sighed and dug her fingers into his arms when he parted her folds and touched her heated center. One finger dipped inside of her before he pulled it out and ran it slowly over her clitoris.
Jules ground her hips into his. Liquid heat rushed through her as his fingers teased her swollen flesh. She tried to move her hips so his fingers would once more fill her, but he refused to give her what she needed.
Instead, he continued to rub her clit while his mouth did deliciously wicked things to her skin. Yet, it wasn’t enough. She needed so much more.
As if reading her mind, he knelt and brought her down with him, careful to keep her facing away from him. Jules wanted to touch him, but each time she tried to turn around, he wouldn’t let her.
Gently, he nudged one of his legs between hers. Then, his finger moved over her sex once more before his finger entered her, moving in and out of her in a leisurely pace.
Already Jules could feel the now familiar feeling of heat rushing through her as she built toward her climax. Then, his hand left her and Cristian pushed her forward until she was on her hands and knees.
His hands caressed her back and bottom, touching her, tasting her with his lips. She was surprised when he sat down, and then pulled her atop him, once more keeping her back to him. And then he entered her. She gasped at the new sensations he continued to wring from her.
She closed her eyes and let her body go.
* * * *
The next morning, Cristian opened his eyes to see a bird perched on a limb above his head.
“Is that really a bird?”
He smiled and looked down at Jules nestled against him. “It is. It didn’t take the animals long to realize the evil was gone.”
“I’m glad.”
He moved a strand of her hair off her shoulder and sighed. He still couldn’t believe she had agreed to be his wife. How he had made it so long without her next to him, he wasn’t sure, but he didn’t want to go another day without her.
“What is this?” Her voice was soft as she held up the ring he had placed in her hand the night before.
Cristian reached out and touched the large yellow sapphire. “It was my mother’s. It had been passed down in her family for over three hundred years from mother to daughter, but since she never had a daughter she had intended for my wife to have it. She never went anywhere without it.”
Jules leaned up on her elbow and kissed him softly. “I’m sorry, Cristian. I hoped your parents hadn’t been taken by the Wendigo.”
Her words gave him comfort. “At least I know what happened to them.”
“What now?”
He sat up and took the ring from her only to slide it onto the ring finger of her left hand. “Now, we return to the village and let them know what happened.”
“We’re going to tell them everything?”
He shook his head. “Not everything. We’ll just tell them something got your father and my parents, and that we buried them up here.”
Her gaze lowered to the ground.
“As for us,” he continued. “I’d like to find a church and get married immediately.”
She laughed and returned her gaze to his. “Can I at least have a bath and put a proper dress on?”
“If you must,” he teased. Yet, once again her gaze moved nervously from his. “Jules? What is it?”
Her finger made circles on the ground. “The money I promised you–”
“Don’t worry about it,” he interrupted her. “I’m not going to take your money.”
She gave a half laugh and looked at him through her lashes. “That’s a good thing since I gave you my very last coin before we left Brasov.”
Cristian chuckled and pulled her into his arms. “It’s a good thing those men ran off.”
“Most certainly.” Her face lifted to his. “I’m glad I came to Romania.”
He glanced at the cave that would forever be the grave of her father and his parents. Despite losing them, it had opened a new chapter in his and Jules’ life.
“I couldn’t agree more,” he said. He looked
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