stems as big around in places as my forearm.
I pushed my way between them, but she hesitated, peering upward. “Is the whole thing ready to collapse?”
I snaked a long arm out from between the vines, and she squeaked as I hauled her inside.
She looked up, and her eyes grew wide. Light from the rising moons slanted through the leaves above us, dappling the ground below. Nothing of the floor remained, but moss grew thick, and the breeze made the shadows dance. The vines ended in huge, fragrant flowers, the petals curving back. Insects with wings that glowed hovered around and through them, as though the starlight had descended to earth.
Like it?I asked.
Love it.
Thought you would.My mindvoice was hardly more than a growl, and in fact, the enclosed space echoed with my continual, low rumble. I couldn’t shut it off. We were here, together, and alone beneath the full moons.
They look like fireflies,she said, watching the bugs.
Good name for them.My gums ached as my canines threatened to drop. My beast craved to mount her, and claim her.
Again.
I hovered on the razor’s edge. We’d passed a test the last time we’d been together. And I was eager to push the boundaries once more. I reached for her amid the dancing fireflies, and pulled her into me.
Her eyes gleamed with her own beast.Cara says I need to practice. Don’t know that she had this in mind.
Practice all you want, Angel. I’m game.And I leaned down to kiss her.
She wrapped her fingers into my hair and plundered my lips with her own, pushing her tongue into my mouth.
I broke the kiss to pull her tee shirt over her head, palming her breasts through the bra until she squirmed out of it. I yanked my shirt off, eager to feel her warmth against my naked skin.
She ran her hands over my chest, her fingers sliding lower—but I wasn’t going to cede control so fast. I spun her around until her back was to me, and held her wrists in front of her with one hand as I licked along her neck.
She arched her pelvis into mine and rubbed against my rigid flesh, eliciting a groan from me. Too much clothing in between. I had to push back on my beast, while my free hand roamed over her breasts. I tweaked the nipples, first one, and then the other, teasing, tormenting her. She tried to free her hands, but I wouldn’t let her. Instead, I slid my hand down, over her ribs, and then her belly...
My fingers followed the groove along her flank, slipping beneath the waistband of her leggings, and then beneath her panties.
Any flowers on these?I asked.
Nope. Think these have hummingbirds. She stopped struggling, her breath coming in rapid gasps as my fingers dipped deeply. They confirmed what my nose had already told me, slipping and sliding through her velvet softness.
Dammit, Matt.She writhed against my hands, both the dry one, and the wet.You are such a damned tease.
Definitely takes one to know one, Angel.
She pushed into me, and then twisted. Preoccupied with the feedback from my lower hand, the grip on the upper one slipped, and she broke free.
I was impressed.Did Aria teach you that move?
You bet. Now you’re in for it,she crowed as she spun, dropping to her knees. She yanked my sweatpants down and enfolded her soft lips around my rigid flesh.
Crikey.Which was my last coherent thought as her tongue flicked along my shaft, and then, she sucked.
My head dissolved into white noise. Until I was panting, and I sank my fingers into her hair.
