Carys murmured her thanks and gently squeezed Rune’s hand. They slipped away at the first opportunity, heading immediately for the stairs.
They ducked inside the guest room and Rune kicked the door closed behind them. Carys had her arms and legs wrapped around him, held aloft in his strong arms. They kissed like mad, eyes blazing with desire, fangs tangling in their frenzy for each other.
Rune carried her to the king-size bed and laid her down. His big hands trembled as he stripped off her ruined clothes.
“We should clean up first,” Carys murmured.
He shook his head. “Later. Right now, I just need you.”
She needed him too. It had always been like this for them, but now, the desire was even more intense. Carys watched him, enthralled, knowing that the passion they shared would always be this fierce and undeniable.
Rune was naked now as well. He crawled over her on the bed, his immense body radiating heat and power and so much love it stole her breath. His wounds were healed over. The faint red welts left on his skin would be gone by morning.
He looked so strong and formidable. So incredibly sexy.
And he was hers.
Tonight more than ever, they belonged to each other.
She needed him, right now. On a throaty growl, she pressed her hands against his chest and tossed him onto his back. She straddled his hips, her wet cleft sliding along his length as she leaned down and met his mouth with a deep, demanding kiss.
A shift of her hips positioned him at her core. She wanted to prolong the delicious feeling of their bodies moving together in a teasing tempo, not yet joined. But her hunger for him was too intense.
She lifted her pelvis, seating herself on the upward jut of his cock. He hissed as she sank all the way down. When she started riding him, he held on to her and groaned in pleasure, his neck tendons straining as taut as cables.
“Damn, you feel good,” he rasped. She kicked up her pace and he sucked in a sharp breath. “Ah, fuck. Slow it down, baby. Let’s make this last a while.”
She tossed her head and grinned down at him. “We’ve got all night to slow it down. You said yourself you’re feeling healed and strong again.”
“Oh, yeah,” he ground out, bucking hard beneath her as if to show her just how revived he truly was.
“That’s good,” she purred. “So there’s no need for me to go easy on you, then.”
His eyes ignited with amber fire. “Holy hell, you are a force to be reckoned with. And, Christ . . . you’re ruthless too.”
He grabbed her hips as she rocked on him and undulated in deep circles. She slid in an unhurried, but purposeful rhythm up and down his length, delighting in his pleasure.
She felt his muscles tense. His hips thrust feverishly, meeting her strokes, hungry for more. She showed him no mercy as his climax swiftly built to a frenzy. His big body shook, and a jagged shout tore loose from him as he exploded inside her.
Carys kept moving on him, relishing the way his body responded to her.
He gazed up at her from under heated eyes. “I can see we’re gonna have to lay down some ground rules about who’s in charge.”
She smirked. “You know how I feel about rules.”
He reached up to caress her cheek. “How do you feel about forever with me, love?”
Elation sent her heart soaring. She licked her lips. “I thought you’d never ask.”
With her eyes fixed on his throbbing carotid, she leaned down and sank her fangs into his neck. Rune let out a sharp moan as her bite took hold. Then his arms wrapped around her protectively, possessively while she began to drink from him.
And as his blood roared down her throat and into her body’s cells—into her soul—Rune rolled her beneath him and began to make love to her slowly, showing her just how passionate and perfect their forever was going to be.
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