Authors: Aliyah Burke
tightly around her.
The kiss was explosive. Tempest felt her skin come alive
with sensations. She mewled in the back of her throat as his
hands slid under her ass and anchored her against him.
She wrapped her fingers in his luxurious hair, keeping
their lips together. Her pussy flooded with wetness as he
dominated the kiss, his thick tongue thrusting deep into her
mouth.
One of his hands delved into her hair, tugging her head
back. His teeth dragged along her lower lip, sending a mix of
pain and pleasure through her.
Her eyes met his. “I need you,” she stated bluntly as she
reconnected their mouths.
Anticipation rose in her when Maverick turned and
headed back through the water. Releasing his mouth, Tempest
burrowed her face into his neck.
All synapses were firing with her craving for him. She
shifted against him as he stepped up the lone step into the
cabin. His groan made her smile.
How effortlessly he carried her. The immense strength
in his body amazed her.
Powerful and yet gentle.
Fierce and tender.
He was what she needed; and as he lowered her slowly
down his muscular frame, she knew he was her saving grace.
His onyx gaze landed on her face. “Tempest?”
“Shut up, Maverick. If you’re here to yell at me for
leaving, march your ass out that door. If you want to fuck, you
can stay.”
She raised an eyebrow, hands resting on the hem of her
shirt.
If you want to fuck, you can stay.
Maverick’s cock jumped in his pants. No surprise what
its decision was. And he had to agree. It made him ecstatic she
wanted him.
The words she uttered took the innocent aura
surrounding her since seeing her loveliness in the woods and
replaced it with a sensual being who knew exactly what she
craved. A white, ripped, sleeveless tee and a pair of low-slung,
high-cut shorts were all she wore. The filtered sun through the
trees had added a glow to her dark walnut-colored skin.
He whipped his shirt off and dropped it on the floor. He
crouched down and made short work of unlacing and
removing his heavy boots and socks. Maverick looked up
across the distance separating him from the woman he loved
and growled low in his throat.
She’d removed her shirt, so she stood there in a plain,
unadorned white bra and the loose-fitting, low-riding scrap she
called shorts. Smooth, brown skin tempted him as he hungrily
drank in her long, toned legs and hot body.
He stood tall and prowled toward her. He captured his
bottom lip in his teeth as he vanquished the space between
them. He never slowed his approach, just hauled her into his
embrace. His arms held her there.
Maverick loved how she fit against him. He loved
holding her. The erotic touch of her silken skin on his. The
smell that defined her, a gentle exotic scent that wasn’t
overwhelmingly feminine. It was slightly woodsy and had a
warm subtlety to it. It was perfect on her.
Maverick placed her down on the couch and knelt
before her. He remained silent as he reached for the brass
button holding up her enticing shorts.
Down her body he pulled them until they were piled
beside him on the floor. His nose flared as the spicy scent of
her. Possessiveness rose in him while he stared at Tempest.
Her chestnut eyes smoldered with passion, her full lips
slightly parted, her skin flushed and heated.
His woman.
He blinked and stood. With one hand he pulled a
scantily clad Tempest up beside him.
“What?” she asked.
“A bed, Tempest. By God, I’ll love you in a bed.”
She sighed as he scooped her up in his arms. Sure strides
took him back to the bed he’d placed her on earlier that day.
With the utmost care, Maverick lowered her to the quilt. His
body partially covered hers as he rejoined their mouths.
He could sense her need in her kiss. It was as obvious to
him as his own heartbeat. Maverick reached behind her and
unhooked her bra with one hand, removing it. A groan of
pleasure left him as her full breasts were exposed to his heady
gaze.
Without hesitation he began making love to them both,
alternating between them as if enjoying the finest chocolates
man had ever encountered.
Her moans were music to his ears. Maverick knew there
wasn’t anywhere else on earth he’d rather be than with
Tempest.
Laving a path down her sternum, Maverick dipped his
tongue in her bellybutton, smiling when she squirmed and
whimpered. Scooting further down the bed, he continued with
his quest.
The scent of her desire bombarded his nose and he
burned for her. With two fingers, he trailed them over the
juncture of her thighs as his mouth nibbled along the top of her
panties.
He could feel the moisture seeping through the cotton
material and his cock responded with a violent jerk in his
pants. His teeth bit her side, and she shook while his tongue
licked away any pain.
“James,” she panted.
His fingers drifted over her core again. And again. She
tried to increase those light touches by shifting her hips as
much as she could.
