As if he’d read my thoughts, Kaden’s fingers drifted to the jacket I wore, deftly unfastening the buttons and peeling it down my arms. It hit the forest floor with a smack. Then he gripped my shirt with both hands and ripped it roughly down the middle.
Cool night air skimmed over my exposed breasts, peaking my nipples. Kaden’s gaze poured down my body like molten honey, and I moaned as his rough hands followed the searing trail.
My own fingers shook as I attacked his shirt, yanking the buttons open and tugging at his pants until all of our clothes were strewn across the clearing.
Kaden’s hand found the back of my neck, and he crushed his mouth to mine. My nipples brushed his hard, warm chest, sending sparks racing over my skin.
Stumbling backward, I swallowed a yelp as Kaden tackled me to the ground. We hit a layer of crumpled leaves and dirt, but he somehow cushioned my fall.
Parting my thighs, I drew him closer and inhaled his spicy, charred-cedar scent.
Fuck, why did he have to smell so good and feel so right between my legs?
Seized by a sudden frenzy of need, I kissed a trail along his jaw, nipping at his neck and shoulder as his cock came to rest against my dripping center.
“I’ve wanted you for so long,” he rasped, gliding his hard length along my sensitive folds.
“Youhaveme,” I growled, gripping his hair and capturing his mouth with a savage kiss of my own.
I needed him inside me.Now.
Maybe I’d inadvertently sent that thought down the bond, because Kaden responded with a low, feral growl. Our teeth clashed, and I tasted blood, which he licked away with a swipe of his tongue.
I moaned and rolled my hips against him, nearly crying out as his shaft dragged over sensitive flesh.
“Fuck,” he hissed, grinding his cock into my pelvis and pulling a needy whimper from my throat. “You keep doing that, little huntress, and I won’t have a chance to do this.”
His hand drifted down between us, finding my aching center. He swirled his fingers over that throbbing bundle of nerves, and I let out a shaky moan.
“So wet for me,” he rumbled in approval, moving in faster circles.
“Kaden,” I groaned.
“That’s right, little huntress,” he purred, slipping a finger into my wet heat.
I hissed and began to ride his hand, chasing the friction I needed. With every pass of his thumb over the most sensitive part of me, that coil of need wound tighter. Waves ofpleasure thrashed against some invisible dam, begging for release.
But unlike the night at the safe house, Kaden didn’t give it to me.
Withdrawing his long, skillful fingers, he fisted my hair and entered me in one hard thrust. I choked on his name as he slid home, filling me completely.
Stars winked in my vision as he hit the very end of my channel, and in that moment, I could feel himeverywhere. The taste of him was still on my tongue. His sweat clung to my skin. And as our bodies finally joined, the bond between us pulsed with power.
All at once, I felt the walls between us crumble to dust.
Gone were the long stretches of silence. The stolen glances. The painful ache in my chest every time I’d longed to touch him but couldn’t.
None of it mattered now.
There was only him and me and that brilliant golden bond, which seemed to hum in quiet contentment.
Leaning in to press a kiss to my forehead, Kaden began to move with heartbreaking gentleness. Each shift of his hips drew new sensations from my core, and I shook with the effort of containing all of him.
I gasped as he withdrew almost completely, sliding back in with care.
I rolled my hips in tandem with his, increasing the intensity of every thrust. Our bodies grew slick with sweat as we came together. I dug my nails into his shoulder blades, urging him deeper. Harder. Faster.
Kaden responded with a low growl, thrusting into me so deep I shuddered.
