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Potent heat raced along her spine and filled her head A noise of raw pleasure filled the space between them, but she couldn’t tell who’d made it Maybe both of the her steady as he set a slow, deep rhythht danced in her eyes, and when they cleared, all she saas shi into her They connected the them securely with no means of escape

Not that she wanted any Everything she wanted was right here, within arift fro it intoher clench around his thrusting erection

Zach growled against her flesh, the vibration causing a new riot of pleasure to swirl deep inside her

The power of his body amazed her The fluid clench and release of his her with every beat of her heart Heat poured off of the the air around theainst her body,room for his hand to snake between the a new, h curls covering her lide along her slippery folds With unerring accuracy, he cradled her clitoris between two thick fingers The rocking of his body hten like a coiled spring The exquisite pressure of his hand was perfectly calculated to force her to go where he wanted

Lexi had no choice but to give in She was so tired of fighting, so tired of nothing in her life being easy Until this very moment

Zach covered her mouth with his just as her climax crashed over her All the tension inside her exploded out in a burst of light and sensation It drained away only for a split second before slaain

It was too much all at once He overwhelmed her, destroyed her, made her whole

Her muffled cries of release filled her ears and she felt Zach’s ar wave of pleasure shimmered from her just as his erection swelled and pulsed inside her The last gentle echo of her orgasrowled from the depths of his own co slowed as sweat cooled their bodies Zach’skisses she was sure would leave marks

A satisfied smile stretched her ood to care about anything other than the coht of his body on hers and the protective circle of his ar the her room to breathe, but not much He held himself up on his elbows and stroked her hair away from her sweaty forehead An odd, almost vulnerable look lined his dark face

She wanted to coive him whatever words he needed But deep down, she knew that what he needed from her wasn’t words It was actions He wanted her to open herself up and let him in Not just her body, but her mind

How could she do that? How could she put that kind of trust in the hands of a ?

Then again, after what they’d shared, how could she not?

It hadn’t been just sex That hat she’d wanted it to be, but it was more than that She’d seen how much he needed her--how vulnerable he really was to her whims She had the power to crush hiht--will the luceria to fall from her neck and it would kill hih not to

That kind of trust was hu too h job if you’re still able to think straight"

Lexi gave him a smile and kissed the tip of his nose "If you’d done any better, it would have killedhis white teeth gleaive that theory a try?"

She couldn’t take any ile "Rain check?"

"As enerosity made her shields crack more with every kind act She wasn’t sure how he knew just which weapons to wield against her to make her crumble at his feet, but he seemed to have an instinct for it

He pulled from her body, still as thick and hard as if he hadn’t co fro on the dark head of his penis

They hadn’t used a condootten earlier

The ramifications of that slip slam more than look at hi a child She’d never drag a kid across the country, living out of the back of her Honda, putting it in constant risk of being attacked and killed by monsters Or, worse, taken like so many of the stories she’d heard over the years

But things were different now She had a hoh she hadn’t yet fully accepted it in her head, in her heart, this place was hers It was safe She could raise a child here without worry, knowing there would be others here just like hio to school and play with other kids and have a real life

A family

She started to shake as the foundations for her entire life, her plans for her future shifted beneath her

"What’s wrong?" asked Zach, panic tightening his words

"I’m not on birth control"

His hand slid over her hair in a co caress "It’s okay You don’t have to worry I can’tdrea