Molly didn’t have to tell me where to find Eve. Her scent was part of me now. Still, as I stepped through the east corridor into the secret grotto, my heart stopped.

Eve emerged from the water like some ethereal sea nymph. She ran her hands through her honey-colored hair, slicking it back as she hoisted herself up to the stone ledge and dangled her feet.

Eve was beautiful. Amazing. Water sluiced off her naked body, making it shimmer as if she had her own magic. She did. Her nipples peaked. They were pink and perfect as she leaned back and rested her weight on her elbows. Her sweet smile gutted me as I stepped into the light. Dozens of candles lit the room, casting flickering shadows on the walls.

I peeled off my jeans and dove into the warm water. There was a natural hot spring running beneath the caves. It was as if God had put it here just for us. Well, God and Molly. I knew she was responsible for the candles. I emerged, letting the water cut a high arc as I threw my head back. Eve gasped as I came up between her legs. She spread them for me.

I ran my hands up her smooth, slick thighs, parting them even more. Her sex was swollen and ready. I used my tongue on her, loving the tremor that went through her. Her moan of pleasure echoed off the walls.

“Mac!” she whispered. “Oh. Oh!”

Oh, yes. I found the sensitive little bud between her legs and swirled it with the tip of my tongue, drawing her out. I pressed Eve’s thighs as wide as they would go. She twitched and shuddered as I worked her. She threaded her fingers through my hair as I tasted her sweet, sweet honey. It was mine. All mine. I curled my tongue and entered her. Eve bucked, but I held her in place. Letting out a wicked laugh, I looked up at her.

“Mac,” she said. “It’s too much. I won’t last.”

“Yes, you will,” I whispered. Then, I went back to work on her, sliding my tongue along her delicious folds, torturing her with a light touch. She tried to shift, bringing my tongue to her clit. I held back, wanting to savor it and draw her out as far as she could go. And it would be very far. Eve was made for this. Made for me. I knew from now on, her body was mine to pleasure. And she would submit. She would crave it. And I would submit to her. She was born for this, but so was I.

Finally, when the strength went out of Eve’s legs, I fastened my lips around her sex. The nub had grown hard and throbbed for me. Only then, did I use the rhythm I knew she needed. She bucked again, fucking my mouth as she folded her body over mine. She came for me, and I took it, every last drop. We had only just begun.

When Eve’s first orgasm subsided, I pulled myself out of the water and gathered her in my arms. I laid her on the ground and curved my body around hers. My cock pulsed with need. I would sate it. Then we would start all over again.

“Come here, baby,” I said. Moaning, Eve rolled to her back. I spread her wide again. She had no strength in her legs. I held her ankles and she hooked them over my shoulders. From there, I slid deep inside of her. Her eyes snapped open as she took me in. I was bigger and harder than the last time. Eve’s walls stretched to accommodate me. She threw her head back and moaned again as my balls tightened and I began to fuck her in earnest.

“Mac.” She whispered my name over and over again. I was hers. She was mine. Nothing would ever come between us again. I would claim her. Make her mine. Own her forever. And she would own me.

Eve was limber. I drew myself up on my knees and pulled her legs into a wide vee. Her ankles nearly touched her ears. I couldn’t help myself, I had to take in the view.

“Do you have any idea how fucking sexy you look right now?” I asked. “Look at you.”

Eve’s pussy gaped for me. She was slick and wet, begging to be fucked hard. I held her legs wide as she thrust her hips, urging me to give her my cock again.

“I want to tie you up like this,” I said. “Soon.”

God, just the thought of it and I nearly spent myself then and there. I would tie her up like this. I wanted her wild and wanton like this all the time.

“Yes,” she gasped. “Oh. Yes. All of it. Oh Mac, please. Don’t make me wait.”

I couldn’t. I plunged into her. She hooked her legs over my shoulders and squeezed her thighs. I put my hands on her hips and angled her just right. I was buried balls deep. Eve’s juices coated us both.

She came again, hard and fast. I couldn’t hold back another second. As Eve cried out my name, I told her I loved her over and over as I poured my seed deep inside of her.

Then, Eve went limp in my arms. I drew her to me, wrapping my arms around her as she nuzzled the back of her head against my shoulder.

“Can we stay here forever?” she whispered. It would be so easy to say yes. I belonged to her. I prayed I would be worthy of this woman.

There was something magical, hypnotic about lying naked in each other’s arms. I had no sense of time or place. There was just the two of us. This moment. This feeling. Eve’s eyelids fluttered and she turned to face me. She cupped a hand against my cheek and leaned up to kiss me.

“Now, my love,” she whispered.

I didn’t have to ask her what she meant. In my heart I knew. I balked at first. It would change everything. I had never dared to hope for it before Eve came into my life.

“Are you sure?” I asked.

Her sweet smile melted me. “I’ve never been surer of anything in my life.”

In the end, my Eve knew exactly what to do. She slid out of my arms and rose, pulling me with her as she took me by the hand.

It couldn’t be here. Instinct drove us both as we stole through the secret passageways and out into the woods. Dawn had come, leaving a purple band of sky above the treetops. But, the moon still gleamed, lighting the way.

Eve picked the perfect spot in a clearing a few yards from the cave entrance. She smiled back at me and let go of my hand. Now, she was a wood nymph. Her nipples pebbled as the cool autumn air hit them. She wouldn’t be cold for long. Eve went to her knees in a soft, mossy patch of ground.

For the rest of my life, I knew this would be hallowed ground for me. Our secret spot. The place where my life began.

Eve went down on all fours. The sight of her naked body, open, willing, ready, with the woods and wild things all around nearly undid me. Then, she reached back, gathered her hair in one hand, and showed me the back of her neck.

A primal howl ripped from my throat as I went to her. If fortune smiled on us, we would have all the time in the world to explore each other as we wanted to later and often. For now, it would be swift. Licking a trail up her spine, I loved the way she twitched with pleasure. I plunged deep inside of her again, finding her open and ready for me as she would always be.

“Do it!” she gasped. “Oh, please!”

There was nothing on this earth that could have stopped me. As I rooted myself deep inside her, my fangs came out and I marked Eve the way she was meant for. I felt it as she did, an instant of pain that blossomed into the deepest pleasure of either of our lives.

As my teeth broke her skin and I claimed her in the ancient way, we became a part of each other. Her heart was my heart. Her joy was my joy. But with it, her pain would be my pain. Sacred. Unbroken. Forever.