was.
She begrudgingly had to admit that she appreciated that quality. So many people in her town put on a brave face and pretended to feel things that they didn’t. They hid their true wants and fears from themselves as much as from others. Silvas was unapologetically who he was, and he was offering of all that to her.
That had to count for something, even weighed against his recent behavior.
Diana took a step forward and then another. He didn’t attempt to persuade her, nor did he tease. He just watched her, the intensity in his luminous eyes increasing with her every footstep.
Despite his stillness, she could feel the surge of need coming from him. Although he didn’t so much as blink, she noted the way his ears tilted toward her and his muscles tensed with anticipation. But he didn’t move. He didn’t attempt to reach for her. He just patiently sat there with his arms open, waiting for her to come to him.
Once she stepped between his legs, she slowly lowered herself until she was kneeling on the soft moss bed. Her hands came to rest on his knees as she met his gaze. His pale gray diamond-shaped pupils expanded, rounding out as a rush of his desire swept over her.
It wasn’t just lust. Lust could be solved with a quick fuck and then forgotten about. They were taking the final step to link themselves together, and although she had all assurances that she could go on with her life afterwards, she craved that closeness, to pretend even for a few hours that she was loved once more.
Anything could happen tomorrow, or the next day. Ever since the devastation, she hadn’t dared to want much of anything for herself. She had made do with what fortune gave her. She wanted this.
Balancing her weight, Diana leaned forward into his arms. She felt those powerful muscles move up around her as he lifted her tunic and tossed it to the side. Bared, she scooted forward and slid her hands up his chest until she was able to coil her arms around his powerful neck. Aligning herself over his cock so that they intimately pressed together, she leaned into him so that her chest pressed against his.
Diana could feel his lifeforce sing to her from where they touched. She was aware of the heat of his hands and the light caress of his pale fingertips skating over her skin as he drew his palms down her arms. The soft white fuzz that covered his skin felt like velvet, and Diana closed her eyes, delighting in his touch. When his hands reached her elbows, he leaned forward so that his arms could slip around her back and pull her tight against his chest.
He growled, the sound vibrating through her from where their chests met, his eyes brightening like two white-hot flames.
“Now you are mine, Uxorem.”
Chapter 20
Diana felt his hot hands slide down her back to her hips. He squeezed and pulled her closer against him, dragging her sex across the hard length of his arousal. Although cloth separated them, her eyes rolled back as he moved her over the hard knobs of his cock, each one striking against her clit.
Her fingers dug into his shoulders, and a small hiss of air escaped her.
“Silvas…” she whimpered and squirmed against his grip.
To her chagrin, the lucomo ignored her silent demands as he dragged her back and forth at an excruciatingly slow glide against his thickening bulge. His head dropped down against her cheek, and she felt his tongue slick against her ear before trailing down her neck.
“Patience,” he purred. “I have an eternity to worship you.”
“Yeah, well, I’m human. We aren’t the most patient… I’m more into instant gratification, personally,” she panted. “At least in some things,” she amended. “This definitely counts as one of those things.”
He chuckled and, on the next slide, thrust up against her, the contact making her choke on a startled cry of pleasure. It immediately shifted into a soft groan as he continued to rock her back and forth in in a hard grinding motion against his cock. A shiver ran over her skin, followed by sparks of pleasure racing through her that responded to the tightening in her belly. Her breath was coming in shorter gasps, each one sending a pulse down to her clit.
Her orgasm hovered just in front of her, and she reached for it eagerly only to have Silvas stop and press her firmly down, hindering her movement.