Their Shadows billowed and teased as they swayed.
He spun away from the wall, dragging her with him as he stepped back until his legs hit the bed and he could sink down. As he lowered himself, he ran his lips over her throat, her clavicles, her chest, and down to nuzzle against her breasts while his hands settled on her hips and tugged her to stand in the V of his legs.
He looked up at her, still half afraid this was all a dream. “Do you want this, Riley? Are you sure?”
She tugged his hair, holding him with her clear gaze. “Yes. I want this. I wantyou.”
God. She humbled him. He hadn’t deserved her before, and he definitely didn’t deserve her now, but he would do everything he could to deserve her in the future.
He opened the buttons of her jeans and pulled them down along with her panties, and then helped her to tug off her shirt and bra before reaching behind his head to grab his collar and rip his own shirt away.
He was only distracted for a moment, but in that time, Riley had started sliding his zipper down, freeing his aching cock.
Slowly, more slowly than he thought he could bear, she lowered herself to her knees, vibrant auburn curls falling around her face. He wanted to tell her she was the most beautiful woman in the world. That no matter what happened when they faced the Council, he would do everything in his power to keep her safe. But then she wrapped her mouth around his cock, sucking gently at the head, and all his words disappeared.
He grunted, forcing himself to keep his eyes open so he could watch her take him. Fuck, she was gorgeous. The sight of his cock disappearing into her mouth was enough to push him right to the edge. And then she swallowed around him, and he almost flew over.
He breathed hard, reeling himself back until he could focus on calling his Shadows and sending them in a sinuous wave around her naked body.
He coiled them around her breasts, following the path with his palms until his fingers found her puckered nipples. Then he stroked a long, smooth Shadow down her back to part her buttocks, teasing her for a moment before sliding further forward to find her slick entrance.
Riley whimpered, losing her rhythm as he thickened the Shadow, sending a long shaft inside her. More circling, seeking tendrils found her clit and lapped around it again and again.
Her hips shuddered forward, chasing him, and her mouth grew sloppy, sucking harder. He could have stayed right there, balanced on the edge of soaring ecstasy forever. But he wanted even more.
“Riley, baby, you feel like heaven.” He pulled her up and shuffled them both back onto the bed, guiding her to straddle him.
He skimmed his hand down to join his Shadows at her clit, adding pressure to their rhythm. Wanting to feel her swollen flesh against his skin.
Her legs fell open, and she moaned, heated pink spreading over her chest. “I want you inside me, James. I need it.”
God. “There is nothing I want more.” His groan was tortured. “But I don’t have—”
She glanced down at her jeans, abandoned on the floor. “Back pocket.”
He didn’t waste a moment. He covered her in Shadows, holding her poised on the edge, half his mind focused on rubbing slow circles over her clit and maintaining the constant torment of her rigid nipples. Then he leaned over and pulled out the foil pack. He tore it open and unrolled it onto his aching erection before falling onto his back and guiding her over him once more.
He expected her to slide onto his cock and ride him. Instead, she moved onto all fours. Her mouth joined his for hot, shuddering kisses. Her breasts skimmed over the hair on his chest, and her soft, wet heat enfolded him as she slid her hips forward and back, rubbing and grinding along his length until he thought he would explode.
“Riley….” It was a plea. But she didn’t ease her torture any more than he had. Only when they were both panting, throbbing, desperate for relief, did she finally take him in her hand and slide him into her body.
It was better than heaven. His body was alive. Connected in a way that he hadn’t imagined would be possible ever again.
Shadows swelled and rolled over them, dancing and winding together. Not fully merged, not yet, but he knew they needed time. They needed a chance tobe.And they were still in too much danger for that. For now, Riley was with him, she wanted him. It was enough. More than enough.
“Baby. Riley, God. You’re everything.” He dropped his hand to where they joined and found her clit once more. He slid his fingers on either side of that slick, swollen bud and gently squeezed.
Riley gasped, clenching around his cock as he found a rhythm that had her whimpering. His Shadows circled her body, gliding over her skin, raising goose bumps everywhere they touched.
She threw her head back, breasts flushed and heaving as she rocked harder against his fingers, deeper onto his cock. The movement drove him even higher. Pleasure sizzled along his spine as his balls drew up, and he focused everything he had on getting her over the edge first.
He sent his Shadows teasing into her back entrance, spreading her even wider as she took him inside her. Then she leaned forward, and he lifted his head to take a nipple into his mouth and suck just as he pinched her clit between his fingers.
Riley screamed. She shuddered, hips thrusting even harder. Her inner muscles clamped down, and the added layer of ecstasy shoved him into an incandescent free-fall.
They fell together. His entire world was made up of Riley. And it was everything he wanted.
His body sizzled, flurries of pleasure dancing along his nerves long after she collapsed on top of him, her face buried in his neck. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight against his chest, anchoring her to him as they drifted together.
