Taken By Surprise (7 page)

She would deny him the satisfaction of hearing her admit how much she wanted him.

“I didn’t want him touching me.”

Had she really just said that?

It was so hard to concentrate on anything other than the ferocious need of her traitorous body.

Zori gasped as he ripped her thong off in one fluid movement.

“You didn’t want him touching you
because
…”

She burned hotter than a solar flare and he fanned the flames higher as he stroked her slick folds in slow abandon. Her cheeks burned beneath his unwavering stare. She couldn’t take much more without asking for it all. A strangled moan escaped from her lips as she fought, wanting to give in and admit her need for him. She grabbed hold of the ultra-soft duvet instead as two long fingers slipped deep inside her. “Greyson,
please.
”

Did she plead for mercy or more of his sweet torture?

The answer seemed not to matter anymore. She lifted her hips off the bed and moaned as she tightened her sheath around his fingers. A mind-shattering orgasm was just a few teasing thrusts away and she wanted…no,
needed
release from the pleasure prison where he held her captive.

“Zori, what are you afraid of?”

The look of adoration in his eyes was her undoing.

“Everything,” she half whispered, arching her back as his fingers continued moving in and out of her dripping heat.

Greyson lifted her foot from the edge of the bed to his face, kissed her toes as he stroked her. “Don’t be afraid…not with me. I only want to love you like this and any other way you desire. Isn’t that what you want?”

Yes, heaven help me, yes!

“Zori?”

She cried out, clenching the duvet with her hands as he hooked his fingers and stroked her sweet spot with maddening accuracy. “Damn you, yes! I want you…
only
you. I need you to take me
now
.”

Greyson flashed a triumphant smile as he removed his hand from between her wet thighs. She watched him strip off his sweater, her eyes hungrily running over the defined muscles she wanted to explore with her mouth. He dispensed with his dark jeans and underwear and the wild craving in his eyes took her breath. The sexual tension between them reached a fevered pitch as she dropped her gaze to his rock hard cock. He held out his hands for her to take hold, brought her to her feet and in the blink of an eye lifted her mini dress over her head. She hadn’t bothered with a bra and her nipples pebbled even more in anticipation of what was to come.

He reached out to touch her, but she stepped back against the bed. With her eyes on his face she lay down on the soft blanket and slowly opened her legs. She loved the tormented gleam now reflected in the coppery depths of his eyes as he watched her fingers slide over her dewy flesh. “No more questions.”

“No more questions,” Greyson repeated as he came to her.

Zori sighed with delight as he covered her body with his own. It felt so right, so good to feel his heavy weight carefully poised over her. How could she have ever thought this position to be unpleasant? She spread her thighs wider as he settled between her legs, releasing a low breathy moan as he took her. He kissed her temple and she grabbed hold of his arms as he slowly filled her, admiring and cursing his remarkable restraint. She ran her hands up his straining biceps and shoulders to caress his back, feeling the tension and control in the tight muscles.

“I missed you.”

His husky admission brought tears to her eyes as he began to move his hips. Zori gasped as the delicious friction claimed all of her senses. She trembled beneath him as he leant down to taste her lips in a tender kiss. His warm tongue caressed hers, matching the pace of his measured sensual strokes.

He was in complete control of her body and she didn’t care. Later, she would deal with the startling revelation, her willingness to surrender to him, but right now she wanted him to give and take pleasure however
he
wanted. She tore her mouth away from his and pressed her lips to his jaw line. “I missed you too.”

Her words shattered his control and she called out his name as he worked his hard length in and out of her slick channel in deep frenzied thrusts. She closed her eyes, listening to the sounds of their passion while her entire body jerked with the force of his ardour. Her pleasure doubled then tripled before she fell over the edge of ecstasy with a soft cry of total surrender. She grabbed hold of his shoulders as orgasmic ripples swept her into a tidal wave of bliss unlike she’d ever known. There wasn’t enough air and she couldn’t remember to breathe, not when every cell of her body cried out in joy.

She heard her name falling from Greyon’s lips as he found his own release. Moments later, he bent his head to place a kiss between her breasts before shifting his weight to lie next to her. Zori settled into the warm curve of his body, aware of the chaotic beat of her heart as they caught their breath.

When she could move she didn’t, content to just be. Something else she’d never been inclined to do before. It was hard to cuddle with lovers who were terror stricken, unconscious or fatally injured by her volatile lovemaking. She traced a line down Greyson’s arm draped across her hip, once again admiring his strength, thankful he was none the worse for wear…far from it, in fact.

“Why did you come back here?”

His warm breath tickled her neck as he nipped her.

“I thought you said no more questions.”

“That was before…” She twisted her body to face him in the bed. “Before we made love.” Her heart skipped a beat at her choice of words.

Too late, she couldn’t take them back.

“Is that what you think we just did, Zori, made
love
?” He gently caressed her cheek, his full attention on her face.

She looked into his eyes and wondered if he had any idea what it cost her to say the “L” word in any context relating to the opposite sex. She averted her gaze from his and stared at the dancing shadows from the candlelight on the wall behind him instead.

“I came here tonight to see if you were ready to accept the fact that we belong together.” He grasped her chin and turned her face up to his. “I know what you are, how hard it is for your kind to love and accept love from others.”

