Goosebumps swept over his skin, and I sat back, grinning in triumph. But my grin faded to something else as I swirled my hips over him. His eyes were hooded with desire. Every muscle in his body was rigid. His fingers curled into fists as if to force himself not to touch me.
I braced myself on his abdomen, enjoying the languid pleasure I wrought between us.
“Gods, yes, Kiera,” he groaned. “Dance on me, beautiful.”
I nearly lost myself.
“What did you think?” I scraped my nails over his skin. “When you saw me dancing that night?”
He hissed, thrusting up into me. I saw stars.
“I thought”—he thrust again—“of all the treasure I was there to steal that night...” And again. “I wanted to steal you instead.”
He drove upward once more, and this time, I shattered over him. I cried his name to the sky. I fell back over him, barely catching myself on his shoulders.
“Release me, Kiera,” he murmured in my ear. “Command me to touch you.”
I nodded, everything in my body feeling soft and warm. “I’m yours, Aiden.”
He uttered a fierce cry and swept me up in his arms. We rolled together, and he leaned over me, his beautiful face desperate with desire.
“Say it again,” he ordered, his hips flexing faster and faster.
Pleasure ricocheted through me, stealing my breath, my thoughts.
“Please,” he begged, even as his body showed no mercy to mine. I relished in the wildness, the power, theneed. “Please say it again.”
I tangled my fingers in his hair, yanking him closer to me. “I’m yours, Aiden.” I gave him a scorching kiss before he ripped away.
“Mine,” he growled. “Mine.”
The possession in that word, the immediate truth of it, hit me just as he struck a spot deep inside me that sent me flying off the edge into a world of golden light.
Aiden’s body shuddered, and his voice shattered over my name, like a wave over sharp rocks.
Then his arms were around me, catching me and guiding me back to him.
Our breaths gasped together. I held him to me, loving his sweaty skin against mine.
He gave me a gentle kiss on my forehead. “And I... am all yours. For as long as you wish to keep me, little thief.”
Chapter 35
Kiera
My chest warmed evenas my eyes prickled.
Gods, how I wanted to keep him. I wanted everything with him.
Every word of kindness and praise, every look of understanding, every kiss that took my breath away. Everything he did seemed to crack open my heart and fill it with him.
Somehow, I’d always known he would be my undoing.
But right now, I didn’t care.
Aiden took a corner of the blanket and cleaned both of us. Then he laid on his side and pulled my body snug against his.
I tucked my face into his shoulder and closed my eyes, breathing him in. I’d never felt such peace.
