Total pages in book: 153
Estimated words: 141492 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 707(@200wpm)___ 566(@250wpm)___ 472(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 141492 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 707(@200wpm)___ 566(@250wpm)___ 472(@300wpm)
Petru.
There was not only a little plea in her voice but the tiniest demand that told him she was going to be a little wildcat in bed. She was a passionate woman. Adventurous. Just the fact that she was on his lap allowing him such intimacy told him that.
So impatient, sívamet.
He kissed the side of her neck. Stroked his tongue over her pulse while he began to tug on her clit, tap gently and circle with his finger and thumb. He stroked his fingers inside her silken channel, feeling her surrounding his cock the way she was his finger.
Her breathing was ragged, her hips lifting to follow the rhythm of his finger as she drew closer and closer to her release. Petru didn’t want this to end, but he knew he had no choice. His only compensation was that she was his lifemate, and he would have her for an eternity. He tapped on her clit and sent her flying over the edge.
She bit down hard on his arm to muffle the sounds of her broken cry. He wanted those sensations for himself, so he caught her chin and lifted her face to his to catch those glorious sounds in his mouth. He licked at her lips, sucked the jasmine and moonflower from her tongue, claimed her moans and soft cries, absorbing them internally so that they were forever etched into his mind.
Everything about you is so beautiful, Safia, he whispered into her mind, meaning it. He held her tightly to him, stroking caresses down the back of her head, his fingers tangling in all that thick silky hair. Thank you for trusting me.
She buried her face in his chest. I had no idea you could make me feel like that. But you must be . . . She trailed off.
Do not worry about me. I want to show you so many things, Ku Tappa Kulyak. That is only the beginning. There is so much more between a man and his woman. So many ways I can make you feel good. Far more pleasure than that.
She lifted her head, her green eyes still a little hazy as they searched his, as if she needed to read him to see if he was telling her the truth. “More than that?”
He didn’t want to, but he gently lifted each breast into the bathing suit as he pulled the material up and then slid the straps over her shoulders. “I detest hiding such beauty. And yes, sívamet, there is far more pleasure to be had. I intend to show you as soon as we are bound together.”
The little frown appeared once again. He was growing fond of that frown. He leaned forward and tugged at her full bottom lip with his teeth, nipping just hard enough for her to give a little yelp. He soothed the sting with his tongue. Then, because he couldn’t resist, he traced the dimple that appeared when she gave him a half smile.
“I think you’re going to be difficult,” she said.
“Probably. But why were you frowning?” He bent his head again and nibbled on the sweet spot between her shoulder and neck. Immediately, endorphins flooded her system, and little electric sparks jumped from her skin to his.
“I know you said there are certain things you can’t change. I know customs are different in other lands, but surely we can get to know one another better before you bind us together.”
“War is imminent, Safia. It could start at any time. Hopefully we will have a little time, but you see the signs. Lilith—and it is her stirring things up—is trying to pit neighbor against neighbor. That’s our only hope of having a few days. Not weeks but days. We can’t take the chance that we are not bound.”
“I still don’t understand.”
“I promise I will explain it to you, but I must first speak to your grandfather. It would be disrespectful of me not to talk to him.”
Safia sighed. Petru knew she couldn’t argue with that. Her grandfather arranged the marriages in their tribe. He would have been insulted if Petru didn’t discuss arrangements with him first.
Petru tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “It will work itself out, Safia. I’ll talk with your grandfather tonight, after you show us how to destroy this demon.”
“I’ve locked the portal. Lilith, or whoever, shouldn’t be able to send any other demon in this form to us.”
“The more knowledge we have of destroying them, the more we can share with other Carpathians. If Lilith sends this form against them somewhere else, they will know how to slay the demons.”
“That makes sense,” Safia said. “I’d better get to it.”
Petru didn’t want to let her go for many reasons. He didn’t want her in harm’s way. And he didn’t want to release her feminine form with all the soft skin and silky hair. That fragrance that belonged only to her. He wanted to spend all the time they had together before it was too late and they were in the fight of their lives.