Lion In Wait (A Paranormal Alpha Lion Romance) by Lynn Red Read Free Book Online Page B

hadn’t been you, I don’t... ugh, brain getting fuzzy again. Maybe I’m not accepting this as effortlessly as I thought. I better...”
    As she lay back, Lex followed her down, looping his muscled arm underneath her head, and gathering up the jacket she’d been wearing as part of her lion taming get-up for cover. Her breathing grew slower, more even, as she relaxed. But then instead of staying closed, she opened one of her eyes, looking up at him.
    “Just checking,” she said. “I’m still not entirely convinced I’m awake. Still not totally convinced I’m not—”
    When Lex slid his hand down her chest and underneath the waistband of her jeans, Cass finally decided that yeah, she was totally not sleeping.
    Every nerve in her body, every pore and follicle, prickled to life. She felt a rush, first of excitement, then fear, then anticipation, and finally relief. “This is right, isn’t it?” she asked with her eyes closed. His finger stroked her the way she’d dreamed of so many times, but it was so much sweeter when Lex’s fingertip bounced over her not-too-recently-trimmed sex, and he sucked a deep breath through his nose.
    “You had your dreams,” he said. “I only had my fantasies to keep me company. I only had that I could be near you, that I could smell you and protect you, and keep you safe. That’s all I could do to keep myself sane until this could...”
    He trailed off, pressing the tip of his finger into Cass’s soft, silky-wet entrance. A soft moan escaped her lips as Lex bent to kiss each of her eyelids. “So gentle,” she whispered. “So soft and careful, I—I didn’t expect this sorta... mmm...”
    “Shh.” His voice slid in silken strands against Cass’s ears. So much, so long, so many dreams and confused hopes and mixed up feelings caressed her as he pushed deeper with that slowly rotating finger. “I’ve kept you safe all this time, let me take care of you now.”
    Another tear rolled down the side of her face, even as Cass started smiling. When she sucked another breath she smelled their scents, mixed, on the air. Her sweet, sticky sex and his hard, leathery sweat were enough to get her pushing her hips against his hand. He curled his palm around her body, grinding hard against her clit.
    “I,” she gasped, having to work very hard to keep from screaming with pleasure. “I did some safekeeping too,” she finally managed.
    Lex growled his appreciation for her scent as he kissed her neck, then her mouth, with hungry urgency. With his lips an inch from Cass’s throat, he whispered, “I know. I owe you,” and drove another finger in beside the first.
    She arched her back, letting out a soft whimper and biting down on her lip. Those fingers inside her stirred up a tight, body-teasing passion she’d never felt, never experienced, not even in her wildest dreams. Every inch of her was alive and yearning. The muscles between her legs pulled at Lex’s fingers as he pumped, as he ground against her, and once again she let out a soft, desperate gasp.
    “I’m—” she dragged her short fingernails down his muscled forearm, and grabbed Lex’s hair with the other hand, pulling his face to hers, sucking a kiss on those beautiful lips, as her climax shook her to the core.
    That time when she started blinking, she was sure enough of reality to look straight at him. When those gold and brown eyes fixed on hers, and Lex tasted the sex she’d left on his hand, Cass felt another surge of wet sweetness stir deep inside. Then, she felt her lion’s stirring.
    With her eyes fixed on his, Cass kissed Lex’s neck, then his collarbones, then the hollow between them. He leaned his head back, running his fingertips down her back, fingers rasping over the fabric of her shirt. She kissed his chest, his naked belly. She went lower, lower, and then nuzzled his base, growling just like he had when he smelled her on the air.
    “You’re not the only animal here,” she said with a soft giggle and a