pants and his.
“Let me thank you for what you’ve done for me,” he murmured against my lips.
I gasped, pulling back to stare into his eyes, my heart thumping so hard that it almost shook my entire body. “Thank me how?”
A dangerous smile curved his lips. “Lie back.”
My heart squeezed tight. “I thought you cared about the rules.”
“I do care about the rules.” His gaze darkened; his thumb caressed the back of my neck. “I will not mate with you, Norah. But there are other things I can do. Lie back.”
I wet my lips. I had no idea what had gotten into Kael, but my need for him was so great that I did not dare stop him. With trembling lungs, I slid off his lap and leaned back onto the chilly dirt floor of the cave. Instantly, he was above me, gazing down at me with a look of adoration that made my heart quake. His dark hair fell into his eyes as he smiled.
His lips found mine once again before they trailed down my throat. Sparks danced along my skin as his kisses went lower. He lifted my shirt and kissed my stomach, taking his time to draw his tongue above the band of my trousers. I trembled as desire coiled.
“You are so beautiful,” he whispered against my skin as he slowly tugged my pants down my thighs, and then tossed them into the corner of the cave.
I trembled as the wintry breeze caressed my bare skin.
I couldn’t believe that I was naked in a cave with Kael.
His mouth dropped onto my stomach once again, and my back arched as a new wave of desire stormed through me. Wetness pooled between my thighs as his tongue danced lower and lower down my body. My breath was heaving; my fingers were curled into the dirt. I could barely lie still, nor could I hear anything but the heavy thudding of my heart.
Suddenly, his hands gripped my thighs, and his fingers dug deep into my skin, as if he were claiming me. Need ripped through me, and I moaned, opening myself up to him, desperate for something more than his tongue on my belly. I needed him to do something and soon or else I might shatter beneath the weight of the ache.
But he did not take me there yet. He dragged his tongue up my stomach and then curled his tongue around my swollen nipple. My body bucked beneath his kiss. Stars danced in my eyes. His lips tugged against my nipple, teasing, sucking, driving me further toward the edge of a cliff I was desperate to leap right off of.
My fingernails jammed deeper into the dirt as his mouth moved to my other breast. His tongue drove me wild. I was an aching mess beneath him.
“Kael, please,” I panted, spreading my thighs, so needy for him that I swore I’d painted the ground beneath me.
With a curving smile, he edged down my body. He lowered himself between my thighs and gazed up at me. Slowly, with his eyes locked on mine, he dragged his tongue across my aching core. I bucked beneath him as exquisite pleasure shot through me. His tongue slipped against me once more, and I cried out, my voice echoing through the silent cave.
Kael pulled back and licked his lips, smiling. “You taste like berries.”
And then he dove between my thighs once more with such a feverish energy that it made my body quake. His tongue lapped against my core, sending wave after wave of pleasure storming over me. I couldn’t think. I could barely even breathe. My core tightened beneath his mouth, and then a delicious rip went through me, as if glass shards surrounding my need exploded all at once. My body spasmed, throbbed. And then a delicious sense of bliss warmed my limbs.
With a shuddering sigh, I gazed down at him. He stared up at me, his mouth still only inches from my skin.
“Enjoy that?” he asked, looking a bit smug.
“What do you think?” I asked in a whisper.
Smiling, he leaned over me and dropped one last hot kiss on my mouth. “Thank you for saving my life.”
“I mean, I’ll happily save your life again if it means you’ll do that.”
His smile dimmed, and he brushed my hair away from my face. “If only you were my mate, I would do that every night for the rest of our lives.”
My heart pounded as I gazed up at him. I was so screwed. I