by Kim Knox
His mouth twitched and I saw the rise of desire in his gaze. “It’s your job only because I allow it, Narda.” He turned toward the wide bed. “I’m keeping you here tonight.”
I hit the mattress, the smooth material absorbing the impact of my body. I kicked off my boots and they thudded to the floor. I stared up at him, watching his strong fingers tug at his shirt. The first reveal of his skin and his spiraling tattoos caught my breath. I also never got tired of seeing his beautiful body. “I’m not your pet, Van.”
A dark smile cut his mouth and his gaze traveled the length of my body. My pussy clenched. “A Tesh-dian owns what he captures. It’s our oldest law.” He lost his trousers, his boots, and covered my body with his own. The touch of his skin arched me into him and my fingers traced his spine before I cupped his ass. Van’s eyes narrowed. “When this night is over, I hunt you.”
“That wasn’t our deal, Van.”
He caught my wrists in one hand and pinned them above my head. “I told you, your hunt failed.” He guided his cock and thrust deep into my pussy. His low, satisfied groan mixed with my sharp gasp. “Now it’s my turn.”
I locked my ankles behind his ass, urging him to move, but the man was solid muscle. I glared at him. “I hunt you, you fuck me.”
“You will run.” He thrust deep and the flow of heat through my body forced an unexpected cry. I ached to touch him, but his strength defied the movement of my hands, my arms. My heart pounded. I needed this, needed his strength, his power over my body. “You will hide.” Another stroke deep into my flesh and I found myself desperate to agree with him if only to keep him hard in my pussy. “The anticipation of my finding you, Narda. Imagine it.”
I did. The thought of me hiding, waiting, watching the seconds tick down and knowing that he hunted me, that he would find and fuck me, ran liquid fire through my flesh. My pussy tightened around him and he groaned.
His dark gaze held mine and the need there, his fierce desire, gripped me, and the first thrum of my release pushed me hard against him. “And you’ll expect to find me alone?” Anger surged through him and I grinned. “What?”
He took my mouth as he took my body, hard, fast, with a power that I couldn’t, didn’t want to fight. Tension twisted tighter and I tasted the first heat of my approaching release. I hungered for more. I moved with him, gripping his ass, pushing him, wanting, needing him to—
Wild joy swept over me and Van swallowed my cry, his powerful and now erratic strokes intensifying the tremors gripping my body. He ripped his mouth from mine and buried his face against my neck, a low moan escaping him. His fingers flexed around my wrists and he released them, stroking his fingertips down my arms, the unexpected sensation bucking my hips.
His soft laughter tickled my skin. “I never get tired of this,” he murmured. He let out a heavy sigh and rolled his weight from my body, pulling me tight against his chest. “Ever.”
His words almost echoed my thoughts and I wondered if there was a hint of telepathy somewhere in his blood. Which would be fun…especially as I had plans for him. I let myself snuggle in my post-orgasmic peace and placed an absent kiss against his collarbone. “I’ve snared myself a Tesh-dian pirate.”
His large hand squeezed my ass. “And I own this.”
I laughed and thumped him, but pressed myself against him again. I didn’t want to deny it. Van had worked his way under my skin. My perfect mate, knowing what I wanted before I did, satisfying me in ways an Ambran woman could only dream.
“Sleep,” he murmured, and pressed a kiss into my hair. The gesture warmed me and I let out a happy sigh. “In the morning it’s my turn to hunt.”
About the Author
Kim lives on an ancient boundary line, once marked by a Neolithic burial tomb. The tomb’s now a standing stone circle—thank the Georgians for that one—and stirs her mind with thoughts of history and ancient myths. She mixes the essence of the past into fantasy, along with the essential mix of magic and sex. She also writes science fiction romance, pushing out into the far future with effortlessly sexy men and the women who can’t resist them.
Kim is multi-published. You can contact her on her website or come and chat at her blog: www.darknessandromance.wordpress.com
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