Authors: D Renee Bagby
Adrienne (40 page)
Jewel watched him as he yanked his shirt from his breeches, lifting it effortlessly over his head.
My God
, she thought. He was breathtaking. She had wondered what he would look like bare-chested. What she saw amazed her. Dark hair covered his chest and made its way down his flat belly. His muscles bunched and played underneath his skin and she yearned to put her hands on them. He was perfection personified. She would never tire of looking at him. When he finally took off his breeches, Jewel turned the other way when she heard them fall to the ground.
“
Now
you’re shy?” he teased before jumping into the water, making a large splash. He was completely underneath the surface and Jewel couldn’t find him. Something brushed her leg and she cried out in both fright and glee. She realized Sebastian’s hands were on her calves.
As they worked their way up, so did his mouth, kissing her bare belly below the water line. It tickled and she tried to pull away, but his strong hands stopped her.
His head finally broke the water as he stood, kissing her bare flesh the whole way. Jewel shivered, but not from the cold water. As he pulled away from her, his wet hair was plastered on his face. He snapped his head back in that familiar way, sending beads of water showering down on her. She giggled and flinched.
Sebastian grinned, a boyish grin that reached straight to her heart. While he gazed at her, his hands never stopped their exploration as he touched her in places she was sure no man had ever done before. Jewel held on to his arms, for support more than anything. Having this gorgeous man in front of her was almost more than her knees could take.
Deciding to be bold once again, Jewel glided her hands over his arms and down his chest, touching him as she had dreamed about doing only moments ago. He closed his eyes, seeming to savor the feeling of her fingers on his skin.
“I must confess,” he said abruptly, making her jump at the sound of his voice, “you’ve been invading my thoughts ever since I found you.”
Jewel slid her hands up and down his large frame, feeling him shudder at her touch. “And I must confess,” she whispered, leaning in closer to him to lick drops of water from his shoulders, “that you’ve been invading my thoughts ever since you found me.”
His arms tightened around her as he lowered his head and sucked the moisture off her shoulder as well. Sebastian’s mouth was hot on her skin and his teeth raked across her rapidly beating pulse.
“You taste good…” he moaned into her neck.
“Bastian,” she said hoarsely, “I…I don’t know what to do. Show me what to do.”
Lifting his face to hers, he gave her a tender kiss and said, “Put your legs around me.”
She looked at him in confusion but he held her close. “Trust me.”
With his help, she locked her legs around his waist. He waded through the water until her back was against the large boulder. When he was sure she was secure, he leaned closer, pressing his entire body length flush with hers, molding himself to her as he took her mouth with a sudden, surprising passion.
She answered him back with her own desire, teasing him with her tongue.
“Good God, you are so beautiful,” he murmured as his mouth moved to her ear.
Jewel chuckled, sliding her fingers into his unruly wet hair. “It seems we think alike, you and I.” She relished the feeling of his body moving erotically against hers.
He growled at her words as he unwound her hands from his hair, lacing his fingers with hers. He pressed them back against the boulder on either side of her head. The simple gesture of having both her hands entwined with his seemed, at that moment, the most intimate and natural thing to do.
“Are you ready?” he panted.
“More than you know.”
“It might hurt.”
“I don’t care.”
He signed a treaty to ensure peace. She kept the treaty to win his love.
Serenity
© 2008 D. Reneé Bagby
Melchoir, King of the bhresyas, is quickly growing tired of the war between his kind and the humans who view them as demons. He proposes a treaty of peace with the most powerful human kingdom. His only stipulation? The human queen’s daughter must be his bride once she comes of age.
Serenity has spent her entire life preparing for her role at Melchoir’s side. Other women might be frightened, but Serenity embraces her destiny, knowing in her heart that she and Melchoir have been twined together by fate.
Bhresyas cannot love humans—Melchoir knows that. But something about his bride drives him to distraction. His only defense against his traitorous heart is to remind himself that Serenity is nothing more than a pawn in his scheme for peace. Too bad Serenity keeps reminding him that she could be so much more.
The new alliance is an uneasy one. Serenity is too human for the bhresyas to accept, and Melchoir is too much a demon for the humans. But for Serenity, Melchoir is just right—horns and all. Now can she convince him to throw out all reason and see just how perfect she is for him?
A Gezane Universe Novel
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