Chapter 21
Need, feverish and all-consuming, coursed molten and wild through Manu’s veins, demanding that he take her. Claim her.
The sight of her lips, swollen from his kiss, brought a possessive reaction he’d never felt before.
He looked lower to her well-endowed breasts, barely held by their bindings.
His fingers itched to release them and cup the voluptuous orbs in his palms that instant.
Somehow, he kept the urge in check to continue his perusal along the indent of her waist and over her hips, showcasing her hourglass figure and making his mouth water.
The soft cream material resting on her hips and covering her sex begged to be removed. Before he knew it, he was on his knees. His fingers brushed her ankles and stroked up her toned legs to her thighs. He hooked his thumb in the band of her underwear and traced upward.
Her breath hitched, making his blood run hotter. With his hands holding her hips, he looked up, their gazes colliding. He refused to let her look away as he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the silky material just above her sex.
Her lips parted as her chest heaved. But it was her eyes, smoldering with need, that undid him.
He tugged her underwear over her hips and down her legs until they dropped around her ankles.
Then, never breaking eye contact, he ran his hand around the back of her calf to her knee to lift one leg before settling it on his shoulder.
She bit her bottom lip and flattened her hands on the wall as he brought his mouth to her core and licked her. A half-sigh, half-moan fell from her lips as her eyes closed. He then turned his attention to her sex. He parted the dark curls and found her clit, circling it with his tongue.
He licked and laved, teased and savored, until she trembled, her hips rocking against his mouth.
Only then did he slide a finger inside her wet heat.
Her fingers curled in his hair, holding his head against her as her moans became louder.
He could feel how close she was and added a second finger to the first.
Inej was mindless with wanton pleasure. Nothing existed beyond Manu and what he was doing to her. She both yearned for release and pulled back from it, not ready for any of it to end.
She gasped as his fingers found that perfect spot, robbing her of breath and thought. Desire wound tighter and tighter, pushing her ever closer to orgasm. His fingers and tongue skillfully worked her body until all that mattered was easing the ache, reaching for the ecstasy that awaited.
The first wave of carnality slammed into her with unnatural force. She clutched his head and ground against him, riding the hedonistic storm as if it were her last. It tossed her about, showering her with stars and dropping her into a void of never-ending bliss.
It could have been hours or days before she finally came back into her body.
He placed light kisses against the inside of her thigh that rested over his shoulder.
She loosened her fingers and released his hair.
He was beyond tender as he lowered her leg.
She only opened her eyes when he stood, his fingers trailing lightly up her body as he did.
She was snagged by the hunger, longing, and clawing need in his ebony orbs.
She had never met someone with the same raging fire inside them as she had.
Until now. Manu was nothing like she had expected.
He ran hotter, burned brighter than anyone she had ever encountered.
Now that she stood within his fiery blaze, there was no escaping, even if she wanted to.
His hands came to rest on either side of her head as he lowered his mouth to hers, kissing her deeply so she tasted the pleasure he had brought her on his tongue.
As quickly as the kiss began, he pulled away to look down at her once more.
She thought she knew what kind of elf Manu was, but she had been so very wrong.
The thought that she could hold back in his arms had been laughable.
He demanded complete surrender, and she had given it to him without a second thought.
If she proceeded with this game, would she be the same afterward? At the moment, she didn’t care.
She unlaced the bindings around her chest. His dark eyes lowered to her breasts as the material fell away.
His nostrils flared, causing her stomach to flutter.
Her breasts swelled beneath his gaze. Then, finally, he cupped a globe in his large hand, gently massaging it.
His onyx eyes met hers just as he ran a thumb over her nipple.
The sight of Inej’s magnificent breasts made his balls tighten, and his cock jump. They were glorious, and more than a handful. The weight of them felt right in his palm, but it was the sight of the pebbled, dark brown nipples begging for his mouth that he focused on.
He bent and wrapped his lips around the taut peak, swirling his tongue around it. She arched against him. Her hands gripped his shoulders as she moaned. He drew her nipple deep into his mouth and felt her shudder against him.
Her skin was softer than any fur. Her moans were the sweetest sound he had ever heard. Her supple body was as willing and eager for pleasure as he was to give it. Inej was quickly becoming his obsession—to learn and to claim.
He moved to her other breast and lightly nipped the peak.
She cried out, the sound filled with surprise and enjoyment.
He had wanted a taste of her, and now that he had it, he was addicted.
Her scent, her touch…her moans. She was uninhibited, utterly abandoned.
The fire within her matched his, something that he had never encountered before.
