of
which her dad was a member, backing him up. She’d been exiled for
only a year, but she clearly missed her family and was worried
about her sister. He thought it was admirable that she was willing
to marry a man she didn’t love to save her sister from the same
fate. He was just thankful she’d come home to Belle Terra first and
they’d found each other.
“Is there nothing we can do for Alanah?” he
asked. He helped her carry the completed vases of red roses out to
the refrigerated cases.
“Not without getting in a lot of trouble. I’d
be jailed for even stepping onto the commune’s property. And thank
you.”
“For what, love?” He tucked a lock of hair
behind her ear and kissed her gently.
“Asking what we could do, not what I could do.”
“I said you weren’t alone any longer, Serena,
and I meant every word.”
She rose on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms
around his neck, drawing him close. Their lips met and parted,
their tongues touching and dancing like old lovers. He felt like he
knew her already, as if she’d already been part of his heart and
soul all along, he just hadn’t known it.
He lifted her, and she wrapped her legs
around his waist. He carried her back into the workshop and kicked
the door shut. Her wings disappeared. Laying her down on an empty
counter, he pushed her shirt up her stomach and kissed her navel.
He inhaled her wildflower scent and nuzzled her soft skin. Her
fingers fisted his hair and she tilted her hips, making him
chuckle.
“We’ve got at least two beds waiting
upstairs,” he pointed out, pushing her shirt up a little higher
until he could see her pink bra.
“You’re the one kissing my stomach.”
“I can stop.”
“Don’t you dare!”
He straightened, leaning over her and cupping
her face with one hand. “Be mine, Serena. I promise to be the best
mate.”
“I’m yours, Galen.”
“I’m yours, too, love.”
She twisted the center of her bra and it
opened, freeing her breasts. They kissed as he slowly pushed the
satin cups away from her breasts and grazed the nipples with his
fingertips. Their tongues danced together, as the sweet taste of
her filled him. His cat purred, anxious to mate her completely. It
wasn’t an ideal situation – she was on a hard counter instead of a
soft bed; they were in her shop and not their bedroom. He just
couldn’t bring himself to stop touching her and kissing her.
He kissed down her jaw to her neck, nipping
at her throat as his finger and thumb plucked lightly at her
nipple. He moved down slowly to her breasts, kissing both hardened
tips before licking and sucking them to tight perfection. She
writhed under him, her hands tightening in his hair as he kissed
down her stomach and began to undo her jeans. She released her hold
on his hair as he moved lower, lifting her hips as he tugged her
jeans and panties down her legs. He removed her shoes first before
taking her pants off completely, and then he stood between her
parted legs and removed his shirt.
“Oh, mine,” she whispered, raising her hands
and gripping the edge of the counter above her head. “You look good
enough to eat.”
He gazed down at her pussy, her flesh bare
and wet. “You do, too.”
Planting his hands on her thighs, he pushed
them apart slowly until he could see all of her, from the pearl of
her clit to the deep pink of her core. Her scent was intoxicating –
a mixture of flowers and sugar – and he could think of nothing
better than tasting her and finding out what she sounded like when
she fell apart.
He bent and kissed her clit. His cat purred,
and the sound rumbled in his chest. Tilting his head, he pushed his
tongue into her pussy, groaning at the sweet taste of her. He slid
her thighs over his shoulders and slipped his hands under her butt
to lift her closer. Licking her as deeply as he could, he purred
and she moaned.
“Oh, that feels so good!”
His cat liked how much she enjoyed his purrs
and he purred more, flicking his