“We’re friends.”
He gave a sharp shake of his head, his eyes shifting even more catlike.“We’re more.”
“But—”
“Enough,” Leo barked, and he kissed her in a possessive manner as if to make sure she didn’t speak at all.
Betrys surrendered and held him close, kissing Leo back with the same urgency.His hands started to wander, exploring the parts of her he could reach.One breast.Her hip.He kissed her until raw need chased them both, and her lips were swollen and tender.His mouth traveled across her cheek, then followed her neck, taking tiny bites that made her nerve endings salute with excitement.Tendrils of desire crawled over her skin, slid through her veins to settle between her legs.
“Leo, please.I want you inside me, filling me.”
“You want me to fuck you?”he demanded.
Her eyes flew open, and their gazes met.No.No, that wasn’t what she wanted, and she saw he knew it too.
“Or do you want me to make love with you?”he whispered, his breath hot against her ear.His finger circled one of her nipples, the gentle friction driving her to distraction.She shuddered at his repeat of the action and the slow slide of his tongue.“You tell me what you want.”
“I want you.Make love to me.Please.”
“My pleasure, sweetheart.”He parted her legs with a decisive shove of his thigh between hers.She was wet and needy, the air cool on her hot flesh.
Somewhere overhead, a bird called and the solar sun shone down.His masculine scent filled each of her breaths while frissons of excitement danced across every inch of her skin.
When he guided his cock into her warmth, she swallowed and arched her hips to take him deeper.Her mouth was dry, her heart thudding, her quim on fire for his possession.
“Leo, yes,” she cried.
He forged into her flesh, stretching and filling her slick channel.“Fuck, you feel good.So perfect.”He pulled back and drove in again, and they gave a unified groan.
He feasted on her mouth, then lifted his head to reposition his attentions.He scraped his teeth over the fleshy part where her shoulder and neck met and on his next hard thrust, he bit down.
The unexpected pain brought a spike of pleasure, a surge of wetness, and a rough growl vibrated in his chest.His cock seemed to swell inside her as his tongue licked across the sensitive flesh of her upper shoulder.
She moaned, arched upward to take his hard strokes, the sweet rub of his flesh against her clit.She soared, feeling as if she were flying out of her skin.Leo kissed the spot again, and everything pulled tight inside her, detonating with a suddenness that yanked a scream from deep in her chest.It was hard to breathe, hard to contain the sensations coursing through her, hard to believe she was naked with Leo.
His tongue worked back and forth over the spot where he’d bitten her, and that seemed to prolong the spasms of pleasure.He bit her again, the wet rasp of his tongue sliding across her flesh and chasing away the prick of pain.
He shoved into her, and she clung, letting him take what he needed.Then he lifted his head and cried out with a harsh groan of enjoyment.She caught his next moan with her mouth and held him as his orgasm thundered through him.His large form shuddered as he dragged out every last sensation then stilled.
“Aw, sweetheart.”His mouth curved into a seductive smile, and his fingers smoothed across the spot where he’d bitten her.
She shivered, and her quim gave a sharp pulse around his cock.“Do that again.”
His fingers stroked back and forth, a hint of smugness sliding into his expression.“Feel good?”
“Yes.”
Leo pressed his forehead against hers, his lips curving upward at the corners.“I think it was fuckin’ great.”He speared his fingers into her wet tendrils of hair.“I like this loose.Why do you never wear it this way?”
“It gets in the way…” She sighed.“No, that’s not the truth.I’ve noticed how Iseult yanks on hair, and I saw her grab one of the servants by his hair tentacles one day.She yanked two of the tentacles off, and he almost died because I had difficulty halting the loss of life force.”Horror filled her at the memory of the streams of purple life force spurting between her fingers and pooling on the floor.“He ran off after that, and luckily for him, Iseult’s men didn’t find him.”
“That’s why I shaved off my hair.”
Betrys pulled back, then reached for his hands and squeezed them in sympathy.“I’m sorry.So sorry that I dragged you into Iseult’s world.”
“It’s in the past now.Besides, if I’d walked away from the contract offer, we wouldn’t be here now.”
She didn’t have the same facility to forgive and found it difficult to believe Leo and his family could find the generosity to let her error of judgment go.“When do you think we’ll hear from your brothers?”
