Vixen (Dark Protectors #11.5) - Rebecca Zanetti Page 0,15

did so. “We’re leaving the shoes on, baby.” Watching her, seeing more of her than she’d like, he shoved his jeans down, revealing what she’d suspected. The cop was built. Like very nicely built.

Need and want coursed through her, powerful in the demand. Vulnerability hinted inside her for a second.

He must’ve caught her look, because he slid both hands up her thighs and placed a kiss right above her belly button. “I won’t hurt you, Tabi. I promise.”

She couldn’t fool him. He was too important, and so was this. “I want to mate you. We’d be tied forever,” she whispered, not even sure what that meant. But at least he’d be alive.

He paused. “Mate?”

Oh, crap. The guy was too grounded in his own reality. “Yes. Please say yes.”

Confusion clouded through the desire in his expression. “Honey, I don’t have long, and mating doesn’t exist. Not like you said it.” He brushed her hair away from her face, his touch infinitely gentle. “I’m not sure what you’re caught up in, but I can help you.” He started to draw back.

“No.” She yanked him down and pushed his shoulder so he’d roll on his back. Levering with her knee, she slid atop him, straddling all of his smooth and strong body, her heels on the bed. “Don’t stop. Forget I said anything. I’m not in a cult, and you’re not taking advantage of me.” She told him all she could, and he’d said he would want to live forever. If this actually worked, and he was pissed, they’d have eternity to work it out. If they stayed together. Nobody said they had to stay together. Not really.

He reached up, cupping her face while his cock pulsed against her core, obviously straining to get in. The feeling was too much, and the ache inside her intensified. “You understand I can’t make any sort of claim here, right? I’m temporary, Tabitha.”

Claim? The guy sounded like a vampire for a minute. “What if you weren’t dying?” she whispered, unable to keep her body from rubbing against him. Pleasure burst through her with a promise of more. A lot more.

“Then I’d be inside you right now, making you say my name.” As if going on instinct, he slipped his head to the nape of her neck, twisting his fingers in her hair and taking control. He tugged her head to the side and then drew her down. “I’m done fighting us both. Tell me now if you want this.”

Oh, she wanted him. Whether she wanted what she was about to do, she wasn’t sure. “I want you. Inside me and now,” she said, going for honesty.

“Good enough.” He kissed her then, putting everything into it this time. Power, male, strength.

She moaned, her hands curling into his shoulders.

He rolled them again, blanketing her, broad and long. So much bigger than her. He reached down, one finger gently sliding inside her. “Oh, Tabi. You’re ready, baby.”

She gasped, throwing her head back. Yeah, she was wet and ready for him. Fast. Really fast. She scraped her nails down his flank, over his hip, and touched his length. Full and pulsing, hard and long, he was ready, too. She chuckled, the sound hoarse. “Right back at you.”

He chuckled, the sound pained. Then he licked along her jaw and headed between her breasts.

She grabbed his hair and pulled him back on. “I’m all for playing and foreplay, but I want you. Now.” Everything hurt—she ached way too much for him. “We can go slow and play later.”

His nostrils flared. “Hold on.” He reached into the bedside drawer, pulling out a condom.

It would take too much time and maybe get him to stop if she explained that he didn’t need that, so she let him roll the useless thing on himself. He smiled and kissed her nose, pausing at her entrance and seeking her eyes, as if making sure one more time that she wanted this.

To prove it, she reached around and clenched his very fine buttock.

His nostrils flared, and he entered her, going slowly and allowing her body time to accept him.

The moment was intimate and the feeling delicious. Different than ever before in a way she couldn’t quite grasp, and she shoved any indecision to the side. It was too late to worry about that.

He finally pushed all the way inside her, taking her.

Much too late.

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If Evan was going to die, this was a hell of a way to go. Tabi breathed out, her face flushed, her