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“Mmm,” he groaned. “You taste better than anything served at our marriage banquet. Delicious. I could gorge myself for hours.”

He dove in, using his shoulders to keep her spread wide while his fingers opened her completely to his touch. He licked and sucked, reveling in each cry he pulled from her lips. He didn’t stop until she came undone, screaming his name at the top of her lungs. Even then, he barely let her catch her breath before he was pushing her over that edge, again and again, and her body was flushed with pleasure, her voice hoarse as she begged him to thrust with his manhood instead.

“I’d have a painting of you just like this, if I could,” he murmured as he stepped back and made quick work of his clothes. “But I can’t paint, and I’d kill any man who saw you like this.”

She moaned, one hand reaching out for him. “Gavin.”

He took those fingers, kissing them before trailing his mouth along her arm, across her shoulder, then up her neck to her waiting mouth. He was soft and slow, taking his time with her.

“Gavin, please!”

“What do you need?” he asked as he licked over one rosy nipple before gripping it between his teeth and giving it a tug.

“Oh, gods!”

He tugged her nipple again then wrapped his lips around it and sucked greedily while working his tongue against it. She held him to her, legs around his waist, ankles locked behind his back while she urged him to suckle harder. He wasn’t sure how he’d managed not to take her the very first moment he’d seen her. With every taste, he wanted more. Needed more.

“Gavin!”

With a groan, he relented, sliding up her body until his cock lodged at her portal. He thrust deep, catching her cry with his mouth as he pressed their lips together and licked into her mouth, sharing the taste of her decadent cream with her. This woman wrecked him completely. There was nothing he wouldn’t do for her. If every moment of his life had been required to lead him to her, to this moment, he would suffer through all of it, again and again, knowing the outcome was well worth it.

“Gavin!” she screamed again, nails digging deep into his shoulders while her heels rode low on his back.

“I love you,” he whispered, needing to share those words with her.

Her gaze met his, emotion spilling from her eyes in liquid drops that only highlighted the beauty of her eyes.

“I love you, Gavin. For now and always.” She leaned up to kiss him once, twice, three times before meeting his gaze again. “Thank you for finding me. For claiming me. Nothing in my life has ever felt as real as you.”

He gazed down at her. “I put all my focus into taming a land people claimed could never be tamed. Into holding what others coveted and tried to take. I found solace in a home built by my own hands, with people who I protected and respected for their hard work and dedication. But nothing will ever compare to you, Nori. You’re my treasure. You’re what I’ve spent my whole life searching for. You are my home.”

“Home,” she agreed, and he vowed that no matter what life threw at them, they would always find their home in one another.