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With that, he placed his lips over hers, giving her the most incredibly sensuous kiss of his life. With his lips and tongue, he gave her everything he had to give, slowly sliding into her tight, hot pussy until he reached the hilt. With firm hands on her hips, he lightly lifted her up, then pulled her back down, setting a slow, easy pace.

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“Ride me, Brown Eyes,” he whispered against her moist cheek, the heat of their joining combining with the strong jets of water powerfully enough to create a tidal wave of passion.

Increasing the speed, Julia amazed him again as she took control of the trip, clinging tightly to Ross with her knees on his hips and her arms on his shoulders. Frantic to reach her peak, she set a grueling pace that left Ross desperate to hang on. Julia’s passionate nature was constantly astounding him, taking him unaware and leaving him reeling in the wake.

“Ross,” she cried, her orgasm fast approaching. Leaning over, she kissed him, nipping his bottom lip, drawing blood, as her climax shook her entire body. “Oh God.”

Losing himself in the strength of her powerful convulsions, Ross gave himself up to his second climax in an hour. How had he spent ten years in this woman’s presence and failed to notice the tigress raging beneath?

Julia placed her head on his shoulder and Ross felt her slipping into sleep. Tucking her more tightly against him, he lifted her from the water. He reached for a towel, then carried her back to the bed and placed her in the middle to gently dry her off. Exhausted from her exertions, Julia never stirred. Once she was dry, he climbed in beside her, wrapping her up in the soft blanket and his arms.

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Chapter Four

It was still dark when Julia felt something stir behind her. Startled, she came fully awake, uncertain of her surroundings for a split second. A soft
sshh
wafted by her ear and she recalled everything. Ross, the research, the greatest sex of her life, an orgasm—no, three! All of it came back to her in a rush and she smiled into the dark room—feeling happier than ever before.

Attempting to roll over, she stopped as she realized her hands were tied together above her head and anchored to the headboard. A slight tremor of fear coursed through her body until she remembered she was with Ross, who would never hurt her.

“Ross,” she started, only to be silenced by a light smack on her buttocks.

“Hush,” he said harshly, his voice strangely different. “You will only speak when asked a direct question.”

“What?” she asked, only to be spanked again, this time harder than the first. Leaning over her, Ross whispered in her ear, “Don’t make me gag you. I want you to be able to beg me for everything I’m going to do to you.”

A shiver of anticipation flowed through her. With her hands securely tied, Julia had never felt so helpless—or aroused.

Ross began to speak again, his voice farther away as Julia listened to him cross the room. The sound of logs being thrown onto the fire told her where he had gone.

“There’s no use screaming,” he said, his voice again foreign to her. “Your ship has been sunk, your men killed. You are the sole survivor and your life will only be spared so long as you do as you are told.”

A fantasy
, Julia thought, considering his words. He’d taken her captive. Excited beyond belief, she remained quiet and still on the bed as Ross continued to draw the picture in her mind.

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“My men found you and had every intention of taking you, using you themselves. Imagine how dismayed they were when I claimed you. It’s the captain’s right, you know, to choose his portion of the spoils first. We’ve been at sea for nearly six months. So many men desperate for a woman’s body. I may still give you to them. If you fail to please me.”

Julia whimpered slightly, the fantasy becoming real to her. She was a character in her own book—Ross taking on a role of her own creation.
My Pirate Lover
was one of her latest books and the fact that Ross was taking on the role she’d created with him in mind caused her to go wet with anticipation, wondering what he would do next. She was amazed to discover what a powerful effect his words were having on her. Ross’s superior attitude, his tone of voice, his understanding of the character was so authentic she could almost imagine the room was swaying like a ship at sea. Closer now, Ross leaned over the bed, his hand lightly caressing her bare bottom. She was startled to realize she was lying facedown on the bed, her naked body completely uncovered. In spite of the fact Ross had seen her nude before, somehow she felt more exposed as she considered Ross in his role as a pirate captain, seeing his captive sex slave for the first time.

She adopted a frightened tone, mimicking her own heroine. “Please, Captain, I beg of you. Don’t hurt me.”

