To the possessive way he grasps my hair.
To the way his cock feels just fucking right, like it was built to fit inside me and complete a part of me I hadn’t been aware was lacking.
My orgasm slams into me, and I clamp down on him, rolling my hips and bucking on his length. He presses his feet into the bed and drives up, thrusting one final time before he groans and empties himself inside me.
Pleasure explodes through me that same way the falls burst from the top of the mountain and cascade down to the massive pool below, the scalding hot ecstasy enough to make stars explode against my eyelids and my breath rush from my lungs.
I want to live in this moment forever, to cling to the man and feeling for as long as I possibly can.
But when it finally subsides, only the tingling aftershocks left, I sink down on him, and he drops onto the bed, wrapping his arms around me and burying his face in my hair, holding me tightly to him.
Exactly where I want to be.
Making me feel safe for the first time I can ever remember.
11
LUCKY
The sun hasn’t even risen yet when I have to sneak out of Liam’s bed. I reluctantly pull out of the comfort of his warm, strong arms wrapped around me and the steady rhythm of his breath against the back of my neck.
Cooler air hits my naked skin, and I shiver as I glance over to ensure I haven’t woken him or Gizmo, but they’re both sound asleep. Liam’s thick eyelashes lie softly across his cheek, his lips slightly parted as his steady breathing makes his inked chest rise and fall gently.
I want to crawl right back into his arms and stay there forever, but first, I need a drink of water. Our activities last night have drained me, in more ways than one, and I snag Liam’s t-shirt from the floor and slide it over my head before I tiptoe down the stairs and to the kitchen.
Wow…
Even though it’s my second time seeing it, I’m still stunned by how incredible his cabin really is. Every piece of wood, every fixture, the stones laid in the two-story fireplace on the far wall, they all demonstrate how much time and attention he gave to creating this place. How much love went into it.
If Liam and his brothers decided they wanted to build luxury cabins for people up in these mountains, they could make a fortune. Although, I’m more confident now that they already have one, they just don’t live like it. Considering how long the mountain and the lumber yard have been in their family, and a few other things people have said about the McBrides as I’ve heard bits and pieces of conversations at the diner over the last couple weeks, they aren’t just powerful here.
They’re rich and very powerful.
So, when Liam made that promise to me, that I was safe up here, and told me that no one fucks with the McBrides, he meant it.
That, as much as what happened between us, gave me the best night of sleep I’ve ever had.
But I am feeling the not sleeping this morning throughout my body. The thirst. The glorious aches. The lingering tingle across my skin everywhere he touched.
A smile playing on my lips, I open the cabinet in the kitchen, searching for a glass, and have to go through two more before I finally find what I’m looking for in the darkness of pre-dawn.
I twist the faucet, fill the glass, and drink it down greedily, the same way Liam poured himself into me last night.
My entire body heats at the memory.
Good God…
Liam McBride might not be experienced when it comes to sex, but he is a fast learner and dedicated to becoming a fucking expert.
My thighs clench, my body throbbing again and demanding I climb those stairs, get into bed, and tangle myself back up with the man who has changed my world so suddenly and so damn fast.
I set down my glass next to the sink and start to make my way back to the stairs when dark movement outside one of the front windows of the cabin catches my eye and freezes me on the spot.
What the hell was that?
With darkness still engulfing the cabin and the world beyond it, it’s impossible to see what might be lurking outside, but none of the options are good.
My heart leaps into my throat.
