She bucked, her mouth falling open. “Ah...”
Her gentle sound of bliss unravelled me faster.
This was what I needed.Her.Where had she been all my life? Why had I fumbled for so long without her in my arms?
Never again.
Never fucking again would I be so alone.
Her torso twisted in my arms, her hand cupping my bristle-covered jaw. “I can feel you.”
Fuck, she was too perceptive.
I couldn’t speak.
Nila’s lips tilted into a sensual smile. “I can feel so much when you let go. When you let me in.”
I kissed her.
I had no choice.
Her body wriggled against mine as I slipped another finger inside her pussy, rubbing her clit with my thumb.
“You’re so fucking gorgeous...so strong.” Words spilled from my mouth, disappearing into her hair, down her back, dripping into the water. “I’m so damn hard, I’m in agony. All my life, something was missing. And now I’ve found it.” I rocked my dick against her, making my need so much worse. “I found you. I stole you. I took you from others who didn’t appreciate the gift of what you are, and now I’m never letting you go.”
She moaned, her eyes blazing with lust.
I thrust again, welcoming the heat and bliss of being naked with this woman. “See what you do to me? See how much I need to crawl inside you and never fucking leave?” I rolled my hips, panting at the delicious friction.
Nila gasped, her spine bowing in invitation. “God, don’t stop. Tell me everything. Don’t be afraid. If you want me to beg, I’ll beg. If you want me to scream, I’ll scream. Just...” Her legs spread in the water as she bent over the side, looking at me over her shoulder. “Just never stop being honest with me. This...what you’re giving me, Jethro, it makes everything worthwhile. It makes everything I believedreal.”
Her cheeks glistened as she smiled through her tears. “Nothing could’ve prepared me for this. Nothing could’ve taught me to feel this way. I’m ready to forget everything. I’m ready to be selfish and stealyou like you stole me.”
She cried out as I thrust my fingers deeper inside her, tearing my name from her lips.
“I—I only want you,” she groaned. “Only you. Promise me that I can keep you. Promise me.”
My heart...shit, my heart.
It unlocked.
The padlock fell free.
Her words were a key. Her forgiveness and love and strength and everything that made her pure stole me from my life of pain.
She changed me.
Right there.
Right then.
I became hers.
Irreversibly.
“I promise,” I swore. I needed to climb into her soul and cement everything we’d just confessed. “I’m so messed up over you. I—” I couldn’t talk anymore. I was too fucking fragile. Too overwhelmed.
I grabbed her chin, twisting her neck to kiss me. I took her mouth savage and strong. I drove my tongue past her lips and admitted once and for all that I might be a Hawk; I might be a son destined for tragedy, but none of that mattered as long as I had her.
