Her gaze lost the distracted look, and her mouth twisted. “I’ve seen naked men. Not up close and personal, but I’ve watched nature channels, for goodness’ sake. And none of those men were built like you. Good heavens, give a girl a moment, will you?” she said, her gaze returning to the part of him that was straining toward her.
Garrin eased down her body and looked up at her with hooded eyes. He unbuttoned her pants and slid them down her legs, kissing her thigh and lifting her leg to kiss her calf, his tongue darting out and touching the back of her knee. “Take all the time you need.”
Lex’s eyes widened. “Moment’s over—keep going.”
“Indeed.” Lex’s skin was incredibly soft, with the intoxicating sweet scent ofbruneand wildflowers.
He looked up, and her face scrunched as though she were perplexed. “You’re very good at this.”
“Shh, I’m working.” He discarded her pants off to the side and inched up her body, taking his time and kissing her as he went. He kissed the crease between her leg and sex, and Lex’s breath caught. He glanced up. “Anytime you wish me to stop…”
“Why would I want you to stop?”
“This is your first time. I don’t want you to do anything you’re not comfortable with.”
She let out a breathy sigh as he kissed her breasts through her bra. “Pretty comfortable. Don’t stop.”
* * *
Lex ranher hands over Garrin’s body as he unclasped her bra one-handed.
Fae women didn’t wear bras, so she really didn’t want to know where he’d learned that trick.
Her breasts were larger now, her body taller and slightly different after the magic that hid her true self had dissipated. And Garrin worshiped every inch of her until she was shaking with want.
She felt his body, hard and warm against her chest—his erection against her thigh—but he didn’t press forward. He kissed her mouth, her neck, her stomach, and finally began to slide down her panties with talented, sensual fingers.
Lex’s heart pounded, and she arched toward him. She didn’t realize until now how much she’d craved Garrin. This was the man she’d waited for all her life.
He shifted and centered himself at her entrance.
“Wait.” She pressed her hand to his chest. “What about birth control?”
He kissed her jaw and ran his nose over her cheek, sending a shiver through her. “Fae don’t reproduce easily. It takes hundreds of years to sire a child. The chances we would conceive this day are nearly zero.”
Okay, she’d heard something like that. It made sense. Still, it had been programmed into her that you never had sex without protection, and now her brain was battling Fae conception problems with Earth’s birth-control practices.
Lex kissed him and ran her hands down his back, pulling him closer. “Fae don’t carry diseases, according to Elena, who fought the only known one. But pregnancy? You don’t understand how much it’s been hammered in my brain as a human to never have unprotected sex.”
He lifted his head. “But you’ve never had sex.”
“Exactly! I don’t know what I’m doing, and I feel like we should use birth control.”
Garrin flinched. “That is an appalling notion. However, if it pleases you, there are…precautionsI can take. Given my potency in everything, it would not surprise me to get you with child the first time.”
Lex frowned, then jerked his head down and kissed him, nibbling the corner of his mouth. “I can see how well those precautions worked, since we are allied withseveralHalven.”
He slid his hand along the side of her breast. “Not all Fae are as gentlemanly as I.”
Garrin didn’t rush things, even though Lex was ready to explode. He touched her with practiced hands and kissed her passionately until her desire bordered on frenzy. And then, in slow increments, he entered her.
Lex stared into Garrin’s fathomless blue eyes. His mouth was tense, and she leaned up and kissed it. “Are you okay?”
“I’m trying to go slowly, and it is a lesson in patience.”
Nothing he did hurt her. “Don’t go slow.”
She didn’t need to tell him twice. He dropped his head and moved deeper until he was fully seated, which should have blown her mind, given his size, but she felt too good to think clearly. He was kissing her and moving, and her body clenched his.
