There was something seriously erotic about a man this controlled losing it all whenever he touched her. She liked the fact that he could drop his guard when they were alone.
That he didn't judge her.
Closing her eyes, she clutched his head to her as he moved even faster against her. There was nothing better than him pounding himself into her over and over again. Than his tongue working its magic on her breast.
Unable to stand it, she pulled his lips away from her breast so that she could kiss him. His eyes were dark with his passion, his face a bit flushed from their exertion.
She ground herself against him as she sank her hands into his long hair and nipped his lips with her teeth.
Valerius growled in his throat as Tabitha licked her way to his ear where her tongue swirled around his lobe and made chills spread all over his body.
It drove him past his control. He wanted to be even deeper inside her.
Pulling out of her, he rolled her over, onto her stomach and positioned her so that she was bent over the bed with her buttocks exposed.
"Val?"
He brushed the hair away from her neck as he drove himself back into her body. She cried out in pleasure as he buried himself all the way to the hilt.
Some inner, wild part of him roared to life. He cupped her breasts in his hands while the scent of their passion filled his head.
Tabitha couldn't breathe as Valerius took control. He left one hand cupping her breast while the other trailed down her body, past her belly ring to bury it between her legs.
"Oh, Val," she sobbed, aching from the pleasure of his touch. His fingers delved deep in her cleft as he stroked her in time to his thrusts.
Her head spun.
She'd never felt so strangely desirable. So needed.
"I love the way you smell, Tabitha," Valerius breathed in her ear.
She felt him brush his fangs against her throat. "Are you going to bite me, Val?"
She felt him hesitate as one fang hovered dangerously close to her jugular.
"I've never wanted to bite anyone before," he said raggedly.
"And now?"
He moved even faster against her. "I want to devour you."
Tabitha cried out as she came instantly.
Valerius clenched his teeth as he felt her shuddering. The foreign part of him still begged to taste her. It begged to possess her.
It was wild and frightening.
He nipped her throat, but forced himself not to break her skin. But it was hard.
It was damn near impossible.
And when he climaxed a minute later, he heard that alien part of himself roar in triumph.
He held her close until the last tremor shook him. Completely drained, he turned her around and then sank to his knees in front of her.
Tabitha was awed by the sight of the proud Roman warrior kneeling before her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and laid his head carefully against her stomach.
Gently, she ran her hands through his hair.