down her spine. Even the cotton of his shirt rubbed against her nipples and added to the desire pooling again in her veins. She ached. For him. For his cock. His mouth. Fingers.
Both breathed hard when she broke the kiss. “You’re overdressed.”
“That means leaving.” He nipped at her lip. “You seemed so demanding before.”
She shoved at his shoulders. Cold washed over her naked frame as he disappeared. He ripped his shirt over his head and shucked his pants, dirty grin spreading over his face as she eyed him up and down.
Sweet heavens above, she didn’t know what she’d gotten herself into.
“Your stomach. You healed?”
“You did that,” he answered. Dark hunger filled his eyes. “You make me whole.”
A shiver ran down her spine. She saw the truth in his eyes and written over his face. She saw it in the faint pink line spanning his stomach. Something powerful built between them, growing and growing until she felt electricity zinging through her nerves. Whole, yeah. They were filling in the gaps of each other.
Seth stroked his impressive length slowly, closing the distance to the bed. He watched her, eyes heating, as he crawled back into place and knelt between her legs. His fingers wrapped around her knees and he hauled her up his thick thighs. “This what you want, gorgeous?” he growled. “This what you need?”
He rocked his hips forward and rubbed his cock along her slit. Lilah hissed when he inched into her, teasing her with a hint of penetration. In and out, up and down, glancing against her clit and nudging into her. He drove her wild. “Seth,” she whimpered.
With a growl, he eased his hips back and thrust sharply into her center. Her mouth dropped open at the sudden, perfect invasion. He filled her, and then some. Every thick inch rasped and rubbed until he left her panting.
“Lilah,” he groaned. He dropped his head back and bit his lower lip as pleasure etched in his features.
When he focused on her again, she gasped. Bright gold churned in his eyes, but there was more than the change in color. More than lust. He looked at her like she mattered. She wasn’t a pity fuck or someone to pass the time with until someone better came along. She wasn’t her anxiety or her past.
She wasn’t defined by what happened to her.
He was different. His people were different. The evil she’d experienced firsthand didn’t exist in the same room as Seth and the other Crowley lions.
Another growl, he eased his hips back and shoved forward again. Deep and hard, he dragged sounds out of her that she hadn’t thought she could make. Primal, feral noises dripped from her lips to match the bald, dirty words he dripped into her ear.
“Feel so good, gorgeous,” he growled. “So fucking good. So wet. So tight. You going to come for me, good girl? You going to come all over my cock?”
All she could do was nod. Words were beyond her as he bucked into her harder than before.
He reached out a hand and palmed her breast. The swipe of his thumb over her nipple arced more pleasure through her body. Molten hot desire slid through her veins, prickling and bubbling until her skin felt hot and tight.
Lilah slid her hands up his arms. Heat blasted off him and warmed him down to her very marrow. “Seth,” she groaned, back arching. “Close...”
He gripped her thighs and held her tight, thrusting into her with even greater power than before. She flung her arms out wide and wrapped her fingers in the blankets just to hold herself steady. Heat coiling tighter inside her and left her ready to spring.
Harder. Faster. Her entire body trembled under him. Pressure built in her middle; pleasure filled her from head to toe. She teetered right on the edge, ready... ready...
“Seth!” she cried out again.
He flung himself forward and consumed her scream with a harsh kiss as she throbbed around him. His hips jerked against her, then tensed, flooding her with warmth.
His movements slowed, steadied, even while her heart tripped fast in her chest. He rocked them both to the final twist and throb of their aftershocks, then eased them to their sides.
“Gorgeous,” he murmured against her lips.
She believed him.
Lilah snuggled closer to the man, not bothering to wiggle under the blankets or run to the bathroom for a shower and a change. With Seth, she didn’t need to hide her scars. He made her feel safe.
A deep, satisfied purr vibrated through her.