crimson devotion

hing I felt

k roses and something intoxicatingly sweet. My body ached in the most delicious wa

for her, the space

tains. The room still carried the echoes of last night-clothes scattered on the floor, li

he wa

the silk sheet around myself, scanning the room. The air

I sa

been. Its petals were velvety, perfect-except for t

blo

t my throat, the sharp, exquisite sting of her bite, the way s

y neck, finding the fai

shot th

tioned what she was, what this meant. But all

heard my unspoken desire

had worn the night before. Her dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, an

ake you," she murmu

, my heart poundin

nd sinful. "I want

I could

hands framing my face. "Good," she whispered, brushing h

beneath it-something possessive, consuming. I felt it in the

just claimi

s clai

as lett

d no idea what I

teasing, coaxing, sending a

eft," I murmured,

down my jaw, tilting my chin up so I had no choice but to dr

at the way she said it-po

ld respond,

eep, de

ng me deeper into her, making me feel every second, every t

nst hers instinctively. She smirked against my

he sheet I had wrapped around myself. She pulled it away in

in, setting every nerve on fire. She took her time, kissing,

delicious sting through me. "You like that," she m

od, my body arching into her

dark and kno

r body pressing down in all the right places. Her lips move

eneath her. She moved with a slow, torturous rhythm, bringing me higher and hig

hen, she d

claiming mine again, swallowing my ragged b

have ques

estioned the w

belonge

hers, bod

she pulled me back under, all

pulled me into her arms, holding me agai

temple. The warmth of her body wrapped around me, making it impossible to think of anything bu

d, her voice thick with satisfac

er words, at th

to look at me, her dark ey

wed. "Sa

, just enough to make me aware of

e-part excitement, part somethi

ould have questioned why sh

ips hovered over mine like she was ready to devo

rs," I w

ng through them before she kissed me again, harder this ti

exploring, claiming, worshiping. She whispered my name li

her, tangled in sheets and sweat and soft, satis

y h

ly

steady rise and fall of her breath against my sk

ou gotten y

vers through me even though we had exhausted ourselves in each other's arms. I could s

e soft but laced with something deeper, som

brushing my fingers over the cu

of my neck, pulling me closer. "Then promise m

was a quiet desperation beneath her words, a shar

searching her face.

to remind me of the strength she held. "People alw

fingers through her hair

re her lips curled into a slow,

words before she kissed me again-hungry, possessiv

r body molding perfectly against mine. She took her time, drawing every sound

in, her lips trailing down my throat, over the

my body aching for more

rs," I b

on, her hands tightening

let me rest

me say it again. An

I

ure where she en

ill, tangled together in the sheets. My body ached in

y shoulder, her fingers lazily tracing my s

leepily. "Wh

le against my skin, but sh

e, her voice was diff

ant m

y anything, she pulled me against her, kissing me sl