lon

," Kane whispered hoarsely, his large fi

antic rhythm against my ribs. The suffocating scent of cedar and

ched my bare knees. He looked down at me, his stormy gray eyes entire

my belt,"

with Dan had always been a scheduled, predictable routine-a vanilla script I had blindly followed. But this? Kneeling before an apex pr

of his belt buckle. Just as I gripped the leather, Kane's lar

a muscle ticked furiously beneath his skin. I could see the agonizing war raging in his e

way," I breathed, my vo

e metal button of his trousers, and slowly pulled down the

h and stepped back. "Go

y lit room to the heavy oak doors and turned the deadbolt. The sharp *c

loorboards into the soles of my feet. He leaned back against the edge of his massive mahogan

ever done anything like this in my life. The sheer vulnerability of the act should have paralyzed

, and slid my panties down my legs, stepping out of them. I parted my t

h you

inding my own slick, aching heat. The moment I touched myself, a soft gasp escaped my lips. Th

his voice a dark, velvet caress that stroked across m

myself faster, my head falling back against the door. The whiskey in my blood mixed with the intoxicating rush of the *Mate

instinctively as I hovered right on t

op.

uld even process it. My hand froze instantly. The climax was violently suspended, l

lurred with unshed tears of f

is chest heaving as he fought his own agonizing restraint. My gaze dropped to the opening of his unzipped t