Molten heat fills me at the feel of his hard length against my thigh. His fingers knot in my hair, my head falling back as his lips skim over the pulse bounding in the hollow of my neck. I squeeze my thighs together, unable to keep myself from seeking the wonderful friction I crave.
“Let’s get out of this water,”he whispers into my mind.
I nod, and we rush for the edge of the spring. Tiernan pulls himself out of the water, whipping a blanket open with one flick of his wrists before helping me out of the steaming pool. I wrap my arms around myself, shivering from the change in temperature. Tiernan sits atop the blanket first and gently tugs me beside him before he picks up where he left off, trailing kisses from my collarbone downward. My coldness is immediately forgotten.
I’m unprepared for the jolt that moves through me as he sucks the peak of my breast into his mouth. My back arches, my stomach clenching with surprising intensity. I can’t eventhinkas his lips and tongue tease my nipples and awareness floods every part of me.
I’m not sure when I end up lying flat, but the blanket’s not much of a barrier between my back and the hard ground. The liquefied heat and pulsing need between my legs demand attention.
Tiernan draws in a breath and light pleasure flutters over my skin like thousands of butterflies.
Hispleasure.
Gods, what a strange, compelling sensation—feeling what he does. He lifts his head, partially hovering over me. The subtle redness in his cheeks is a sight to behold. “You’ll let me know if you want me to stop, right?”
I nod. “Yes. But is it … is it alright if we don’t … I …”
He patiently waits for me to get my words out, one brow lifted, no judgment on his face.
“I don’t want my very first time to be in a cave.”
His laughter ripples through me, but he smiles and twirls a loose curl of my hair around his finger. “I understand. Are you alright with me pleasuring you until you climax?”
Flustered and speechless, I sputter, completely forgetting every word and every sign.
Tiernan’s grin widens. “I’m not sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m also very skilled with my tongue.”
It takes my inexperienced mind a moment to catch up, but I watch the amusement play across his handsome features as a heat rushes over me. “You don’t have to do that,” I sign quickly. Embarrassed heat continues to hold me captive until he kisses me languidly. His palm drifts over my breasts, down to the needy ache at the apex of my thighs. A gasp slips from my lips before I press my hand over my mouth to stifle a moan.
“Don’t silence yourself,”he says into my mind as his finger strokes in a tight circle overthatspot.
I let my hand fall away from my mouth, and he kisses down my body, his hands gently spreading my thighs. There’s a smoldering glimmer in his eyes when he peers up at me from between my legs. “Tiernan …” I say, my voice wavering. I’m still embarrassed at the mere thought of his mouth being so close to …
Oh gods…
My senses scatter as he flicks his tongue against my clit. A slew of pleasurable sensations flow through me. I gasp, my backleaving the blanket for a moment as my hands fist in his wet hair. As he drags thatskilledtongue up my very core and delves in.
It becomes impossible not to writhe beneath him. My eyes flutter closed as I bite back a moan.
Tiernan lifts his head momentarily, his finger taking over where his tongue had been. “Don’t rob me of those beautiful sounds,” he says. “Let me hear you.”
Then his mouth is on me again,devouringme while cool vapors begin to flood my hands. I let my hand slip from his hair, my legs over his back as I grip the damp blanket beneath me. I fight against the powers so eager to unleash themselves. I’m already lost in the pleasure, but I become utterly mind-numbed as he coaxes a finger inside me. His tongue starts to move in tandem with his determined strokes, and my shadowscome alive. Unbidden, they twine down my arms and stretch toward him. I draw in a breath, tensing.
“Tiernan.I can’t hold?—”
He peers up at me, his voice clear in my mind as his finger continues to move.“I trust you, love.”he says. “You can let go.”
Love.
My heart swells and pressure builds until I fear it’ll shatter me. Until ropes of shadows wrap around Tiernan’s arms. I lose the battle to keep from squirming. I’m unable to stop the gasps and moans of pleasure, unable to keep my hips from lifting off the ground when my control snaps. The pleasure ripples through my body, my thighs quivering through the intense, rhythmic pulses around his finger.
Then it’s all too much, one wave cresting over into another, leaving me shuddering as shadows dance over his back and across my skin. I shove at Tiernan’s head. “Too much,” I whisper aloud. “Too much, too much.”
He retracts his finger and my shadows scatter. Tiernan lifts his face to me, a triumphant grin on his swollen lips. He kissesup my body again to my mouth, and I eagerly meet his tongue stroke for stroke. The tiniest hint of embarrassment is triggered by the taste on his lips, but satisfaction relaxes my body in a way it’s not felt in … I actually don’t recall ever feeling quite this way.
I curl into the crook of his arm as we lay sidelong. For a moment, I just breathe, letting my pulse settle, letting the mindless satiation melt away. He’s given me this pure bliss and I— “Do you want me to …” My hand is already moving down toward his erection when he captures my wrist.
“It’s alright,” he says. “Tasting you is already more than I dreamt of today.”
