Smoke & Fire (Smoke & Fire, #1)

From her breathing, to her moans, to the feel of her warm skin against his palms. He was in paradise, and he couldn’t get enough.

Ryder wrapped his lips around a nipple. He flicked his tongue over the rigid bud before sucking. Then he moved to the other one.

Kinsey’s fingers dug into his shoulders, her breathing becoming more irregular. “Ryder,” she moaned.

Unable to help himself, he rocked his arousal against her. The pleasure was intense, but not nearly enough. He wanted more.

He wanted all of her.

For eternity.

Ryder lifted his head and placed his lips on hers. This time he didn’t hold back. He poured every ounce of his hunger, his yearning into the kiss. He released his desire and let it flow between them.

In seconds the kiss turned fiery, each trying desperately to get closer to the other. It was a frantic, sizzling kiss. One that scorched from the inside as well as the out.

Kinsey pushed him onto his back, straddling him. She held his gaze and jerked off the tank top. He grasped her wonderful breasts, kneading them.

Her head fell back as she began to roll her hips. But Ryder wasn’t yet ready to hand over the reins. He flipped her over and stood.

He unbuttoned his pants while she smiled, watching. Ryder pushed them down his hips and stepped out of them. Then he grasped her ankles. She let out a gasp while smiling. Ryder yanked her, stopping when her butt reached the edge.

Holding her gaze, he dropped down onto his knees. Her smile faded, replaced by desire. It filled the room, palpable and intense.

He lifted one ankle to his mouth and kissed it. Caressing up her long legs, he touched and kissed every part of her until he reached her hip. Then he gently placed her leg down. He repeated the process on her other leg, opening them so he could see her sex.

Ryder gazed at the dark curls that hid her most sensitive area. He’d waited a long time to taste her.

Kinsey was breathless waiting for Ryder to lower his head. When he did, his tongue tenderly licking her clit, she fisted her hands in the covers and moaned. He laved her sex as if he were a starved man.

Pleasure erupted within her, swarming her with warmth and need. Every care and worry soon evaporated into nothing as her entire being was centered upon Ryder.

It was as if they hadn’t been separated by three years. He knew exactly what to do to bring her to climax quickly, effortlessly.

It rolled over her like a wave. The pleasure so profound that she was unable to do anything but experience it. No thought, no sound came from her.

As the climax faded, Ryder rose over her. She opened her eyes and touched his cheek. How she’d missed him and the way he could make her feel.

“No dark thoughts,” he said.

No dark thoughts. An excellent idea. Kinsey didn’t want the past, the present—or the lack of a future—to intrude on her special night.

He bent and gathered her in his arms before he straightened. Kinsey was smiling as she tightened her legs around his waist. With her arms wrapped about his neck, she looked into his hazel eyes.

There was so much she wanted to say, but she couldn’t get any of it out. Not only wasn’t it the right time, but there wasn’t any point in it. It would only cause more friction between her and Ryder.

“Stop thinking,” he ordered with a half-smile.

“Make me.”

Always up for a challenge, Ryder lifted her before slowly lowering her atop his rigid arousal. Kinsey gasped at the feel of him stretching her.

The deeper he went, the more she felt as if she were whole again.

“So damn tight,” he murmured while winding her hair around his hand. “I doona think I can be gentle.”

She tightened her thighs, allowing her to move against him. “I don’t want gentle.”

The next instant she was against a wall. Ryder pulled out of her and began to thrust. Hard, fast, deep. He kept a tight hold of her hair as he filled her time and again.

Kinsey closed her eyes and took him, savoring every moment. She erased many of her memories with Ryder, but she hadn’t forgotten how it felt to have him sliding within her.

He held her without effort, his powerful muscles shifting and moving. This was the alpha side of Ryder, the part of him that had to be in control, dominating everything around him. It made her stomach flip with excitement.

She sank her fingers into his thick, blond locks. His lips found hers again, their tongues dancing in time with their bodies.

It was erotic and stimulating.

Then he was walking. The feel of his cock moving just slightly as he strode from the wall to the bed, left her gasping for more.

“I need you,” she begged.

He nuzzled her neck below her ear then asked, “How?”

“Any way you’ll take me.”

He growled, the sound reminding her of him in dragon form. It thrilled her, causing chills to race along her skin.

“That’s my girl.”