Heart of Vengeance (Alice Worth #6) - Lisa Edmonds Page 0,37

He’d said that to me on our first night together, when he’d shown me, as he’d done many times since, how much seeing my pleasure meant to him.

He bent his head. I felt something different and started to raise my head to see what he was doing—

—And my world went supernova in the most intense orgasm I had ever experienced.

I screamed, my head flung back. I writhed and clawed at the bedding, fighting to get away from a release that terrified me with its intensity. I couldn’t move because Sean held me down, even as he continued to do whatever he was doing to cause this tidal wave of pleasure.

I was suddenly afraid to release my magic, not just because I worried it might destroy the room and harm Sean, but because it always caused a second wave of pleasure and I didn’t think I could take any more.

Impossibly, the force of the climax increased, and I couldn’t hold back anymore. My magic tore free and thundered around us. I screamed again as power coursed through me in waves. Through the haze of pleasure, I called Sean’s name over and over, pleading for him to stop, and to never, ever stop.

When I opened my eyes, he was above me. His eyes and skin glowed with hot golden shifter magic as he pushed into me. He pinned my hands to the bed on either side of my head and watched me writhing beneath him as he moved.

“Alice.” He lowered his head to graze my earlobe with his teeth. “Beautiful mate,” he growled in my ear. It was his wolf’s voice.

The sound of the wolf’s voice, the sensation of our combined magic blazing around us, and Sean’s movements sent me over the edge again. Our magic rolled through us, bringing pleasure and power. Sean shuddered and groaned. My nails left deep marks in his arms. He wrapped me tightly in his arms as he pulsed hot inside me.

Our magic sizzled on our skin, then faded as it settled back into our bodies. I trembled so hard my teeth chattered. We lay together, breathing hard and unwilling to let go.

Sean finally kissed my neck and raised his head, his eyes still golden. “Are you all right?”

“I think so.” My voice was wispy. “What did you do? How did you do that?”

“Just a bit of magic, in your most magical spot,” he said, nuzzling my throat. “I was hoping for good results, but that exceeded every expectation. I thought you were going to levitate off the bed.”

At least I was getting my breath back. “You gotta warn a girl next time you want to try something crazy like that.”

“You said more please,” he reminded me. He kissed his way along my collarbone, then placed my wolf amulet between my breasts and covered it with his hand. “My beautiful Alice.”

Without warning, shifter magic surged inside me. My arms and legs went rigid, the joints popping audibly as my wolf tried to force my body to shift. Caught off guard by my wolf’s sudden agitation, I screamed.

Sean cursed. In a blink, he was kneeling beside me, gripping my hand. “Use your shifter magic,” he ordered. “Push her back, Alice.”

“I don’t know how,” I gasped.

“You have to learn.” He leaned over me, his eyes bright gold. “Be the dominant partner.”

The agony in my arms and legs made it difficult to think, but I resisted the idea of shoving her down with brute force. Instead, I closed my eyes and found my wolf’s angry golden gaze in the shadows. Stop trying to make me shift, I told her. I can’t shift. I will never be able to shift. All you’re doing is hurting me.

Want to run, she snarled. She surged again and my limbs seized painfully.

I set my jaw to keep from crying out. I drew on my shifter magic and pushed her gently back. You can’t run in this body, and you can’t run alone, I told her. It’s too dangerous.

She showed me her teeth. No danger to me. Danger to others.

That’s what I mean, I said. If you hurt someone, our whole pack will suffer. Many people are afraid of you. They may try to capture you and me. We have to be careful. Please stop hurting me.

My wolf settled down. My limbs stopped seizing. Want to run, she said. It sounded more like a request or a plea now than a demand.

I’ll figure something out, I promised her. Please be patient. I have to figure