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Antonin smiled at her, the look in his eyes hot enough to melt the shoes off her. “I think you look kinda sexy in them myself. But if you insist…”

In a blink, her feet hung bare in the warm June breeze. “Thank you.” Ellie kissed him again, a short smack on those gorgeous lips as she ran her hands over his back. He didn’t seem to have any injuries or any trouble holding her. “Are you okay? You weren’t hurt, were you? Where the hell have you been?” He opened his mouth to answer but she was on a roll. “You couldn’t call? Couldn’t email? I was so worried about you.”

He drew back far enough to look into her eyes. “I’m fine. Honest. I can’t say I haven’t seen some fighting, because I’d be lying. Cam and I killed the
orchi
and that was a hell of a fight but I wasn’t hurt. I always knew I’d be coming back to you, Ellie. I was careful. I’ve missed you. I love you. Please, I—”

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Sealing her mouth over his, she cut him off and he let her, not fighting her at all.

She didn’t need to hear more. There’d be time for explanations later.

Antonin opened his mouth wider and encouraged her to slide her tongue against his. She slipped a tiny bit further down his body and the tip of his cock brushed against her clit.

The sensation made both of them groan in unison.

“Oh hell, Ellie.” His hand tangled in her braid, working the band at the end until he could get his fingers into the plait and loosen it. “I missed you, sweetheart.”

“I missed you too. And I love you just as much, Antonin. Now get your ass on the ground so I can screw your brains out.”

Laughing, he obeyed, dropping to his knees, still holding her. Ellie was so intent on kissing him she wasn’t sure how he managed it, but somehow he got them situated on the ground. Him on his back, her with her knees on the soft earth on either side of his hips.

He’d barely hit the ground when she shifted and took his cock inside her body. She was so slick he slid straight in. His hips pumped up and his head fell back as she engulfed him to the root.

“Oh Christ, Ellie.”

His deep hoarse words fired her need. With her hands on his chest, she began a slow grind that soon made them both pant.

God, it’d been so long. Too long. He would never leave her again. She’d make sure of that. She forced her eyes open so she could watch him—and found him watching her.

His hands stroked from her knees to her hips, brushed past her waist to cup her breasts. She expected him to stop there but he didn’t. He continued to her shoulders then pulled her down.

Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, she buried her face in his neck and inhaled his scent. He smelled so good and she’d missed him so much. Lost in sensation, 125

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she let him take over the rhythm, let him pump into her slowly and steady as he pressed kisses along her neck and shoulders. Then he lifted her chin in one hand so he could kiss her mouth.

The sweetness of that kiss took her breath away and in a second, she came, her muscles clamping tightly around his cock, her contractions triggering his orgasm.

“Gods, Ellie. I love you so much.” His voice sank into her soul, sealing in her love for him forever.

“I love you just as much. No more running for me. Unless it’s after you.” Ellie gazed into his eyes.

Antonin smiled, the beauty of it making her heart stutter in her chest. “Then let me tell you about something we call being blood-bound…”

The End

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Stephanie Julian is an avid reader, who used to have a book-a-day habit. Then she realized she not only wanted to read books but write them, too. Romance has always been her first love, the sexier the better. Hot men, strong women and a heaping helping of magic dominate (and she does mean dominate) her blazing hot stories.

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