“Oh thank God. You’re all right!”
Kent’s chest finally decompressed for the first time since Adrian had passed out in the cavern. Mr. Mills had instructed him to take her to the nearest possible shelter while he and the other men got rid of the statue.
Kent obliged, and now they were in his home just half a mile up the mountainside with Adrian laying on his bed, covered up with an ice pack on her head.
“What happened?” she asked, sitting up slowly and looking around the room. Realization dawned suddenly on her face when she saw the ceiling and her beautiful eyes grew wide. “Did we…”
“No, nothing like that,” Kent said with a chuckle. “You still hate me, remember?”
Adrian looked down at her hands and pursed her lips. “No. Actually I don’t.”
Kent had never been more surprised or relieved to hear something in all his life.
“Are you sure?” he asked, quirking his brow.
“I’m positive,” she said, taking a deep breath.
“Let me get you some water,” Kent said, disappearing briefly from her side but hurrying back. She smiled gratefully and took the glass, drinking deeply before looking at him again.
“Thank you,” she said quietly. “I know you saved my life. You’ve been doing this a while now, haven’t you?”
Kent froze. She wasn’t supposed to know about him.
“It’s okay. I could tell from the way you were fighting those dragons. You would have died for me. And that time you came out of the bushes out of nowhere and you were buck naked. That’s because of the dragons, wasn’t it?”
Kent nodded and looked at his feet. “It is, but you should ask your dad the whole story there, because I only know a little of what he—”
Kent’s words were cut off by the soft sensation of Adrian’s lips pressed against his. The bear within him was immediately roused out of its hibernation and he could feel a fire within him growing impossibly big. He wouldn’t be able to hold back his claim on her much longer. Not anymore, at this rate.
“I’ve wanted so long to be able to love you,” Adrian whispered, pulling away and studying his eyes. “I needed to trust you, and now I do.”
Kent grinned, and hoisted Adrian up off the bed. She cried out in surprise as he held her against him and kissed her again. Their bodies began to tense up, a feeling of hot desire spreading through them both as his arousal became clear. She shuddered beneath his gaze as he slowly began to strip her, taking the time to admire all the luscious curves of her body before taking the chance to sample them. Her skin was sweet, and she gasped softly as he continued to touch and stroke her. The bear within him awakened fully as the heady scent of her arousal filled the room.
Soon, he was pinning her down on his bed, both naked and at the edge of their self-control. She was trembling, both in excitement and maybe a twinge of nervousness. But that didn’t matter. She wanted him, and he her. They knew in that moment
they were meant to be together and had been denying their feelings for far too long.
Adrian moaned deeply as Kent began to massage her middle with the length of his member, sending a hot wave of excitement coursing through her body. He buried his mouth in the nape of her neck, sampling the soft, sensitive flesh as he began to slowly work himself inside her. He hissed in pleasure as his member was enveloped by the sensual heat of her body, and soon they were lost in their pleasure as their bodies became one.
Kent’s bear took over and unleashed his full wrath upon Adrian’s body, as she shivered in wait as he built her body up and up. He could feel her muscles tensing up around his member, sending wave after wave of ecstasy electrifying his body.
Adrian caught his eye suddenly, her hands tense around his broad biceps, and gritted her teeth as her body began to quake. The powerful convulsions of her orgasm ignited the hot, familiar burning in his abdomen and with a powerful flurry of activity, Kent’s own orgasm burst forth from inside him.
The power of their climaxes combined sent them both on a path of pleasure that neither had ever before experienced, and Kent gave one final thrust within her before gently removing himself and planting a long, tender kiss on her supple lips.
“I really hated it when I thought you hated me,” Kent admitted, running his hands through her long hair. “I hope you know that I’m always going to protect you. No matter what happens between us, you are mine now, and I am yours.”
“I think somehow I’ve always known that,” Adrian said quietly, stroking his cheek gently and staring into his eyes. “I think I want to stay here on Oak Mountain with you. Can I do that?”
“Yes!” Kent exclaimed, thrilled beyond belief. He held her tightly and kissed her hair. “Stay with me for the rest of our lives. What’s mine is yours. My body and soul are yours.”
They fell asleep like that, holding each other, lost in their own thoughts of what the future might bring. Together, they were stronger. And now, neither of them would ever be alone again.