by D. L. Roan
“I need you.” He didn’t know if he had said the words aloud or merely in his head, but no words had ever been more true. The last six months without her had been like trying to breathe water. He had been slowly drowning. Only in these last few moments had he taken his first real breath since that horrible night in Navi.
The feel of her in his hands, against his skin, was like finding a part of himself he never knew existed. He pulled her close, crushing her against him when she slid into his lap, her legs hugging his waist like she, too, couldn’t get close enough. He would never be close enough. He would spend the rest of his days searching for a closer connection to this incredible woman.
“Grant, please make love to me. I’ve missed you so much.”
Is this really happening? He almost couldn’t bring himself to believe it until she had spoken those words. The familiar emptiness lifted from his soul and his heart filled with all the love he thought he’d lost. “God, I’ve missed you, fossa.” His hands tangled in her hair, pulling her head back to expose her slender neck. The taste of her salty skin enlivened his senses, sending a tidal wave of primal desire dancing along his spine straight to his cock. In a blinding rush, he flipped her to her back, dragging her cotton panties to the floor along with his shorts. She fought to rid him of his shirt, sending buttons snapping and flying.
With only one arm free, he hovered above her naked body. Her panted, frantic breaths danced along the fine hairs on his neck until she’d freed the other. He breathed her in, clutching her to him with a gentle strength he’d once though was beyond him. Her delicate fingers framed his face and, when he lifted his head, the sight of her tear-filled eyes nearly stopped his heart. A million unspoken words passed between them in that one moment.
“I love you.” Her whispered words echoed the truth in her eyes. He knew. He knew if he died right then, right there in her arms, he would do so without a single regret.
“I love you.” He wrapped her in his arms, sliding deep inside her with a single thrust. Her aching moan filled his mouth, the heat of her kiss matching the heat of her womb as she welcomed him into her body. Overwhelmed by an onslaught of emotion, his senses scattered. He reined them in one by one, gathering her taste, her scent, the feel of her in his arms and committed each one to a new memory.
Tender thrusts quickly gave way to ravaging heat as they lost themselves to their remembered passion. It had been so long. So long since he’d held her beneath him. So long since he’d tasted the distinct wildness that lived within her. Grant could feel her inner walls tightening around him, gripping his shaft in a frenzied flutter as she cried out beneath him. He chased his own release, his muscles burning with each powerful, claiming thrust. He would live, right here inside her, if he could only hold out for just…one…more.
His shouts of release filled the trees, sending a flock of birds to flight and a cacophony of island sounds erupting from the surrounding brush. A rush of new blood flooded his brain and he collapsed against her, a sudden dizziness overwhelming his senses. As much as he wanted to stay there, to soak in the feel of her beneath him, he knew he was crushing her. Tremors wracked his arms from the effort it took to push himself up, their sweat-slicked skin slowly peeling apart. Her arms banded around him and pulled him back to her as she tightened her legs around his hips.
“Don’t go.” Her fingers threaded through his sweaty hair, her lips leaving a trail of tender kisses along his neck.
He would never need more than those words. As long as she would have him, he would walk by her side. “I’m not going anywhere, fossa.” He rested his forehead against hers and nuzzled her nose, nipping her upper lip as it curled into a perfect smile. “Not without you.”
~*~*~ The End ~*~*~
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Table of Contents
DEDICATIONS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedications
Preface
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine