Lover Enraptured: Thieves of Aurion, Book 2 (36 page)

Pilipo had mounted nigh every woman in the village; soon she’d be under him too.

Noelani cupped her ears. “I’m not listening to this.”

“I picture Pilipo doing
that
to me and break into hysterical giggles. What if we wed, and he…and I start laughing? He’s bound to get the wrong idea.” Maili covered her face.

“True. But you said you wanted children. You’re good with children.”

Maili loved teaching the village children; she yearned for her own. What she couldn’t imagine was Pilipo pinning her to his sleeping mat, grunting and thrusting betwixt her legs whilst her breasts bounced. The thought of Pilipo pounding into her, sliding deep into her body…

Mayhap she and Noelani could run off to the enemy Kali together.

“We should head back. We’ll be missed. Lanikula would be…displeased were she to have to come looking for me.”

“You go on, then. I’m going to stay longer. It’s nice and peaceful here. For now.” Maili closed her eyes. She wasn’t going back there ’til she had to.

“Don’t stay too long,” Noelani cautioned.

Maili heard Noelani move off, and then her mind drifted. She must have dozed, because she dreamt. Her surroundings changed—and she was no longer alone.

She stood naked atop a bamboo platform high in the trees. He moved behind her, warm, rough hands on her shoulders. She shivered at his touch. She leaned back against him, tilting her head as he nuzzled her ear. The brush of his beard made her gasp as he lipped her lobe and nibbled along the curve of her neck down to her shoulder. Her breasts tingled. He flicked his tongue against her skin and she whimpered, shifting against him. She raised her arm to curl a hand behind his neck, drawing him closer. Heavy, matted coils of coarse brown hair kissed her knuckles as she caressed hot, weathered skin.

Why had the erotic dreams of Afu returned?

He growled and suckled on a sensitive spot just below her ear. His hands cupped her breasts, kneading, rubbing the darkened tips. He plucked at her nipples, and a strange jolt sizzled downward. She shivered and squirmed against him, panting.

“That’s it.” His voice was a rough purr. “Feel the pleasure.”

Her body came alive under his mouth, his hands. A pulsing, needy feeling uncurled. Taking her hand in his, he guided her down to the aching flesh betwixt her quivering thighs. Their fingers slid through lush, slippery folds. She whimpered as his thumb circled a tiny point of fire, and she jerked in his arms with a moan.

“Oh, aye.” He growled. “Right there.”

She moved on his hand, her hand, need coiling tight. “Feels so good.”

“That it does.” His other hand left her breast to curl around her wrist. He brought her fingers to his mouth, licking and sucking each with thorough, erotic leisure. She shivered at the wet strokes of his tongue. A pang shot through her, low in her belly, every time he sucked. “Mmm. Imagine my tongue doing this…” His thumb circled that ultrasensitive bud.

She flushed and swelled at his touch, fluttering against his fingers.

“That feels…incredible…” Her voice was but a raw moan as she rocked against his hand, aching…yearning… A breathless need tightened deep inside. “You must cease.”

What was she saying? She’d die if he stopped.

“Nay.” He moved faster, pushed her higher. “You’re mine. I want it all.”

Her eyes flew open as wave after wave of sweet sensation coursed through her, lush folds pulsing against her fingers. Not again. Her other hand cupped her breast, fingers circling and plucking at her beaded nipple, and she shuddered at the illicit pleasure. Her heart pounded. She gasped for air and rocked her hips, moaning as another shockwave zinged through her, leaving her breathless and boneless in the after wake.

She shivered at the cooled rock. A gentle breeze puffed against her sweaty skin. The sun had dropped below the trees. Goose bumps rose. The chill wasn’t all physical. Nice chieftain’s daughters didn’t dream of domineering fyre gods and touch themselves for erotic pleasure, most especially where anyone happening along could have seen her.

But it had felt so good, so real…

How could she yearn for Afu when Pilipo was her fate?

Lover Enraptured

Jodi Redford

Looks like someone’s knees are going to get a workout.

Thieves of Aurion, Book 2

Avily Donahoe has dated way too many losers trying to get over Jerrick Hunter, the man who taught her everything about the life of crime she left behind. Now he has the balls to show up and ask her to pose as his sub, complete with skimpy leather outfit, to get inside a no-faes-allowed sex club?

Oh, hell no. If anyone’s going to be wearing next to nothing, it’s going to be Jerrick…as
her
bitch.

Five years ago, Jerrick realized the lonely kid he’d taken under his wing had grown into a tempting, desirable woman—and he’d cut her loose. If gaining her help now means hitting his knees with a leash and a collar, so be it.

But soon their front escalates into an all-too-real erotic game where the prize is the one thing that tantalizes him beyond reason. Their hearts aren’t the only thing they’ll lose if they fail. It could mean the end of everything—and everyone—they know and love.

Warning: This book contains male groveling, the occasional blindfold and feather tickler, wicked sex magic, and a fae thief who isn’t afraid to wear ass-less chaps when the job calls for it.

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Lover Enraptured

Copyright © 2013 by Jodi Redford

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