KALLE

They smiled at each other and her stomach clenched. She held her breath and Gahrye swallowed.

"You're sure that—

" he began, but she interrupted him.

"Gahrye?

"

"Yes?

" His brow furrowed. He looked so anxious she had to stroke his face to soothe him.

"I want you,

" she whispered, then reached for the buckle of his leathers.

"And I want you right now.

"

That strange, resonant call vibrated in her bones where their chests met as Gahrye buried his fingers in her hair and finally let himself go. She smiled as he descended on her, but her grin soon disappeared.

He stole her mouth, his tongue delving and dancing, lips demanding, his breath hot on her cheek. He sucked in a breath, his hands dragging up her sides until his hands covered her breasts and he groaned, sliding down her body with lips and teeth until he found one nipple and opened his mouth over it, then sucked.

Hard.

Kalle gasped and arched, burying her fingers in his hair, but he'd already moved to the other, his thumb stroking where his mouth had just been, his tongue laving the other peak as he sucked until she whimpered.

His broad shoulders rippled over her where he braced to take some of his own weight, but he let himself rest enough to press her deeper into the bed. And the longer he gave his attention to her breasts, the more she writhed under him.

Desire curled in her belly, spiraling through her chest and making her entire skin crackle with the electric zing of his touch.

Then he rolled his hips, bringing them together through his leathers and her leggings, and she gasped. She tried to reach between them, but he was already sliding further down her body, kissing her stomach, dipping his tongue into her navel, his fingers clawed by gentle, dragging trails down her sides like fireworks, leaving sparkling trails of sensation behind them.

She arched instinctively, and he grabbed at the elastic waistband of her leggings, pulling them down past her hips, then dropping his mouth there, his tongue against her hipbone.

She sucked in and writhed into his kiss, but his weight had her pinned to the bed. She could only do as he'd said and hold on as he began to paint her body in kisses, and strokes, sliding her leggings down, kissing along her inner thigh when he bent first one leg up to slide the stretchy fabric off her foot, then giving the other the same treatment, until she was bared to him. She didn't have time to get self-conscious, though, because he pushed himself up to kneel, throwing the leggings and her underwear off the bed and reaching for his own belt buckle.

But Kalle sat up and grabbed his hands.

"Let me,

" she whispered, and immediately began working on the belt, the thick leather slapping as she tugged it through the beltloops and started on his buttons.

He groaned, but let her, reaching for her breasts until she was able to free him and he sprang into her hand.

But before she could even begin to touch him, he backed off the bed and shucked his leathers off, leaving them on the floor.

Their eyes met as he leaned back onto the bed and began crawling towards her, his eyes hot and fierce, the muslcles and tendons in his arms and shoulders rippling and rigid.

Naked, he was stunning—every muscle carved as if from marble, a bare smattering of hair on his chest, the ladders of muscle on his sides flexing and rolling as he crawled towards her, his strong thighs firm and much lighter than the rest of his skin.

She was sitting up when he reached her and cupped his hand at the back of her neck. She smiled, expecting him to pause again, to ask her, or something. But instead he rasped,

"Hold on,

" and tipped her back and down onto the bed.

The onslaught was breathtaking.

His weight pressed her into the mattress, though he took some of his own weight on his elbows, one hand curled over her head as if to shield her, but the only thing she needed protection from was the way her mind ceased to work as his body rippled against hers.

He lay between her thighs and rolled against hers, the slow slide over her most sensitive skin leaving her skin jangling with the promise of what was to come.

She arched into him and gasped, but he didn't pause to breathe, just rolled against her again, one hand sliding behind her hip, then down, over her buttock to cup her thigh and pull her leg up, urging her to wrap her legs around his waist and open herself to him.

He groaned when she did it, deepening the kiss as she arched her back until she almost caught him, almost took him in.

He chuckled and shook his head, cupping her jaw with one hand, his fingers sliding against her scalp so she goose-bumped and he dropped his head to kiss his way down her jaw, to her throat, down the column of her neck.

"Gahrye,

" she gasped when he rolled against her again.

"I don't want to wait.

"

He hummed and took her mouth, his breath thundering against her cheek. She thought he would deny her, play her, and she pulled him in, arching hard against him.

"Please.

"

With a groan, he pulled his head back enough to meet her eyes, bracing on one elbow, the other hand cupped under her knee. Then he rasped,

"Mine,

" and thrust into her in an explosion of sensation so shocking, her mouth dropped open and she didn't breathe.

He pulled almost all the way out and hesitated a split-second. She breathed out and was about to plead with him when he used the hand on her leg to pull her in harder as he thrust a second time.

"Mine.

" The word was guttural, and hit her like a blow at her core in the same moment he filled her.

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