seemed like forever.
Was she going to allow her wounded pride to punish both of them?
Her hands smoothed down the sleek bronzed skin of his chest before lowering to the hard-as-steel six-pack.
Hakan was larger than most Pantera, with a power that made him one of the most lethal Hunters in the Wildlands, but he was careful to leash his strength as he claimed her lips in a kiss that demanded complete surrender.
Need seared through her, scorching away any hope of resistance.
Just a few hours ago she would have sworn that she would rather kiss a gator than crawl into bed with Hakan. Now she was desperate to feel his heavy body pressing her into the chaise longue, thrusting deep inside her as she reached her ultimate bliss.
Lowering her hand, she wrapped her fingers around the wide width of his cock, smiling at his violent shudder.
Ah. She’d never realized the rush of power that came from giving another pleasure.
“I need you, Hakan,” she pleaded in rough tones.
He chuckled, blazing a path of kisses down her throat.
“Soon,” he promised, continuing to press urgent kisses over her breasts and down the quivering plane of her stomach.
She made a sound of surprise when he tugged her until she was on the edge of the chaise longue so he could kneel between her spread legs. Then, holding her startled gaze, he leaned forward to trail his tongue along the tender skin of her inner thigh.
Payton gasped at the sensations that streaked through her.
She’d always known that Hakan was talented with his hands. She’d seen the homes he’d helped design and build for his fellow Hunters. But who the hell knew he’d be a magician with his lips?
She gripped the cushions, barely capable of holding still as his teeth lightly scraped her tender flesh. Oh, Goddess. It felt like she was being burned from the inside out.
“Not soon…now,” she breathed.
CHAPTER 4
Hakan sucked in a deep breath, his cat basking in the scent of vanilla and warm, willing female.
He wanted to ignore her breathless plea.
After all, he’d spent the past twenty years fantasizing about making love to this female.
He wanted to make it last for the entire night.
But as he spread her legs wider and headed toward that delectable pussy he knew he was fooling himself if he thought he could take this slow and easy.
His dreams of how this moment would be had been nothing compared to the brutal need that blasted through him. This wasn’t the shallow attraction of his youth, or the playful games of his cat.
The need to possess this female was fierce, and powerful, and so raw he felt it to his very soul.
Deep inside, his animal roared in anticipation, spicing the air with a musk that would cling to her skin, warning other males this female was his.
Payton bit her bottom lip, a sweet little moan wrenched from her lips as he finally moved to stroke his tongue through her slick pussy.
Hakan tightened his hands on her legs, licking and sucking at the thick cream. Christ. He’d never tasted anything so good.
A heady excitement charged through him, stiffening his cock until it throbbed with a painful need.
He was desperate to impale himself in her female heat, but he grimly squashed the urge to lean her back and shove himself into paradise.
This had to be perfect for Payton.
He’d spoiled her tentative declaration of love. And spent the last twenty years keeping her at a distance.
Now he had to make this night so special that it would help to erase the past.
Attuning himself to her every sigh and moan, Hakan held her in place as she squirmed against the ruthless swipe of his tongue.
Over and over he teased her tender nub, his cat delighting in the sexual play even as the male was barely holding on by a thread.
“I love the taste of you,” he growled, his voice thick with the power of his animal. “Vanilla and honey. My favorite.”
She studied him from beneath half-lowered lashes, her cheeks flushed.
“I want to taste you,”