Xaydin wanted to be mad at her. At all of them. They’d made him feel like a child as they’d gathered forces to make him stop when he wanted to get to the docks as soon as possible. He was even willing to risk a portal.
But they had insisted.
And it was hard to stay angry while she was dressed in a chemise that showed off every curve of her body.
Worse? Her hardened nipples stood out from the thin linen, begging him to taste them. She was irresistible.
And if he had to rest…then he had no intention of resting alone.
Gisela watchedas Xaydin took a commanding step forward and then faltered.
What the devil?
His gaze dipped to her lips and in that moment, she knew what he was after.
It was the only thing that ever made him hesitant. Her giant troll was fierce and steadfast, until it came to her. He was still bashful about them. How she loved that about him.
Closing the distance between them, she tilted her chin up and smiled. “Something you need, my lord?”
His eyes darkened as he pulled her against him and claimed her lips.
Gisela moaned at the strength of Xaydin’s kiss. And to think she’d actually feared for him earlier this very day. But there was far too much power in that kiss for him to be seriously injured.
Her brave troll was going to be fine.
Without breaking their kiss, he backed her toward the bed then sat down, pulling her into his lap.
She jerked away from their kiss instantly. “Careful, X. You’ll hurt yourself.”
“I don’t care,” he breathed, pulling her lips back to his so that he could ravage her senses.
Gisela’s heart leapt at his words and at the feel of his tongue sweeping against hers. The warm manly scent of him filled her head as she brushed her hands over his steely biceps that flexed and beckoned her with his power.
What was it about this troll that made her feel like this? Shivery hot and needful. Ever longing to be close to him whenshe knew deep in her heart that he posed the biggest danger to her life. To what she was supposed to do for her mother.
But she was lost now. Lost to the heat of his touch as she pulled his leather jerkin off before he removed his tunic.
She ran her hand over the muscles of his chest, feeling the way his flesh rippled and flexed under her palm. And she wanted more.
Leaning him back, she quickly removed his boots and pants, then returned to his lips.
Xaydin took her hand into his and led it down the length of his body until she touched his rigid shaft.
“Every time I’m near you, Gisela, all I can think about is being inside you again,” he breathed raggedly in her ear. “Of you touching me until I’m drunk from it.”
Gisela savored the sound of his voice in her ear and the feel of him in her hand. She ran her fingers to the tip of him where he was already wet. A shiver went through him that she felt with the whole of her body.
She found it hard to believe that this giant troll who could kill with a single blow could be so tender with her. That he could hold her like this and make her entire body burn for him.
Yet he did. He made her breathless and weak. And at the same time, he made her feel as if she could fly. No one had ever made her feel the things he did.
“I’m so glad you weren’t killed, X.”
“Are you?”
She nodded as she stared into those feral dark eyes. “Had you not survived, I would have used one of Candara’s potions to bring Garyn back to life so that I could club him for eternity.”
That brought an adorable smile to his lips before he nibbled her chin with his teeth as he slid his hands down her back to her hips.
