heart kicking up.
He slid his sunglasses up his head and stared at her with his beautiful amber eyes.
“We’ll wait here for a bit in case they tried to tail us,” he said.
“Oh.” She let out a breath and nodded, relaxing. She’d have never thought of something like that.
A loud humming grew from the backseat. She frowned. Lena glanced over at Varius, whose face grew redder by the second.
She shook her head, trying to figure out what was going on. He didn’t seem tense or agitated, so that meant there had to be no danger around. She waited for him to say something, but he remained silent.
After a few more seconds of humming, the truth dawned on her.
Lena burst out laughing, unable to hold it back any longer. The lack of sleep mingled with a heavy dose of anxiety and sexual tension, overloading her senses. Varius looked over at her as if she’d lost her mind. And maybe she had.
She shook her head and leaned over the middle of the seat toward her suitcase. Her hand easily slipped into the luggage and found the vibrating sex toy. This time she unscrewed it until the batteries fell into her hand. Satisfied that it was over, she pulled her hand out and zipped up the suitcase.
When she turned back around to slip into her seat, Lena was surprised to catch Varius staring at her extended ass.
Her breath caught in her throat as she slid her knees back down into the seat but stayed next to him, unable to take her eyes off him.
No. She wasn’t going to run. There was no way she could even if she wanted to. Lena needed him. His nearby presence soaked her, like a hunger she could never sate.
His nostrils flared as he took in a deep breath. Like so many times before, his eyes flashed a bright yellow.
In one move she closed the distance between them. Her mouth pressed hard against his, willing him to return the kiss.
His hands remained still beside him, not moving as her mouth moved against him.
She knew he had felt the tension between them. There was no way she had imagined a connection. Her attraction couldn’t be one-sided.
Lena placed her hands on his chest, feeling the tense muscles. It was like he was holding himself back for some reason.
She nipped his lip in irritation. Yes, she was totally being selfish, but the attraction was real.
Varius growled, the noise originating deep inside his chest. She could feel it down to her center.
The noise should have frightened her. After everything she had been through, it should have made her pull away and run screaming from the car. Instead the sound only increased her desire.
She gasped when he pulled his mouth from hers, lifted her and placed her legs on either side of him so she was now straddling him in the front seat.
Lena only had a moment to comprehend the new arrangement before his mouth was on hers. Hungry. Demanding.
She opened her mouth as his tongue invaded her. They twisted against one another and moved in a rhythm. She could feel herself getting wet as her shorts pressed against his very large bulge.
Fully in the throes of passion, Lena wrapped her arms around his neck and moved against him. A small amount of relief came from the movement but not enough to force the ache in her center away.
She slid against him, this time pressing against him hard.
Varius grunted, and she pulled back.
“Did I hurt you?” she asked.
He shook his head, eyes blazing brightly. “Not in the way you’re thinking.”
Lena returned her mouth to his. Her mind emptied of anything but her need for Varius.
His hands slipped under her loose-fitted shirt and ran over the skin there. Deep down she wanted to stop him from feeling her soft middle, but it felt so good to have him touching her she pushed the doubt from her mind.
His hand wandered until he’d breached the line on her pants. On arrival, he shoved his hand in all the way.
Lena pulled back and leaned to the side to allow him better access. She focused on his face as his fingers slipped between her wet