He parted her cheeks and licked her star, wetting her and relaxing her. Next lube, and, happily, the hard feel of a butt plug. When it began vibrating, Elisa moaned her thanks.
Braden spanked her ass. “Thank me when it’s done, love. Right now, we enjoy.”
Elisa was already enjoying. The vibration inside her made her crazy, the hard desk beneath her, where she’d worked so many hours, doubling the intensity.
Braden lifted her and turned her over, her bare back against the cool desktop now. He leaned down and kissed her face, throat, breasts, belly, pussy, and then straightened up and positioned himself between her legs.
Elisa groaned in pleasure when Braden lifted her hips and guided himself into her, then raised her from the desk. He went deep inside her, holding her, surrounding her, while the vibrator pulsed in the other side.
It was bliss. Elisa held him, sinking into his warmth. He smelled good, so dark and hot, and she nibbled his neck.
They rocked faster and faster, Braden’s skin slick with sweat, his eyes filled with blue. He kissed her, he nipped her earlobe, he suckled her neck. They swayed together, breaths ragged, groans tearing from them. The only other sound was the fountain, playing into the silence.
They peaked together, Elisa full of him and the plug, Braden crying her name. His hands were all over her; she clung to him.
They collapsed to the chair behind Elisa’s desk, panting, laughing, kissing. Loving.
“I love you so much, baby,” Braden said. “My librarian.”
“I love you. My Shareem.”
They sat together, Braden holding her secure in his arms. It was a wonderful moment, the two of them, alone in the silence with their love.
“Do you think we’re finished?” Braden asked after a time.
“Mmm?” Elisa was comfortable and happy. They could stay in this chair forever, as far as she was concerned.
“This isn’t what I brought you up here for. Well, not the whole reason.”
Elisa raised her head to look at him. “What then?”
“Remember my fantasy? The one I told you about, back when you were still celibate?”
Elisa’s body thrummed with excitement. “Yes.”
“Then you know what I want. Go up on that balcony. Don’t worry, I won’t leave you. I’ll be right here.”
Elisa hesitated. It was one thing to be behind her desk, which had always felt like a safe place to her, another to walk naked through the library.
She hesitated until Braden gave her a swat on the butt. The plug was still there, and he clicked it on to vibrate again.
Why not? Braden had taught her how to be wild and wicked, and now she could be.
She leaned down and gave him a long, hot kiss. Then she walked rapidly through the atrium and punched the button to open the lift.
It felt strange to move around this dark place stark naked. Exciting. Elisa cupped herself as she rode upward in the lift, enjoying the sensation of her fingers in her wet pussy.
She stepped off the lift and moved to the balcony. Braden had been playing with the lights, and one now shone directly on a space in front of the rail. Elisa stepped into it.
Below, Braden smiled up at her, a hot Shareem smile. His cock was lifted, ready, wanting, in spite of them finishing crazed and wicked sex only a few minutes ago.
He waited for her, her lifemate with the wicked eyes, the near-slave who’d taught Elisa what true freedom was.
I love you, Braden. I love you with all my heart.
Elisa cupped one hand around her breast and touched the other to her pussy. Braden’s smile turned to a grin as he gripped himself.
“You’re beautiful, baby,” he said.
Elisa smiled, warmed by his words, and proceeded to give the man she loved the best show of his lifetime.
* * * * *
Rees faced Justin over an ale at Judith’s bar. Talan was across the room, talking animatedly to Mitch and Judith, Talan asking all about Mitch’s ship. Mitch, Justin had seen by now, liked the attention of ladies, and Judith liked watching Mitch talk.
Rees’ focus, on the other hand, was at the moment all for Justin, which Justin decided was a little unnerving.
“I figured out why you don’t want to go,” Rees said quietly. “I just want you to know that I don’t blame you.”
“Shit.” Justin gripped his ale glass. “Braden has a big mouth.”
Rees shook his head. “Braden didn’t tell me. He can be a loyal friend. A pain in the ass, but loyal. I did a little research and put things together. Was the child from a guinea pig?”
“Yep. I don’t know where the woman is anymore. Or if she’s even still alive.”
“Your child—son or daughter?”
“Daughter. And I know the risk to her. It’s tearing me apart, trust me.”
Rees’ look turned sympathetic. “I’ll do whatever I can to help. I was pissed off at first when you didn’t want to leave with us, but I got to thinking.” He glanced at Talan, the affection in his eyes stark. “What if it were me, and the child one I’d given Talan? No way in hell would I leave Bor Narga, even if it meant my life here was hell. I understand your pain, Justin. And believe me, there’s been a lot of pain.”
Justin held up his glass. “Give me a little bit of time, that’s all I ask. I want to find out what happened to her mother and decide what to do. Then I’ll join in your search for a way off this rock and accompany you to Shareem paradise. Promise.”
Rees clicked his glass to Justin’s. “We’ll get there.”
“We will.”
Justin thought of his daughter, that beautiful young woman laughing with her friends. He could destroy her simply by existing.
What good finding her mother would do, he didn’t know. But he needed to find Lillian, needed to find his peace with it all.
Justin thought next of Braden and Elisa, even now celebrating their lifemating. He’d celebrated such a thing once, and he silently toasted Shela, one hell of a woman.
He lifted his glass again. “To Braden and Elisa.”
“Braden and Elisa.” Rees clinked his glass again.
Rees drank then reached for Talan, who came to him and snuggled into his embrace. Rees gave her a long kiss that made Justin remember nights of passion with Shela. He missed her like fury.
“We’ll find a way, Rees,” Justin said when Rees and Talan came up for air. “I swear it by all the gods.”
“Yep,” Rees said, giving him a wicked Shareem grin. “We will. This is not over yet.”
About the Author
Allyson James writes romances, mysteries, erotic romance and mainstream fiction under several pseudonyms. She has made the USA Today bestseller list, has won several Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice awards, and won RWA’s RITA award. Her books have earned starred reviews in Booklist and Top Pick reviews in Romantic Times BookReviews magazine.
Allyson loves to write, read, hike and build dollhouses. She met her soul mate when she was eighteen, traveled the world with him, and settled down with him and two cats in the desert southwest.
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