open water. She couldn't decide which emotional spike to ride through the storm of choices.
The sting of saltwater coasted along her limbs and contrasted with the heat of Orell's hands gripping her ass and thighs.
She trailed kisses along his jaw and down the thick cord of his neck. He groaned when she started to use her teeth.
"Raine, if you want to stay out of the water, stop doing that." His voice was a heavy growl.
She lifted her head and felt the throbbing in her lips. Stopping was the last thing that she wanted to do. He felt amazing, felt great and tasted better. There was no way she wanted to stop, but she did.
The moment that she lifted her lips from his, they gained altitude until she could see the castle that had haunted her dreams since childhood. Green spires and crystal walls rose out of the sea on a platform that kept it just above the surface of the water.
She smiled as they circled the towers before entering one of the high and open windows. His wings beat the air and he slowly lowered her to the cool expanse of a bed that took up half the tower room.
She leaned back on her elbows and stared up at him as he shuddered and flexed his wings as he struggled for control.
Her mind told her that she should be terrified. He was twelve inches taller than her tallest boyfriend back on Earth and that had to lead to any number of distortions of proportion.
"Now, for our discussion." He removed his shirt and crawled onto the bed, keeping his body above hers while he met her gaze with his aqua eyes. She watched his head get closer to her breasts and with his teeth, he tugged the closure of her top.
Two fasteners she didn't know were there, hidden in the embroidery, gave way under the sharp nips. Raine held her breath as he grazed her skin with his teeth, leaving trails of sensation behind. Tracks of heart-pounding fire followed each nip, lick and swirl of his tongue.
When her blouse was open and nothing but her skin parted them, she gasped at the roar of wet heat that swirled through her to concentrate between her thighs.
He took his time, working his way over every inch of her flesh, leaving individual flames running through her.
She tried to thread her fingers through his hair, but he grabbed her hands and pinned them next to her head with a growl. "I talk, you listen."
She listened with every press of his lips to her flesh. Every tug on her nipples and when the heat of his breath teased the lips between her thighs. She listened with every inch of her being.
His tongue parted her, causing her body to arch between her heels and shoulders. As the dexterous, wet heat slid in flickering circles on her clit, she let her breath out on a high-keening wail.
"Welcome to the conversation." His chuckle ran through her and he surged up along her body, grinning down at her.
She was twisting, frantic. To be so close to release and then to have him pull away was beyond what she had been expecting. "I thought I was to listen."
"That was to your body, not to you."
He moved off her with a sudden flare of his wings and in the bright light streaming through the windows, she saw him in all his glory.
He paused for a moment, flexing his wings and letting her get a good look at what she was getting into or what would soon be getting in to her.
He was long, longer than her hand and if he wasn't thicker than her wrist, he didn't miss it by much. She bit her lip and contemplated escape until she remembered that she had been altered for this. None of the women who were mated to Drai had run screaming to the Alliance, so she had to trust that the doctors knew what they were doing and that Orell wouldn't cause her any permanent damage.
When he saw whatever he was looking for in her eyes, he came toward her and repositioned himself over her. He wove his fingers through hers, lifting them to press kisses to the knuckles before returning them to their gentle imprisonment beside her head.
He worked down her body once again. This
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