her arms around him while her mind was reminding her of the disaster of the last relationship she’d tried to have.
Indecision kept her rooted, but it was the disappointment in Dale’s eyes she saw right before he turned away that propelled her forward. Rennie hurried to him and put her hand on his shoulder to turn him.
As she did, she pressed her mouth to his. In the next instant, he had her against the wall, his hard body blocking her in. His kiss was intense and wild.
And she loved every second of it.
He broke away, his breathing as ragged as her own. Dale looked into her eyes with his face close to hers. “Tell me you want this. Tell me you want me.”
“I want you,” Rennie said and pulled his head back down for another kiss.
Their passion was explosive, sizzling. Scorching. It was an inferno raging out of control now that the flames had been fanned.
Buttons flew, fabric ripped as they frantically fought to remove the other’s clothes. They couldn’t get to each other fast enough.
Rennie moaned when he reached between them and cupped her breast before rolling her nipple between his fingers. Her fingers delved into his short, dark hair as he kissed down her throat.
He lifted her, and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he smiled at her. “Which way to your room?”
“Down the hall to the left.”
He strode from the kitchen and made his way to her room. There she unwound her legs, and he slowly lowered her until she was standing.
“It’s been a long time for me,” she hedged, suddenly uncertain of what to do.
“Your body knows.”
Rennie lowered her gaze to stare at the thick sinew of his chest and arms. Unable to help herself, she caressed her hands over his warm flesh, amazed at the strength beneath her palms that could be unleashed with barely a thought. “Does it?”
He leaned close until his mouth was near her ear. “Aye, lass,” he whispered.
Rennie shivered from the sound of his voice. She had never had a one-night stand, and she knew this was most likely where she was headed. Even as she knew it was wrong, she couldn’t stop herself. She wanted Dale, wanted to feel the passion and desire that made everything else fade away.
“Have you had a vision?”
He leaned back and shook his head. “Stop thinking, Rennie, and just feel.”
She opened her mouth to reply when his finger slid between her bare breasts and didn’t stop until he reached her navel. Everywhere he touched, her body burned, eager for more.
“Stop thinking,” he ordered. “You’ll make me believe I’m no’ doing a good enough job.”
Rennie grabbed hold of him to keep steady when he circled her nipples leisurely until her breasts swelled and her nipples peaked.
He took her mouth in another bold kiss as he gently lowered her to the bed. Rennie sucked in a ragged breath when his weight settled atop her.
Flesh to flesh, body to body, their hands and mouths explored and learned. Time melted away until it was only the two of them. Rennie could think of nothing else, could feel nothing else but Dale.
His touch left her panting, his kisses made her weak with need. He knew just where to touch to make her moan, just how to stroke to bring her higher and higher.
She clutched the covers when his fingers delved into the curls between her legs. He teased her mercilessly until he slid his fingers inside her. Rennie cried out from the wonderful feeling, even as he began to move his fingers in and out of her.
When his thumb circled her clitoris, she felt herself tightening as her body reached for the climax. Rennie wanted to hold back, to enjoy it more, but Dale wouldn’t allow it.
He continued his assault, pushing her closer and closer to the edge until she shattered.
Dale watched as the orgasm took her. With his name on her lips and her skin flushed, she was all he could ever want. And he wasn’t nearly done with her.
He shifted until he was kneeling beside the bed between her legs. Then he leaned in to lick her. Her body jerked even as she moaned in pleasure. He loved the taste of her and continued to lick and lave until she was writhing on the bed.
Only then did he rise up and kneel one leg on the bed. Her green eyes met his, and the unabashed need, the blatant desire he saw was his undoing.
Dale leaned over her, the head of his cock grazing her. She opened her legs wider and urged him to her. He was powerless to resist. And with one thrust, he entered her.
Their bodies began to move slowly at first, the tempo building with their need. Just as he had known, once he was inside her, he felt … complete.
Her fingers dug into his back as she met him thrust for thrust. Their gazes clashed, held and something shifted between them, deepened … heightened.
Dale clutched the blanket as her magic swelled from her, encompassing both of them and intensifying his already out-of-control passion.
“More,” she said as she wrapped her long legs around him.
He groaned and grabbed her hips and adjusted her so that he sank deeper into her. Her walls were hot and slick, gripping him tightly.
Even as he fought to hold back his own orgasm, her body was too much to resist. With their skin slick and their breaths coming hard, he thrust harder, deeper with each shift of his hips.
“Dale,” she cried as her body clamped down on his cock with her second orgasm.
That’s all it took to send him tipping into his own climax. With one last plunge, he gave in to the pleasure as his seed filled her.
Like a cocoon, peace and contentment found him as he settled in the arms of a Druid who was as beautiful as she was powerful.
Chapter Five
Dale woke from a night of strange dreams that flitted through his mind as swiftly as the wind, and just like the wind, he wasn’t able to catch a single memory of any of the dreams.
He turned his head on the pillow to see Rennie curled on her side with her back to him. They had fallen asleep in each other’s arms, and though Dale didn’t consider himself a cuddler, he discovered he wanted to hold her.
The bed squeaked as he turned on his side and molded his body to hers. Rennie let out a sigh and snuggled back against him.
Instantly, a vision slammed into him. This one was different. This time his god was unbound and he stood on Rennie’s land, the snow falling as he watched a female
As quickly as the vision came, it vanished, leaving Dale swimming in a sea of uncertainty. He rolled onto his back and started at the ceiling as he blew out a breath.
“What is it?” Rennie asked sleepily while she turned over and rested her head on his shoulder.
Since he knew how much the visions were a bone of contention with her, Dale decided not to say anything. “I think the storm let up.”
“Hmm. I’ll need to go check on my cattle. I hate to leave the warmth of the bed though.”
She smiled up at him, and he felt his chest constrict. How could a woman who possessed the same magic he felt in his dreams be real? Was it fate that sent him to her? Destiny maybe?
