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"You sure?"

Ellison wanted to hold on, to drive into her in his growing frenzy, to spill his seed and slake his need A Shifter was built to mate Nature drove them to sex, to have cubs, to live as hard as they could

But Maria was shaken and upset, and Ellison couldn’t take advantage of her He told his body that with everything he had, but he still couldn’t withdraw, stop her, take her away froht kiss to his lips "With you Do you want it?"

"You think I don’t?" Ellison’s thoughts started to juood to you I don’t want to hurt you"

Maria slid farther down onto hihts into incoherency "You won’t," she said

Ellison felt like fire Need crawled through him, his blood hot and his skin chilled The water took Maria’s weight, ht in his ar until he found his deepest pleasure He wanted to rock into her, fast, faster, find her, know her, feel her close around hio slow, he’d show her caring, tenderness

If he could hold back Maria’s legs were silken against his tight skin, the depths of her like a wash of fla on, his ar His toes curled as he braced himself in the mud at the bottom of the little lake, the bluebonnets all around the in the warm breeze

"Ellison," Maria said in her low-pitched, and da water droplets "I need you"

Father God, help h, kissing Ellison’s shoulders with heat A blessing, soht, the cool water, this woman in his arms

Ellison slowly thrust up inside her She squeezed instinctively, e him inside her as she eh Ellison’s body, engendering another thrust Up and up again, the water buoying him Maria kissed his cheek, then across his cheekbone to his ear to nibble his lobe

It was erotic and tender at the sa to hiift And Ellison was glad to receive it

He thrust again, holding her,love to a beautiful woman in the sunshine The water cradled theht her caressing mouth to his lips

This kiss was slower, less tense, the war the ultimate intimacy

Ellison rocked carefully into her Her body welcoo He couldn’t move as much as he wanted in this position, but it didn’tto know each other, beco one

He’d spill his seed soon Too soon Ellison wanted to stay inside Maria forever, closer to her than he ever dreamed he could be