Page 92 of The Lost Elemental

Phoenix nipped my bottom lip and then his tongue drove into my mouth. The flash of pain flipped a switch. All the anger and frustration I’d felt at everything I’d experienced these past couple weeks poured out of me. I met Phoenix stroke for stroke in a battle for dominance.

My legs hooked around his waist, some deep need to get closer. Phoenix gripped my ass with one hand, holding me in place with the other.

My skirt rode up, and I couldn’t help the moan that slid from my mouth as I rocked against the hardening ridge in Phoenix’s jeans. Sparks danced in front of my eyes, and I realized they were coming from me. No, from both of us.

I should’ve been terrified, but I couldn’t find it within myself to care. I only wanted to lose myself in Phoenix. In whatever this magical force was between us.

Heat pooled low in my belly as I rocked against Phoenix again. “Please.”

Phoenix balanced me against the trunk of a tall pine. “What do you need, Aura?”

Fire blazed in those dark eyes, but I could only say one thing: “You.”

He let out a low growl as one of his hands ducked beneath my skirt. Heat flared against my skin and then fabric was fluttering to the ground.

I gaped at Phoenix. “Did you just incinerate my panties?”

He let out a low chuckle that skated across my skin. “Saves time.”

“Those were one of my favorite pairs.”

“I’ll buy you another set. A dozen sets.” Phoenix’s mouth trailed down my neck.

Air swirled around us. I heard the zipper of his jeans and then they were falling to the ground. Damn elemental tricks came in handy.

He pulled back, flames in his eyes burning hotter. “Tell me I can have you.”

“You already do.”

Phoenix’s tip bumped my entrance, but he halted. “Condom.”

I swallowed, my eyes meeting his. “I’m on the pill. Have you been checked?”

His face softened. “We don’t get diseases that way.”

Handy.

“We can wait.”

“No.” I gripped him tighter. “I need you. This.”

It was all Phoenix needed. He slid inside me on a slow glide. I couldn’t hold in my groan at the stretch. Everything about it just felt right.

Phoenix’s hips began to move. How he was holding me against the tree with one arm, I didn’t know and didn’t care. All I wanted was more. Of him. Of this thing between us. Of everything.

He picked up his pace, thrusting impossibly deeper. My fingers dug into his shoulders, and I knew it would leave marks. Maybe there was a darkness in me because I found myself wanting to leave that mark on Phoenix. For him to leave his mark on me.

Phoenix thrust harder and sparks danced around us. Some part of me knew that if we hadn’t just expended all that energy, there would’ve been a sea of fire around us.

“Aura,” he growled.

It was my name in that smoky tone that sent me over the edge. This was no easy spiral down. Everything in me shuddered and then burst apart. A million different pieces exploding and then reassembling into something altogether different.

My chest heaved as I came back to myself. This new me. One that had lost herself to a man who would do anything to protect me.

I winced as Phoenix slid out of me and he froze. “Too much?”

Leaning forward, I took his mouth in a slow kiss. “Perfect. I like knowing I’ll feel you tomorrow.”