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"Don’t worry," heyou don’t want , and possessive, yet his sensitive, gentle streak surrounded her like a satin ribbon,her feel feue inside hermuch more intimate, she was the one anted Wanted so h, she’d take what she could get

He rocked against her as he o wet, and as if he knew, he growled deep in his chest and dropped one hand between their bodies His fingers found her core, and she nearly ca contact

"Oh, daainst her lips "I can s me I need to taste it If you don’t want it, you’d better tell me now"

Her breath left her in a rush as his raords sank in and the ihts

"No objections, then," he ru down her body to pull off her underwear Slowly, like a great cat, he prowled fro fluidly under his skin Her breath cahs

She wanted this so badly, but he was looking at her and she was nervous and afraid she’d made a terrible mistake, when he whispered, "Gods, you’re beautiful" Gods? Gads, e word he’d used, because she went light-headed and at the same time, heavy with a deep-down ache

Closing his eyes, he inhaled, and when he opened theaze so quickly she couldn’t be sure "Your scent is so sweet I could spend all night between your legs"

His hands slid up frohs to part her slick lips, and she held her breath as he lowered his head slowly, so slowly she wanted to screaue made a tentative sweep from her core to her clit

"Josh Oh… oh, ," she breathed

A purring sound vibrated through her body, and his hot breath bathed her in sensation "If I hurt you or you don’t like this, tellto happen"

"Don’t want to get carried away… you taste so good, and I’ve never done this before…"

Her jaw dropped, but she didn’t have a chance to say anything before hisher hps off the bed Nothing in her dreams or fantasies could have prepared her for this Exquisite sensations broke across her body with every stroke of his tongue, which swirled and stabbed until she was grinding herself against it, puht her clt between his lips and suckled, she finally flew apart Into a million pieces that shattered her mind

Josh’s voice floated somewhere above her, and dazed, she opened her eyes "That was… oh, dahed

He watched her with awe and not a little cockiness in his expression "You’re so sexy when you coy to breathe, she h "As much as I’d like to--"

"Why not? Is it your head?" Noatching her with concern, his blue eyes bright "Serena? Are you okay?"

"Oh Yes I-I’m fine" Which was a lie, because she wasn’t fine at all She was falling for this ht-headed, and she could use a nap

"Shit We shouldn’t have done this You’re injured and you need to rest--"

"Shh" She touched his face, shutting him up instantly "You sound like a doctor"

"A side effect of working in a hospital and having one brother who is a paramedic and another who is a doctor"

She s fro clax "Must be nice to have medical people in the family"

"Yeah, well, you haven’t ainst her "Go to sleep We’ll discuss why brothers are ainst hi her yawn "Tomorrow, then"

"Tomorrow," he said, and for some reason he sounded… sad

Sixteen

Wraith and Serena slept until after noon Well, Serena had slept Wraiththe suite and the hotel floor Nothing was going to get past hi

He’d called his demoness contact to let her know he needed a cure for a Mara disease and that he’d pay any price, but hadn’t heard back yet He also knehat she’d require for payment His body For days