She opened her mouth to disagree, but remained silent. He was right. Harpies prided themselves on having no need for love outside the bond of sisterhood. Throughout her entire existence, her heart had only ever been open to her sisters…until now.

“Most weres look forward to finding their mates. There is no denying the moment a bond is formed. I wasn’t looking for mine, but I found that connection with you.” He smoothed strands of her hair. “I don’t know how it happened…you are not of my kind and yet it has. I’ve never craved any woman the way I do you…
never
. Do you know how long that is, Zori?”

She had some idea, being an immortal herself.

“You felt it too…the pull between us. That’s why you ran from me.” He touched her cheek. “There’s something I need to tell you. The first time we made love here in this bed, I nipped your throat, an act usually reserved between mates.” Greyson let out a deep breath. “At the time, I didn’t understand why I did it, but I wasn’t concerned because I knew you were a harpy.”

Zori frowned as he looked away from her. When he met her gaze, his eyes seemed to glitter in the candlelight.

“I would have
never
willingly bonded with an unwilling female.”

“I don’t remember being unwilling.”

“By unwilling, I mean becoming my mate without your prior consent.”

She shook her head in confusion. “So, you’re saying we’re married or something?”

“Worse.”

Zori sat up on her forearm. “
Worse?
”

“The bond between a were and his mate is very strong. It can only be broken if one were releases the other from the sacred union or by death. You are not a were and yet we’ve bonded anyway, but that leaves only
me
capable of releasing you from this bond between us if that is what you desire.”

Her freedom…he was offering her freedom from him. She could tell him to release her and go back to life as she knew it before she’d walked up to him in that club.

“I’ve never met anyone like you, Greyson. From the very first moment I laid eyes on you, I wanted you. I admired your confidence and strength.” She wrapped her hand around as much of his right bicep as she could and squeezed the tight muscle. “I tried to erase you from my mind, but I couldn’t. No matter where I went or how much I wanted to deny our time together had affected me.”

Zori fell back on the pillows and closed her eyes.

The intensity of her emotions scared her, but she was tired of being afraid to feel.

She took a deep breath, opening her eyes as Greyson cupped her face with his large hand. “This is a lot to absorb.”

“I know.”

“I never expected any of this either.”

He stroked her cheek with his thumb. “I know. I can make this right.”

“By letting me go?” Zori felt his entire body tense beside hers.

“Yes, if that’s what you want.”

“It’s not.” She laughed as Greyson rolled her over on top of him with a whoop of joy. “I thought I had everything I needed to be happy, but you changed all that.” She caressed his jaw.

“Zori…”

 His lips found hers in a kiss so soft, so tender, tears welled in her eyes, spilling down her cheeks as the last wall around her heart disintegrated. The moisture must have hit his hand still on her face. He jerked his mouth away from hers, his gaze narrowing at the sight of the wet trail reaching her chin.

“Shhh…don’t cry. I don’t ever want you to cry with me. I want you to be happy, Zori.” His touch was gentle as he wiped her tears away.

“I am. Being with
you
makes me happy, Greyson. No man has ever taken control of my pleasure…or captured my heart.”

Greyson stilled. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

The depth of emotion in his beautiful eyes rocked her to the core.

“What do you think I’m saying?”

She couldn’t resist challenging him.

He moved faster than she anticipated, pinning her beneath his huge body.

“That you’re mine.” His deep voice was more of a low growl as he lowered his head to nuzzle the side of her neck.

“Greyson!” She arched her back as his palms rubbed slow circles on her hardening nipples.

“
Say
it.”

Zori moaned as he took her breast into his warm mouth. A few flicks on the taut peak and she grabbed hold of his head to keep him there as his tongue encircled the sensitive flesh. “I’m yours.” She protested when he lifted his head from her tingling skin.

“I’m so glad we got that settled.”

He blew on her wet breast and Zori shuddered.

“You’ve got at least fifteen days’ worth of loving to make up to me.”

“Umm…I’m gonna need to eat first.”

“Me too.”

Zori giggled then yelped as he grazed his teeth on her nipple.

“Never leave like that again. Promise me.”

“I promise.” She didn’t think she’d
want
to be away from him that long ever again.

Now what will my sisters think about this?

A sexy
and
satisfied smile lit up Greyson’s handsome face as he shifted their positions so she was on top of him.

“Never doubt, I’m yours too, now and forever. You are my mate.”

Zori stared into his eyes and knew he meant it. Her throat tightened with emotion. His words freed something within her spirit. She felt like she was flying without her wings as she bent down to kiss him, soaring higher than she’d ever flown alone.

Her hand slipped between them and a naughty grin graced her lips at his sharp intake of air as she caressed him.

Forever for them would be a very long time.

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Nichelle Gregory has been in love with books and writing since middle school. A lover of the arts, she enjoys anything that embraces the creative nature within us all. Bringing believable characters to life that thrill and excite her readers is a challenge that continues to push Nichelle. She loves creating stories involving super sexy alpha heroes with divine heroines in magical, exotic, and fantastic scenarios. So, gone on . . . Indulge your secret fetishes and desires!

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