“Open your eyes.”
Callon’s voice broke the spell cast by his touch, and Lola’s eyes snapped open.
The sound of her breathing filled the room, and she probably should have been embarrassed, but that would have required brain cells to be working, and she was pretty sure he’d fried all of hers.So kudos to him.
“I’m going to kiss you.”Callon brushed her hair away from her face.“Questions?”
She shook her head.
“Objections?”
Shook her head again.
“You say stop, we stop.”
Nod.
Lola’s eyes drifted closed as Callon’s tongue traced the seam of her lips, coaxing them to part.She sighed into his mouth, her fingers digging into the hard planes of his shoulders.The kiss deepened, and suddenly the surrounding room faded away.There was only this—the slide of his lips against hers, the intoxicating taste of him flooding her senses.
Warmth unfurled down in her belly as Callon’s hands came up to frame her face.He angled her head to take the kiss deeper, his tongue stroking and tangling with her own.Lola clung to him, her heartbeat thundering in her veins, unable to tell where she ended and he began.
Callon nipped at her bottom lip, the sting more pleasurable than painful.His rumbling growl was all male, full of hunger and need.Lola whimpered softly when he pulled back, her lips chasing his reflexively.
“Mine,” he rasped.His pupils were wide with desire.“You’re mine,Sazzi.”
“Yours,” she whispered, trailing her fingers down the straining muscles of his neck.She was consumed by this connection, as though they were two halves of one soul.
Callon made a sound close to a purr and recaptured her mouth.Lola arched into him instinctively, heat pooling low in her abdomen.She wanted more—more of his hands on her skin, more of his addictive taste and scent overwhelming her senses.His kisses were both claiming and worshipful, and they whispered of endless nights spent learning every inch of each other.
When they finally broke apart, chests heaving, the world around them slowly came back into focus.Lola’s knees went weak at the blatant desire in Callon’s glowing eyes.If he kept looking at her like that, they’d quickly end up shedding clothes.The thought made her pulse quicken.
“Easy,Sazzi,” he murmured, brushing his thumb over her kiss-swollen bottom lip.“We have time.I’m going to savor every moment with you.”
Lola shivered at the sensual promise in his voice.Yes, they had all the time in the world now to explore this bond.And she knew without a doubt that Callon was her future, as evidenced by his kisses searing down to her soul.She trembled as Callon trailed hot, open-mouthed kisses down the slender column of her throat.His large hands slid reverently beneath her shirt, caressing the silken skin of her back and drawing her closer.
“I’ve dreamed of having you in my arms like this,” he rasped against her fluttering pulse.
Lola sighed, tilting her head to give him better access, lost in the pleasurable sensations he was evoking across her skin.She let her own hands wander, tracing the hard ridges of his abdomen and feeling them quiver under her touch.
Callon growled low in his chest when her curious fingers danced along the waistband of his jeans.In one smooth motion, he grasped her thighs and lifted her, urging her to lock her legs around his lean waist.
Gasping, Lola’s back hit the wall as he pinned her deliciously under his strength.“Behave,Sazzi, or I’ll stop kissing you.You’re not ready for more than this, no matter what your scent says.”
She immediately put her hands back on his shoulders.Then she imagined the claws of her lioness and felt them dig into his shoulders.
He grunted.
“That’s for the scent comment.”She smiled.
Callon leaned into her and pressed his face against her neck.He bit down on her hard enough to sting but not hurt.“You’re going to be the death of me, female.”
She was pretty sure in that moment she had never wanted anything more than she wanted Callon Leo.
As if reading her mind, he pulled back, and their mouths crashed together once more.Lola melted into Callon, his masculine scent and taste surrounding her.Callon broke the kiss to rasp in her ear.“I’m going to take you to bed.”
“Uh-huh.”She nodded breathlessly.
“And…” His breathing was just as hard as hers.“I’m going to?—”
