Mending the Beast (Awakening Pride #10) - Lacey Thorn Page 0,57

he held her, did his best to soothe her with words and kisses until he felt the tension leave her again.

“I want to try something,” he murmured, rising on his elbow so he could glance down at her. “Will you trust me?”

“I… I can’t…”

“I know, baby. I won’t do that again. Promise.” Not until she was ready.

“I don’t know if I can do this.”

“Did you enjoy my touch?”

“You know I did.” He saw the truth in her eyes, but the fear still lingered there.

“I want to try something. Will you trust me?”

She stared at him for a long moment, so long that he was afraid her answer would be no. Then slowly, she nodded. He sat up, ridding himself of his boots and socks then ripping his shirt over his head and tossing it aside. He kept his jeans on, needing the barrier between his flesh and hers. He stretched out on the bed next to her, moving until his head was up by the headboard. She rose onto her knees beside him, and Daniel had to swallow several times to keep from reaching for her breasts again.

“I want you to straddle my chest.”

Her gaze flew from exploring his body to meet his eyes. “I… What?”

Daniel kept his hands loosely at his sides. “I want you to straddle my chest. Please.”

She bit her bottom lip, letting her gaze run over him from head to toe. He felt the heat of her gaze as it lingered at his crotch. Much longer and she’d have him coming in his pants again. He closed his eyes then snapped them open when he felt the slick glide of her sex over his stomach. She sat astride him, the heat of her soaking into his skin. She sat back, and he had to fist his hands in the covers to keep from reaching for her. Her ass just brushed the hard ridge of his cock, and his stomach muscles clenched tight as he fought to keep his hips from lifting into her.

“Come closer, baby,” he urged. His voice was guttural, more animal than man, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Ariel rose onto her knees and slid higher until her knees bumped into his arm pits. He could see the pink flush of her sex, the dew coating the plumped lips, and he wanted that ambrosia on his tongue.

“Higher.”

“I can’t go any higher, Daniel.”

He licked his lips. “Yes, you can. Put your knees over my shoulders so they rest on the mattress beside my head. Hold onto the headboard for balance.”

Her breasts wiggled as she moved, adjusting her position exactly as he’d told her. Her scent was intoxicating, and he prayed he didn’t lose control at the first taste of her sex on his lips. He glanced up as she positioned herself above him.

“Wider,” he ordered and groaned when she complied. He could see all of her, every pink morsel.

Now, he reached up, fondling her buttocks as he brought her sex to his mouth. He circled her hole, dipping inside just enough to gather her juices before moving along the inside of her folds to her clitoris where it peeked out at the top of her sex. He flicked over it then wrapped his lips around it and sucked.

Ariel’s cries were music to his ears. Then she began pumping her hips against his face. He slid one hand under her ass and teased her entrance, tapping and rubbing but not entering her. Not with his fingers at least. His mouth was a different story. He sucked and licked, urging her higher toward the pleasure he wanted to give her. And she appeared to revel in it.

As he let his gaze skate up her body, he took in everything. The ripple of her stomach muscles as she rode his face. The tight buds of her nipples, a dark rose as she moved closer toward orgasm. But it was her face that held his gaze. Eyelids at half-mast. Lush lips parted as she panted. Dusky color filling her cheeks. She was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, and he was madly in love with her.

“Ariel,” he whispered her name against her folds, and when their gazes met, he latched onto her clitoris, sucking while he thrust a finger inside her. She came with a harsh cry, her juices coating his finger and dampening his chin before he moved his lips lower and drank her in.

By the time he’d consumed his fill, she was trembling