Dirty Sexy Alphas (Twenty Book Box Set) - Hannah Ford Page 0,368

to be the cause of his death. Nor did I want Madden to do anything so rash.

I didn’t want to think about what almost happened tonight. I didn’t want to dwell on being so close to death. I wanted to live. I reached up and laid my hand along Madden’s strong jaw. The muscles under my fingers twitched. Stubble abraded my fingertips as I stroked along the hard planes of his face.

I heard his sharp intake of breath when I brushed my thumb over his bottom lip.

“Are you sure?” he asked. “I don’t want to do anything that might hurt you.” He ran a gentle finger over the ridges of my collarbone. I sucked in a breath and closed my eyes, but then forced them open again.

“I need to feel something...not bad,” I admitted. “I feel safe with you and I’ve been scared for what seems like forever and I just want to know that everything isn’t bad. That I can feel something good again.”

Madden cupped my face between his hands and leaned forward, brushing his lips over mine. “I promise I will only ever make you feel good, Skylar.” His mouth opened over mine and he swiped his tongue over the seam of my lips. I opened immediately, needing to feel a connection with him.

He groaned and slipped one hand behind my neck, holding me firmly but gently while he deepened the kiss. I tangled my tongue with his, pushing back until he growled deep in his throat and took full control.

I slid from the sofa and straddled his thighs. A dam burst inside me and I couldn’t get enough. I wrapped my arms around him, drove my fingers into his hair and rocked my hips. This was what I needed. I felt so alive with him and I had to have that connection.

His hot mouth slid from mine and trailed down over my neck, gently to barely a touch when he rained kisses over the place where I was bruised. I drew in shallow breaths that hitched in my chest when he ran his hands down my sides, then back up under my shirt. Fingers splayed over my skin, pushing upwards and taking my top with them slowly.

Cool air washed over my heated skin. I held my arms up so that he could push my shirt up and off. He dragged his fingers down over my arms and then along my ribs. When he slipped them under the thin fabric of my bra and brushed his thumb across both nipples, I arched back.

A low moan came from deep inside me.

With a flick, he opened the clasp and slipped my bra free. Now his mouth was moving down my chest. His lips creeping closer to the aching tips that he manipulated so masterfully. The first swipe of his tongue sent electricity flashing through me. I groaned and grabbed his head, pulling him closer, begging without saying anything.

He used his teeth to gently bite down and a new kind of shock shot right between my legs. “Oh god.”

He nipped and soothed until I couldn’t sit still. Need pulsed through me and I needed friction. No matter how I moved, how I rocked my hips, it wasn’t enough. Madden growled around my nipple and the next suck was a fraction harder. Pain tinged pleasure like I’d never felt before zinged through me.

“Madden,” I begged, but I wasn’t exactly sure what I was asking for. I just wanted more of him.

He gathered me close and whispered, “hold on,” then he moved to his knee then up to his feet. I wrapped my legs around his waist and threaded my hands behind his neck. IN this position, I could feel the bulge of his cock pushing on the spot that was throbbing for attention. By the time he made it to the bedroom, I was panting. And already so close.

When he eased me to my feet, I almost cried.

He cupped my face and kissed the corners of my mouth before sliding his tongue between my lips. He stroked in lazy circles, exploring my mouth at his leisure while I did everything I could to make him lose control.

It didn’t work. He was taking his time and nothing I did could change it.

When I tugged on his hair he pulled back to look at me. His eyes were almost black and filled with a hunger that made my knees weak.

“I want you,” I breathed out.

“And you’ll have me,” he murmured back, “but first I