He gathered her into an embrace—so warm, so very right.
“What are you thinking?” she asked.
“I cannot decide if I should kiss you or tell you to rest.”
“When in doubt,” she glanced up through her lashes, “always go with the kissing.”
She yelped when he lifted her from the floor. She wound her arms around his neck as he carried her over to the bed. He knelt on the mattress with one knee and gently laid her down.
“You,” she said, “are the embodiment of words I’ve never understood.”
“What words?” he asked.
“Home.” She arched up and kissed his right cheek and then his left. “And quite definitely love.”
He brushed his lips over hers. “Make circles on my spine.”
She blinked. “Do I do that?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “No matter how long we were apart, I never forgot your touch.”
She danced her fingers softly down his spine. “And I never forgot your scent.”
“You didn’t, did you?” He closed his eyes as her fingers swirled. “That night at fairy rocks you told me I smelled like me.”
“No,” she said, “I told the captain he smelled like you.”
Chev lifted the side of his lip in a lopsided, devilish smile. “Cavorting with the Captain was very naughty of you.”
“It was, wasn’t it?” she wrinkled her little upturned nose.
He nodded, made a disapproving face andtsked.
“You’re irresistible.” She shrugged against the pillows. “What can I say?”
He locked her in a kiss and rolled them both, so that he was on his back and she was draped across his chest.
He stilled the tremor in his heart by keeping his gaze locked inside of hers.
No hunger for dominion lingered in the depths of her eyes. Only wonder. And love. And tenderness.
Infinitetenderness.
She shifted her weight and her breasts brushed against his chest. She traced the arch of his brow, his cheek bones, his nose.
Desire pooled in his groin.
“Take off your shift,” he said.
She rose to her knees drew the white linen over her head.
He undid his falls and lifted out his manhood. Stroking it as she stared until he was fully hard.
“Straddle me.”
Shyly, she cast one leg over his body. He grasped her hip and guided her into place. Slowly, she lowered her body over his.
He groaned from the deepest place inside, delighting in her little gasp.
