Page 51 of Awakening Storm

“I love you.” She paused, hoping he felt the same and his earlier declaration hadn’t just been the stress of the moment. “I want you so much.”

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He pulled back. Herwords were so much more than he had ever hoped for. That someone would want him, maybe even want to end his loneliness . . . It was almost more than he could process. His heart squeezed with the desire that it would be so.

His hunger for her stirred, and his beasts seemed to be waiting at the corner of his heart to see if she would really give herself completely to him. A shape-shifter. An immortal. A misfit in her world.

The move had to be her choice. He would not force her to live in his isolated world. He cared about her too much for that.

As if sensing his hesitation, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Don’t pull away from me.”

He had no more defenses against her. The dam in his heart burst, and he covered her mouth with a scorching, passionate kiss. Her breasts, soft and giving, pressed against his bare chest. He moved his hand to her ribs, then waist, and rolled so she was on top of him.

Barely breaking the kiss, she straddled him, taking control and delving her tongue deeper. Sitting up, she guided him, allowing him to kiss and suckle her gorgeous breasts. She moaned and rocked her hips. He slid his hand between them, finding that sweet spot beneath her panties, and rubbed his thumb there. She threw her head back with a moan.

Jesus, she was hot and ready for him. He couldn’t wait a second longer. He smoothly rolled her onto her back again, slid her panties off, and positioned himself above her. She touched him, to help glide him into her. His body trembled; every sensation was nearly too much.

He moved inside her, and she wrapped her legs around his hips, pushing deeper, driving him crazy as he set a rhythm to take her higher. His jaw tensed with control. He wanted her pleasure to come first. He wanted to meld with her, to touch her soul as she had his.

Damp with perspiration, she groaned deep in her throat as he thrust into her. Her sweet body pulsed around his cock, sending him over the edge to climax with her.

As they clung to each other in exhaustion, Aidan allowed the thought to cross his mind of how good his life would be if she were in it. He rolled onto his side, holding her tight and taking her with him.