Page 10 of His to Defend

Once again, Nina swallowed hard. This time, her chest rose and fell, coming dangerously close to touching him. “Very.”

But the bike riding wasn’t what was intense. It was him. It was the sexy, salty, slightly dangerous smell of him. The way he looked at her as if he were looking directly into her. It was the way his lips curled up into just the very slightest of smiles that told her in no uncertain terms just how badly he wanted her.

And damn if she didn’t want him too.

Enough was enough. She reached up and slipped her hand behind his neck to pull him down to her. And the second his lips pressed to hers, she was completely gone.

He tasted like salt, and coffee, and mint and…she wanted more.

Fortunately, Ryker responded in kind. He caught himself before crushing her, and his arms caged her in, making her feel at once small and fragile but strong and powerful. A small groan she only vaguely recognized as coming from her escaped her lips and it only served to fuel him.

“God, you’re sexy.” His words were a growl against her ear before he started to focus his attention on the sensitive skin there. He nipped and sucked kisses down her neck.

His kisses were sparking all kinds of fires inside her, and she threatened to burn up if she didn’t get more of him. Now.

Nina reached up and tugged at his T-shirt. She needed it off. She needed to feel his skin with her hands. The heat that she knew was there.

But Ryker’s hand stopped her and he pulled back to look in her eyes.

“What?” She hated herself for the desperation threaded in her voice, but she couldn’t have stopped it if she’d wanted to. She was desperate for him. “What’s wrong? Why—”

“I just want to be clear.” His eyes narrowed with seriousness. “This is…” He swallowed hard. “This is just a—”

Nina almost burst out with laughter as she realized what he was trying to say. “Oh my God,” she finally said. “It’s only sex. That’s all.”

Oh, but it most certainly wouldn’t be ALL.

If only he would stop being so serious and just kiss her already.

Emboldened, she reached once again for his neck to pull her down to her. Once more, he stopped her.

“Nina, I just need you to—”

“Kiss me.”

She pressed her lips to his before he could protest again. “Dammit Ryker, you want this or you don’t.”

Oh, he wanted it.

More than anything, he wanted to put his mouth on her luscious lips again, taste her honey and be rewarded with the even sweeter nectar that was sure to follow.

But he also needed to be sure.

There was too much inappropriate mating going on around him. He needed to know that wasn’t what she was looking for.

Luke’s warning rang in his memory.

Too many humans around.

Did she know? Would he be blowing it completely by saying something?

No. He couldn’t outright ask her.

“Ryker?”

He snapped back to the moment at hand. To the incredibly sexy woman lying beneath him, her breasts heaving and straining against her T-shirt.

He needed them free. He needed to see them. To touch them. To taste them.