Ross’s hand came down hard on her bare ass. “I have not given you permission to speak,” he shouted, so loudly Julia began to shake in earnest.

“It is time, madam, you learned your place here.” Grabbing her hips, Ross pulled upwards. “Bend your legs and put them under you.”

Doing as he commanded only earned her a harder spanking. “Open your legs,” he yelled. “I am now your master and you will always keep yourself open to me. I always want your pussy and ass in clear view. Do you understand?”

“Y-yes sir,” she stuttered, the intensity of the moment, of the fantasy, almost driving her to climax. Clearly, Ross was embellishing the plot—adding an erotic dimension Julia couldn’t anticipate or resist.

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Behind her, Ross didn’t try to hide his grin. How much the fantasy was exciting her was evident in the tremors shaking her body. He knew Julia would love role-playing in bed. She’d spent the last ten years acting out her own romantic fantasies on paper. Now Ross would give her a chance to experience them for real, with his own desires added in to spice things up. The main benefit in acting out some of her stories was the fact that many of his own fantasies seemed to be tied directly to hers. Dominating her in bed, seeing her tied up and helpless, his to command in all things, was by far the most exhilarating moment of his life.

“Whenever I enter this cabin, you will stop what you are doing and throw yourself prostrate at my feet, facing away from me in just this manner. Do you understand?”

“Yes sir,” she replied, her voice taking on a husky sound that drove him crazy. The image of her on the bed, hands tied above her head, with her ass in the air and open to his view was one he was certain to take with him to his grave.

“Your clothing has been disposed of,” he added.

“What?” she asked, fully enmeshed in her role.

He slapped her ass hard three times, leaving the flesh hot and red.

“Are you questioning your master?” he asked roughly.

“No,” she whispered.

“No what?” he demanded.

“No sir.”

“Have you ever had a man?” he asked gruffly, reaching out to prod at her wet entrance with rough fingers.

“N-no sir,” she replied. Then bravely, adding in character, “Please, sir, I am a lady. I must save myself for my husband and my wedding night.”

He met her comment with another spanking, this one harder than all the rest. The sight of Julia’s gorgeous backside, red from his hand, compelled him to continue fulfilling his own dark needs—the fact she was playing along and not shying away left him rock hard. The opening of her body dripped with her undeniable desire.

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“There will be no husband,” he growled. “And your wedding night is tonight. This will hurt, my little virgin,” he added harshly as he placed his erection at the opening of her wet pussy.

“Some day,” he continued, “you will beg me for what I am about to give you.” With that, he slammed into her, entering her completely in one powerful thrust. Julia’s screams of rapture and the tight clamping of her cunt drove him on. No longer mindful of the fantasy, Ross pounded into her accepting body as if his only salvation lay at the end. Julia, delirious with passion, began to climax almost immediately, but Ross merely continued to lay siege to her body. Giving her no reprieve, he continued his sweet assault until Julia’s orgasms began to hit her one after another, without cease, without mercy, until finally Ross let her take him overboard with her. Several minutes passed before either of them came back to earth. Ross grimaced as he realized he’d collapsed on top of his tiny love.

“Sorry,” he muttered, moving over to lie beside her. Reaching up, he released the ties holding her hands, gently massaging her sore shoulders. No sooner had he released her from her bonds than Julia threw her arms around his neck, kissing him as if he’d given her all the gold in Fort Knox.

“Ross,” she sighed, still breathless, “that was incredible. Amazing. I’ve never, I mean, I never knew—” She struggled for the right words, but Ross stopped her by simply saying, “Me either.”

“Can we do it again?” she asked, looking so much like a child begging for a puppy that Ross burst into laughter.

“Right now?” he asked with a shake of his head. “Jesus, Jules, it’ll take me a year to build up enough strength to just leave this bed, let alone love you like that again.”

Julia grinned. “I wouldn’t mind spending a year in this bed with you.”

“You,” he said, lightly kissing her nose, “will most definitely be the death of me. Go to sleep, angel.”

