EPILOGUE

Renner

Renner held Cassie’s hand in his own, guiding her finger through the sky across the stars, outlining Orion’s belt. The white-gold band on her left ring finger was as warm as her body, tucked tightly into his as they lay on a lush blanket on the beach.

Her bikini-clad ass grazed along his crotch, igniting his fire. The same fire she’d ignited since they set foot on the island.

Since he met her, really.

His wife would always ignite his soul.

My wife. The word wrapped around his brain like a delicious whiskey highball. Eternal warmth filtered through his whole body.

“That’s how early travelers found their way in the world,” Renner murmured in her ear. “Just from those stars. And their blind ambitions.”

“Hard to imagine,” Cassie murmured with a satisfied sigh. “Crossing an entire ocean not knowing what they sailed toward. How they were going to get there, or when.”

He wrapped his arms around her, breathing in that delicious plum perfume and pineapple sun lotion she’d been caked in their entire honeymoon. “Much like what we’re doing.”

She giggled. “Hardly. We had a travel agent.”

“That’s not what I meant,” he whispered, and slowly trailed his hand down her silky body. When he reached her thigh, he tickled her.

She screamed, and burst into laughter. As she writhed to pull away from him, Renner maneuvered himself on top of her, trapping her on either side of his arms.

Cassie gripped his hips and pulled him toward her. His rock hard length rubbed against her core, and he couldn’t withhold a moan as he kissed her. Thoroughly, delectably, and under full view of the stars and heavens.

Her hum of delight vibrated in his mouth and down his sternum, awakening every nerve in his body.

She wrapped her legs around his thighs, and grabbed his ass, her nails digging into his skin in sweet torment.

“Do you want me here? Under these stars?” he whispered between kisses.

Cassie hummed her assent, arching her pelvis into him to emphasize. Then she grabbed one of the bikini strings at her hip, and gently pulled the fabric.

The crashing waves beyond the beach harmonized with the chirping of the tree frogs, signing their midnight melodies. Their own slice of heaven on a private beach away from the demands of life. One he was more than happy to return to.

Because his new life included Cassie and Landon. She had given him a new reality, one full of color and hope. Of purpose. One well worth the struggle.

With a nibble on his tongue, she reached down and rubbed his cock. Then pushed his waistband down, freeing him from his shorts. Her fingers expertly stroked him, hungry and urgent.

It was hard to imagine a moment where he wouldn’t be absolutely starved for her touch. Renner pulled the strings on her other hip, and let the bathing suit fall away.

She was ready. Slick and plump, just for him.

All for him.

“You don’t need the stars to find your way here,” she whispered in his ear, sending sparks through his limbs. “You just need me.”

He grinned. But all thought vanished when she guided his dick to her center, and pulled him in. His entire length buried inside her, and he swore through the glorious heat welcoming him home. His sac tightened, and he struggled to keep from climaxing right then.

Home. The one word occupied his otherwise liquefied mind.

Cassie would always be his home.

She’d invited him into her home before she even knew him. On a desperate move to cope with grief that seemed insurmountable. The precious and divine angel woke him from his hopeless and aimless existence.

To allow him to see that second chances existed. And they were worth the risk.

Her moan of pleasure melded with the ocean’s waves a few yards from their feet.

Renner moved inside her, aiming for the little gasps to take its place. The signal that she’d reach her peak, and tumble with him into that comfortable numbness. Those had become his most favorite sounds.

With each plunge, her breasts jiggled, barely concealed by the shifting bikini. The temptation overwhelmed him, and he lowered his head to free a tiny pink bud, and suckle his heart’s content.

Those little gasps he longed for from Cassie’s lips panted in his ear, and the crashing waves grew louder.

“Tell me what it feels like.”

Cheeks flushed and more beautiful than she’d ever been, her hazy gaze met his. She touched her hand to his chest, covering his heart. His pulse rammed through his body, or maybe it was hers. He couldn’t tell anymore.

“Like this,” she whispered. The two words were clouded with lust, a deep timbre that caressed his ears. “It feels like this was meant to be mine.”

“I am,” he grunted. “All of me.” Renner swirled his hips faster, and her little pants turned into higher-pitched moans that vibrated through her body and up into his.

Building, reaching, and threatening to explode. She bit her lip, and her face was completely flushed.

So full of color.

How could life be more glorious than this?

With a final plunge, her sex squeezed around him, and one long moan escaped her mouth. Cassie dug her nails into his shoulders and let her head roll back into the sand. The hottest sound in the world.

His body lost all control, and his own climax melded with hers in a fusion of souls.

I am a Knight. I cater not to just her body, but her mind and heart. Whatever she wanted was his purpose. Only for her.