After they were finished, she complained about the lack of a bathroom. “I guess when I was a child those things didn’t matter that much, at least, not the way they matter now,” she grumbled.
“You said there was a river nearby. You can use it in the morning before we leave on our first expedition,” he suggested, smiling.
The images of her under the waterfall were branded with fire on his mind. He would never forget that.
“Yes, and I’m looking forward to that. Just wished I could go now, but since we have no idea where the demons come from, I won’t take any risk,” she explained with a scowl.
“I wouldn’t let you,” he assured her.
She snorted, looking at him with a mocking scowl. “And how exactly would you stop me?” she asked.
“Oh, I’m sure I would find a way,” he assured her, with a sensuous tone in his voice.
She could swear his voice had come out huskier than usual, but she dismissed the thought as ridiculous.
“I don’t allow my father to control me, I certainly wouldn’t allow you to do it,” she replied, dismissing his words.
“Then, I would have to persuade you not to go,” he retorted, looking at her with so much lust in his eyes, thrilling chills rushed down her spine.
“I’m not that easy to persuade,” she insisted, her heart already drumming at an incredible pace in her chest.
She couldn’t believe she was flirting him.
He slid to where she was sitting, staying so close she could feel the warmth of his body.
“I’m sure I could find a way,” he said, in a hoarse whisper that had her trembling in anticipation. **
Kael knew he was playing with fire. He shouldn’t be flirting with Rhiannon when he knew he wouldn’t be staying. But he didn’t seem to be able to avoid it. His whole body craved her in ways he hadn't known before.
When she smiled at him, her eyes revealing the same fire, he couldn’t hold back anymore. Cradling her face, he leaned forward and claimed a sweet kiss on her lips, in a vain attempt to satisfy his need, but instead, he only fueled it.
Pulling her even closer, he slid his coarse tongue inside her mouth, eager to delve into every inch of it, in a breathtaking kiss.
Rhiannon wrapped her arms around his neck and melted into his embrace, loving the way his tongue took over her mouth, stealing her breath away and banishing any coherent thought from her mind. All she could think of was him and the passion roaring inside her.
He kissed her again and again before he started to take her clothes off. Piece by piece, he took it all, never stopping kissing and caressing her.
Revealing her voluptuous body to his eyes and hands was one of the sexiest things he had ever done. With each layer of clothing he removed, his arousal climbed to a new level, and by the time he had her completely naked in front of him, he held onto his self-control by a thin thread.
Eager to have her, he took his clothes off before he made her lie down on the bed he had prepared for her. After a few more kisses, his lips finally left her mouth, to trace a fire trail along her cheeks and down her neck, combining kisses and nibbles.
Each caress ripped a moan of pleasure from her lips, and her whole body rocked to meet his, revealing a passion as fiery as his.
Encouraged by her eagerness, he cupped her big, round breasts, slightly squeezing them and teasing the hard peak with the tip of his claw, feeling it getting even harder under his ministrations. By the time his lips reached her hard nipples, she was moaning and whimpering, wholly lost in the haze of the passion they had conjured.
The first time his coarse tongue reached her nipples she sobbed, as bursts of pleasure rushed through her whole body, making her shudder and squirm.
Eager for more, he slid a hand down her belly, right to her mound, cupping it for a few moments, before he slid a finger down her slit, feeling just how wet she was for him.
He licked her folds a few times before he reached her engorged clit and teased it. A few rubs and pinches and she flew over the edge, right into the embrace of the most potent orgasm she had ever felt.
He loved witnessing the pleasure he had given her, but his body craved for more, much more. Without wasting another second, he crouched between her legs and rested his hard cock at her entrance. Placing his big hands on her hips, he slowly pushed inside her, going inch by inch, feeling her walls stretch to welcome him, and rubbing each and every one of his ridges on his way in. The pleasure was mind-blowing, and he had to gather all his self-control in a huge effort not to lose his mind.
But when she let out a loud moan and wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling him closer to her, he lost it all.
Thrust after thrust, he set out to conquer the pleasure that she promised each time her walls clenched hard around him. It didn’t take him much to meet her on the waves of pleasure and bliss she still sailed on. Their bodies were nothing more than shuddering masses, moaning and grunting underneath the effects of the powerful orgasms that ripped through them.
He finally collapsed next to her, still breathing hard, amazed at the pleasure he had experienced in her arms. It was like nothing he had felt before and so much more than he had ever dreamed possible. He had always thought he would only know such pleasure in the arms of his soulmate, and yet, Rhiannon hadn't awakened his instinct.
Confused, he closed his eyes for a few seconds.
Rhiannon looked at the cave’s ceiling, her eyes watching without seeing the games of shadows the flames played in it.
Waves of pleasure still rushed through her body, but her mind was already working extra time, trying to analyze what had just happened between them.
Sure, she had never felt a passion like the one he had conjured within her. Not that her experience was vast enough as to consider it special, after all, she had only been with one man before, one she had grown up with and the one everybody had expected her to marry.
But though she had loved Matthew, deep down, she had known her love for him wasn’t the one a woman should feel for her husband. After some time, struggling to make things work between them, they finally admitted they weren’t meant for each other, and they moved on.
Her father hadn't been very pleased, but he ended up accepting her decision. It was her life, and she wasn’t willing to allow anyone to tell her how to live it.
Now, she was in the arms of a man she barely knew, and yet, she had never felt so close to someone as she felt with him. She knew she shouldn’t feel this way for him since he was only passing by, but she guessed you couldn’t tell your heart what to feel.
Perhaps, she shouldn’t have let him show her paradise since now she wouldn’t settle for less, but she wasn’t sorry she had. Life was short and the better way to live it was to make the best of it.
So, yes, she would lose him, sooner or later, but at least, she would have the memories of the moments they spent together to warm her future. Someone had said once it was better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
With a silent sigh, she cuddled up against him, resting her head on his chest. He kissed the top of her head.
“You’re an amazing woman, did you know that?” he whispered, kissing her again.
She chuckled. “Of course, I am. You should know that by now,” she teased him.
He laughed. “Yes, you’re right, I should.”
“But now, I really need to get some rest, or you’ll have to carry me all the way,” she said, yawning.
“I wouldn’t mind, at all,”
She chuckled. “Such a gentleman, but I know I’m a heavyweight,” she scolded him in a soft tone.
“You, my darling, are perfect. Capable of making me lose my mind with a simple wink of your eye,” he replied, in a way too serious tone.
A bit surprised, she tilted her head to look at him. “Oh, is that so?” she asked, winking melodramatically, challenging him to prove his words.
He laughed again and pulled her up, making her rest her whole body on his. “Yes, it is,” he assured her before he claimed her lips in a passionate kiss that unleashed the passion still burning between them.
A few moments later, they were entangled once more in the oldest dance of the universe, seeking once more the pleasure they now knew waited for them at the end.