What are you feeling, love? I hadn’t planned to tell you until you’d had more time to recover, but I couldn’t keep it to myself anymore.”
She looked down at his big hand holding hers and ran the pad of her thumb over his thick fingers, before bringing that massive, battle-scarred hand to her lips to kiss his rough knuckles. “What am I feeling?”
His throat worked again, and he dipped his chin.
“Well, though I can’t be one hundred percent sure, I have read the definition online quite a few times while I was researching emotions, and it seems to fit very well.”
“What is it?” he asked in a rough, broken voice that lifted goose bumps all over her again.
She smiled up at him even as nerves battled low in her belly. “Joy.”
His nostrils flared. “I’m gonna kiss you now.”
“Thank god.”
He chucked again softly as he took her face in those brutal but gentle hands and pressed his lips to hers. The kiss started sweet and slow, but quickly became more urgent, consuming.
As his mouth moved, his tongue teased hers, and her body began to heat, the ache between her thighs building again, and her nipples tightened in a way she knew Gunner would be able to feel against his chest.
“I…I have that feeling again,” she said against his mouth.
“I know,” he growled back.
“How?”
He pulled away, his gaze on hers, his fingers buried in her hair. “Your scent is heavier. I can smell how slick your pussy is.”
“You like that?”
“Yeah, I fucking like it.”
“Are you going to touch me there again?”
He moved forward, and Luna fell to her back. He lay beside her, propped up on an elbow. “Yes,” he said as his hand slid down her belly. “Yes, I’m going to touch you there again.”
Her legs fell wide as his rough palm snagged on the front of her underwear. He didn’t go as slow or as gentle this time. He spread her, still over the top of her panties, and glided over that spot that had her gasping even though she didn’t need to take a breath.
His nostrils flared, and he slid his thumb over it again.
Her hips jerked. “What is that? How are you doing that?”
He pressed his lips to hers. “The little nub at the top of your pussy is your clit. It has a whole bunch of nerve endings there that make you feel good when you touch it.”
He did it again, demonstrating, and she cried out as her inner muscles fluttered. “Is it because of you…that I c-can feel this? That I can feel anything?”
“I think so,” he said, watching her reaction to his skilled touch.
Luna had been numb, emotionally and physically, for so long. She wasn’t numb anymore.
She arched as the pleasure grew. “Gunner, something’s…happening.” She tried to pull away but ended up grabbing his wrist and holding him there instead.
He cursed, watching her with molten, black eyes. “You’re close, love. Let it happen. I promise you’ll like it.”
He was so handsome, so incredibly beautiful, she couldn’t look away. “I need to move my hips,” she gasped out.
“You do whatever feels good, my love.”
His love.
Oh god.
She did what he said, chasing what felt good, moving her hips, rolling and grinding against his hand. Her skin was hot and sweaty and her breasts felt tight, her belly warm and tingly. The feeling grew between her legs. More, she wanted more of it.
Her gums tingled and her fangs elongated.
Gunner groaned as he watched her, not stopping what he was doing. And then, god, he kissed her, his thumb on her chin, opening her mouth so he could swipe his tongue inside. The feeling between her thighs, in her belly, grew more insistent and she whimpered.
Gunner lifted his head a little, eyes locking on hers as he lapped at the tip of her fang, then took her mouth again, his tongue dueling with hers. Oh shit. The taste of his blood filled her mouth, had her losing control completely.
Luna clutched him to her, arching up when what was happening between her thighs exploded into sensation, lights danced behind her eyes, fire and joy and beauty completely owning her. She cried out, all of it too big to hold in. Her body shook and her inner muscles clenched and released over and over in a way she’d never felt before.
“That’s it, Luna, let it all go,” Gunner said above her.
When it finally washed through her, that big, overwhelming feeling slowly dimming, she opened her eyes and stared up at him.