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Snuggling into his arms, Julia didn’t need to be told twice. Ross suspected she was asleep before her head hit his shoulder. Gathering her tightly against him, he too succumbed to the deep slumber of a man well and truly satisfied.

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Chapter Five

The smell and sound of bacon frying permeated the air, waking Julia from a sound sleep. Breathing deeply, she slowly opened her eyes, shocked, yet delighted by the image she saw. Ross was completely naked, except for an apron, cooking her breakfast. She had a perfect view of his bare buttocks and muscular back and she took advantage of it, admiring the scenery.

Faint scratch marks decorated both and she blushed recalling how they got there. She never would have guessed sex could be so exciting, so exhilarating, so amazing. She’d dreamed of sleeping with Ross about a million times, but no fantasy could even come close to the reality of last night. Now all she had to do was figure out where to go from here.
I had sex with Ross
, she repeated over and over in her mind, as if the entire thought were too preposterous to be believed. Her memories of the night flashed from remembered bliss to embarrassment to downright remorse. “How could I?” she muttered. Without turning, Ross said, “You may as well forget attempting to back out of this one.”

“W-what?” she asked, amazed he could be so in tune with her thoughts. Loading two plates with food, he still didn’t look at her. “You’re trying to figure out how to salvage a friendship that’s not in danger. I can hear the gears in your mind churning from here.”

Glancing over his shoulder, he gave her a drop-dead-gorgeous grin. “I told you last night. We’re doing serious research and I haven’t even begun to do all the things I’ve planned to do to you, so get your sweet ass outta that bed and come eat.”

Julia caught her jaw before it fell completely open at the image his words evoked. Looking around the bed, she attempted to keep herself covered up with the sheet while trying to locate her robe. It was gone.

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“Uh-uh.” Ross shook his head as he watched her attempt at modesty. “No more clothes.”

“What?” Julia cried. “If you think I’m going to parade around this freezing cabin without anything on, you’re crazy.”

“It’s not freezing.” Ross gestured to his own state of near undress. “I’ve cranked up the heat and built up the fire. If it gets much hotter in here, we’re going to have to open a window. Come on, Brown Eyes, I saw it all last night and the food’s getting cold.” With that, he removed the apron and took his own place at the table, acting as if it were perfectly normal to be eating bacon and eggs in the nude. Julia’s rumbling stomach won in the battle against her modesty as she slowly lowered the quilt and climbed off the huge bed. She kept her eyes averted as she made her way to the table, nearly stumbling over the chair in her efforts to rapidly sit and cover her lap with a napkin.

Ross’s deep chuckle across the table raised her gaze and her temper at the same time.

“I want my robe,” she demanded.

“I want you,” he answered easily, seemingly immune to her anger. Taken aback by the intense desire she saw in his eyes, Julia bit off her next remark and slowly picked up her fork.

Smiling at her acquiescence, Ross started to devour the huge pile of eggs on his plate like a starving man. The two of them ate in relative silence, although Julia could sense Ross’s gaze on her through most of the meal. She wasn’t used to being with such a virile man—one who made no bones about his desires and who wasn’t afraid to take what he wanted. The men in her past had been gentle as lambs, often letting her dictate how the relationship progressed. She felt out of her element with Ross, a man clearly used to being in charge. Quite frankly, she was surprised by how much she enjoyed his controlling presence. She’d always considered herself a modern, independent woman who had no use for a man in her life. Who could have guessed she’d actually enjoy being ordered around in the bedroom?

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The only problem she could see was facing what would happen when they left this cabin. The fact was she
was
an independent woman, one who refused to let herself be swept away in an ill-fated romance, especially to a man like Ross who was clearly a bad bet. The last ten years as his best friend had proven to her he was unable to commit to any woman—and if she was being completely honest with herself, she was an even worse bet. She didn’t want a relationship. Her heart couldn’t take losing someone she loved again. It had taken her years to recover from the loss of her parents. Hell, even the mere thought of Duke’s death still tore her apart and he had been only a cat. What would happen if she gave her heart to Ross and if, in his typical fashion, he broke it?