At his drawl, heat suffused her cheeks. “You’re big—”
She snapped her mouth shut. Dammit.
“Oh?” He arched a brow, clearly amused now. “Then I’ll show you just how amazingly well we’ll fit.” He grasped her by the waist, lifted, and positioned her astride him.
Her gaze lowered to the hard length between her thighs. She gripped his cock, swiping her thumb over the head, and smoothing the precum over the rounded crown and the piercing.
“Fuck…” a groan escaped him. A pulse jumped on his tense jaw, his stare burning with need. For her. Her heart tripped. “Ride me,moró,” he whispered.
She blinked, then biting back a smile, she dragged herself down his body, letting him feel her heat. His irises flamed white. She settled between his thighs and licked him over the head and the barbell, then ran her tongue down his rigid length.
“Shadow.” A growl escaped him, and his fingers grasped her hair, stopping her. “It’s been too damn long. Don’t play with me.”
“What? Two weeks?” she teased.
He shook his head and brought her back up his body. “Later, you can do whatever you want, but right now, I need to be inside you.” He captured her mouth in a soul-scorching kiss, scattering her playfulness, then said softly, “Try millennia.”
She reared back, her mouth dropping open. “What? How—”
He kissed her, cutting off her questions. “I’ve been a Guardian for over three and half millennia,” he said against her lips. “There hasn’t been anyone until you.”
Happiness spread in a warm wave at his quiet words, melding into her heart.
He reached between her spread thighs, grasped his cock, and ran the head along her damp folds in a tormentingly slow motion, the barbell bumping her clit. Pleasure stirred, and she shut her eyes, just feeling—the sensation new, raw, and promising so much more.
“Nik, condom?” Her eyes snapped open, but he shook his head, his other hand tightening on her hip. “I can’t get you pregnant. With us immortals, only destined couples can have a babe.”
Oh. She nodded. “Good to know.”
His eyes burned bright with a need that ignited her own. “Put me inside you, Starshine.”
She lowered onto his erection. Her breath caught as her body stretched, widening, then the head breached her. She pushed more and froze, gasping at the burning pain.
“Shadow?” Nik stilled beneath her. His brow creased, then his eyes widened. “Is this your first time?”
Shadow blinked, shock stealing through her. It would seem so, wouldn’t it? Because she hadn’t known either. Stupid memory loss.
“It’s okay, I’ll make this better.” His tender tone broke through her own disbelief.
He moved and set her on her back, her hair fanning out like black silk, their bodies detaching. He shifted down between her thighs and ran his tongue along her cleft, circling her clit and gently sucking, drawing her pleasure to the surface again.
“Nik…” She writhed under his mouth, grabbing his head. “Now.”
He rose up and kissed her, then positioned himself and pushed back into her, stretching her once more. His hand slipped between them, and he rolled her aching nub, keeping her on the edge of pleasure. Her body tightened and moaned, her hips lifting. With a firm thrust, he slid through—
Shadow inhaled harshly, eyes blurring with tears, her fingers digging into his thick, inked biceps at the stinging discomfort.
Nik held himself motionless above her, the tendons straining on his neck as he waited for her to adjust to him. Then he gently brushed his lips over her wet eyes, her nose, her open mouth. “I have you,moró. Always.”
At his soft words, her heart drummed harder. Meeting his tender gaze, her entire world shifted, her emotions coalescing and expanding for this hard immortal who wanted her. And who she wanted so deeply, too.
The ache had receded, only a needy throb remained now. She touched his jaw. “I’m okay…”
Something powerful blazed in those pale eyes, then he was kissing her, deeply, possessively, and he started moving again. The slow retreat and thrust of his cock stroked her insides, the brief pain a memory as pleasure deepened…
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Teeth gritted, Nik slowly pushed back into Shadow’s tight body, her core gripping him like a damn vise. Her gorgeous starburst-hued eyes shone with tears, yet she gave him a trembling smile. His chest tightened. The urge to claim her, so she’d belong only to him, gripped him by the throat, and he struggled not to pound into her. It was her first time—