“Yes,
mitawin
,
” he purred against her silken skin.
“What?”
She moaned and bucked against his fingers again.
“Please.”
“Please what?”
“Touch me,” she said breathlessly.
“I am.” Another touch flitted across her apex.
“James!” she yelled as one hand wound in his hair and
pulled.
He nipped the inside of her thigh in response and she
ground herself against him. Maverick could taste her sweet
essence through the material of her underwear and he bit back
a groan.
His tongue swept up the wet cloth and he shivered as
her taste covered his tongue. He used one finger and moved
the material to the side, allowing his tongue full access to her
moist flesh.
He moaned in pleasure as her cream saturated his
probing tongue. His skin felt on fire. His body ached to join
them as one. He longed to sink deep into her heat and
experience emotions he could only have with her.
With a rough growl, he ripped her panties down and
dropped them somewhere, his attention firmly fixed on the
sight before him. Her pussy was neatly trimmed and he could
see the tip of her clit peeking out from the full lips.
His mouth covered her and he began to enjoy her again
without the obstruction of her panties. Her mews filled the air
as he licked up and down her slit.
Pulling her clit into his mouth, he rolled it around. His
teeth grazed it lightly and he reveled in each jump, each quiver
from her. Her responses only enflamed his.
“James,” she whimpered. “Please.” Her hips arched
against his mouth. Her legs tightened around his ears, holding
him in place.
Stabbing his tongue deep inside her, he lapped all she
had to offer. When her body stopped convulsing around him,
he drew back. In seconds, he shucked his pants and boxers
before lowering himself over her. His rigid erection knew just
where to go and Maverick slid home, welcomed by her slick
heat.
Tempest released a groan of satisfaction. Maverick
slipped slowly into her, stretching her, forming her body to fit
his. Every touch, every caress from him sent her to a place she
longed to remain.
A perfect world where nothing was wrong.
His rough, silvery timbre, whispered words in Lakota in
her ear as he moved slowly within her depths. She placed her
legs up around his waist, the heat of his skin searing her, and
allowed him deeper access.
He took it and then some. She purred in pleasure as his
slow, even strokes started a fire deep within her. Only this man
had that ability. Sex with others had been good, but this was
damn near indescribable for her.
“Maverick,” she mumbled.
“Yes?”
Flames licked up and down her skin where he touched
her. His teeth grazed the outside of her ear, adding to the
stimulus.
“More,” she pleaded.
He murmured more Lakota to her and picked up his
pace just a bit. His hands found hers and stretched them out
over her head where he interlaced their fingers.
Maverick’s body enveloped hers, making her feel so
warm, loved, and needed. The pace increased further as she
wriggled beneath him.
“More,” she begged, planting her feet on the mattress
and angling her hips to meet his sensual thrusts sooner.
“Easy,
mitawin
. We do this easy,” he uttered.
She whimpered and pushed against his sweaty body.
“No.” Tempest wanted to forget everything. She longed for
mindless sex.
“I’m not fucking you, Tempest. I’m going to make long,
sweet love to you.” He nibbled on her parted lips before
covering them with a kiss.
She wriggled against him.
“No, Tempest. I want you to burn for me like I burn for
you. This is our time to start over. This is
our
time.”
And just like that, she stopped wanting it fast, hard, and
mindless. She wanted everything he had to offer. Kissing him
lightly, she closed her eyes and pretended he was hers.
All hers. No one else’s.
“I’m all yours,
mitawin
. I’m all yours.”
His body moved faster. Skin slid on skin as he withdrew
and entered her core.
Tempest cried softly, “James.”
His hips never stopped plunging into her. “Right here,
my love. I’m right here.”
She was so close to the feeing she craved. His lips made
love to hers as he continued moving within her.
“Are you ready, Tempest?” he asked in a graveled voice.
“Yes,” she replied as she tightened her fingers around
his.
“I love you, Tempest,” he said as he came deep within
her.
She didn’t answer. She couldn’t answer. Her body fell
apart into a million tiny pieces as she was launched over the
edge, encompassed by bliss.
His heavy and warm body settled her deeper into to the
mattress. She could feel the rapid beating of his own heart
against her breast. His face was buried in her neck and for a
moment, they remained joined and silent.
Tempest whimpered slightly when he rolled off of her,
but she stopped when he pulled her into his embrace, tucking
her head under his chin and latching his arms around her.
Limbs languid, she nuzzled his neck and sank further
into his hold. This was what she wanted. This was what she