Manu lifted his head to look at her. She was gasping for air, her chest heaving as she looked at him through heavy-lidded eyes. He needed to be inside her, to have her clenching around his cock. But first, he wanted them skin-to-skin.
He reached behind his head and grabbed his shirt, yanking it over his head and tossing it away. He stilled at the sight of her hands poised above his chest, as if she were suddenly afraid of touching him. He forgot about removing the rest of his clothes as he watched her.
Inej had seen his bare chest, but that was before he had brought her such unbelievable pleasure.
She hadn’t dared to touch him then. Yet, even now, as she sought to feel his warm skin beneath her palm, she hesitated.
Something inside made her pause, issuing a silent warning.
Almost as if cautioning her about continuing down this path.
She had imagined that Manu would be like others, those she could share a respite with and then forget.
There was nowhere for her to escape to this time.
She was supposed to leave, wasn’t she? She couldn’t think with her body awash with desire that demanded she give in to it.
There was something she was supposed to do, something important.
His fingers slowly, gently wrapped around her wrist. Her gaze jerked to his face. It was a mistake to look into his eyes again. She was already overwhelmed by her needs, but his were palpable—a living, breathing entity that wanted her, beseeched her, drew her closer. And she freely went.
He placed her hand on his chest and waited.
She forgot about his striking eyes and found herself eyeing his chest. Heat radiated from him, seeping into her palm and running along her arm.
She spread both hands over his impressive torso, feeling the strength beneath her palms. She glided lower, over the ridges and valleys of his abdomen, as it tapered to a trim waist and narrow hips.
Her hands halted at the waist of his pants.
Then all she could think about was the bulge she saw there.
A sound that was part growl, part groan filled the room, right before his arms locked around her, and his mouth seized hers for another breath-stealing kiss.
She melted against him, wanting more. He kissed her as if she were the essence of life itself and he would die without her. She tasted his need, his longing.
And matched it with her own.
Something bumped into the back of her legs.
Then suddenly, his mouth was gone. She tightened her grip on his shoulders, not knowing when she had latched onto him, and opened her eyes.
Somehow, they had crossed the room to the bed.
She became acutely aware of his arousal against her stomach.
She wasn’t sure when he had rid himself of the rest of his clothes, but it was one less thing she needed to take care of.
Inej turned him so that he backed up to the bed. Then, she gave him a gentle shove so he fell back. As he rose up on one elbow, she looked down at him. His clothes had hidden a glorious body rippling with muscle and power.
She glanced at his hands that could call his magic in an instant and strike her down.
It was one of the reasons she had never bedded an elf, but that concern seemed as far away as the sun at the moment.
Her gaze moved over his stomach to his cock, hard and straining upward.
A bead of moisture formed on the head as if calling to her.
He froze, waiting, watching when she dropped to her knees and ran her hands along his powerful thighs. She caressed his skin, moving toward his arousal. He stopped breathing when she neared. The moment she wrapped first one hand and then the other around him, he finally dragged in a ragged breath.
“Inej,” he growled seductively.
The sound of her name on his lips sent a shiver of excitement through her. She stroked up and down on his thick rod, marveling at his size. She leaned forward, her lips parted and ready to slide over him, when he stopped her. She looked up to find his face pinched.
“One touch. That’s all it will take,” he rasped.
Could she really do that to him? Her, a human? That kind of power was heady. She could finish him now. Her sex throbbed, making her squeeze her legs together. But that wasn’t what she wanted.
She wanted a taste of him, and she would get it. But first, she wanted to feel him moving inside her. She crawled over him to straddle his hips, and if it were possible, the dark pools of his eyes blazed even brighter with longing.
He lay back as she halted with her hands on either side of his face.
Slowly, she sat back. She sucked in a breath when her sex brushed his arousal.
He moved his hands to rest on her thighs, his chest rising and falling rapidly.
She rose up onto her knees and grasped his cock, holding him as she lowered herself onto him.
She was so wet. Manu fought against lifting his hips and let her take control. She was tight, causing her to move slower than he would’ve liked, but her body soon adjusted, and she took every inch. She flattened her hands on his chest and dropped her head back as she began to rock her hips.
Somehow, he held himself in check and allowed her that for several moments before he sat up and flipped her onto her back.
Her eyes widened with excitement as he began to move his hips with long, slow thrusts.
It wasn’t long before her nails raked across his back.
He quickened his tempo, driving into her hard, fast, and deep.
He watched the pleasure play over her face and knew the moment she was about to climax by the way her breath hitched. Her lips parted on a silent scream as the walls of her sex clamped around him. He followed her as they orgasmed together, his seed spilling inside her.