from
whatever his intent, listening for the sound of his movement but hearing
nothing.
“You changed, Swan.”
She startled. He
was above her now, but she hadn’t heard him move. “That’s ridiculous. I’m
here.”
He chuckled
darkly, by her ear once more. No heated breath stroked her skin with his
nearness. Swan shivered despite herself. His body settled over hers, trapping
her between his hard thighs. His sex weighed heavily against her belly as he
leaned over her.
“I’m reminded of
a promise I made.”
She was not so
sleep drugged that she missed the slight menace of those words. It did not
bode well for her. Swan struggled to sit up but he pinned her arms above her
head, until she lay helpless beneath him.
“What do you mean
by this?”
“You’ll know,
soon enough. First, an experiment.”
If anything, she
liked that suggestion less. Under his domination, he could do anything to
her. Swan shivered as something akin to fear and desire thrilled her blood.
“What have you done to me?”
“I haven’t done
anything ... yet.”
A palm skated
down her upraised arm, along the sensitive underside. Her breasts were drawn
taut at the angle, easily plucked from his position. She was naked and
wondered when she’d lost her gown, and how he had removed it without her
knowledge. He could do anything he wanted apparently, with her none the wiser.
The beastmen were
renowned for their skills in the bedroom, legendary. The thought had always
appalled her, but now she could not help the curiosity that filled her every
fiber.
Swan shook her
head, shoving the persistent, erotic thoughts aside. “You’re lying, else this
is a dream. You are here, but not.” She had to be dreaming. Never would she
allow a beast to touch her this way, to dominate her so completely with no
fight.
“Would you like
me to prove how very real I am?” he whispered against her ear, cupping one
breast in a firm grip.
Swan gasped at
his familiarity, at the near painful puckering of her nipple in his hand as it
reacted to his touch. He squeezed, kneading her firmly. She could almost
picture him smile at her unbridled response.
“I warned you not
to touch me. I want nothing from you ... ever again.”
He chuckled,
knowing her words as lies. “No lasting harm will come to you.”
“You are wrong.
You cannot know everything.” She bit her lip as he pinched her nipple,
tweaking it harder. An ache spread from the peak of her breast and lower,
crept down to that place between her thighs.
“I know your
desire, Swan. You cannot deny your craving to know a beast’s every touch,” he
murmured huskily against her neck, his lips pulling at the tender flesh.
Placing a hand on her neglected breast, he repeated his taunting actions,
massaging until the soft globe lay swollen and heavy beneath his hand.
He stilled,
pulled away from her neck. “This bud is shy. What will it take to awaken it,
I wonder?”
A soft roll, as
of lips moving over the small bud followed his words, and then his teeth raked
across her, dragging a groan from her throat as the nipple hardened beneath his
touch.
“Don’t do this.”
She whimpered as he latched on to the peak, pulled hard with his mouth. A pulse
started in her sex, quickening with each hard drag, each sharp tease. Moisture
followed close behind the intense stimulation, making her womb clench on a hard
spasm.
She arched her
neck, bending
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