Page 21 of Knotty Nights

“Taste me, then,” I ordered.

Oh, she was so sweet, so earnest.

She extended her tongue, running it along the soft pad of my sole and over the arch. Her breath hitched, the sound of it vibrating against the sensitive skin.

Her fingers wrapped around my ankle, supporting my weight as she knelt closer. Without hesitation, her lips stretched wide to take my big toe between them.

I shivered, fingers fisting into the soft throws on the couch.

I didn’t know what possessed me to do this—feet had never been my thing. Had I been intrigued about it? Perhaps, but it wasn’t something I had ever thought about pursuing.

Atlas, on the other hand, seemed to enjoy this little foreplay.

Her eyes slid halfway shut as a dreamy look took over her features. She held my ankle steady as she slid her tongue from the base of my heel to the tips of my toes, moaning deep in her throat.

“Your scent is strong here,” she whispered. “Like sweet honey and coconut.”

The seam of my robe parted as Atlas hiked my ankle a little higher, revealing the tops of my thighs and a shadow of my underwear.

Her gaze fell between my legs as she suckled my toes, drawing a gasp from me.

She scraped her teeth across my big toe and I pulled away with a soft laugh.

“If you don’t like this,” I told her, letting my toes trail down her chest. “All you need to say is no. Understand?”

She nodded, dislodging the curls that she’d swept back into a neat coif.

“Good.” I nodded. “Now strip—everything off.”

She swallowed thickly, her lips moving as though she wanted to say something.

Finally, she whispered: “I brought something to change into… If you like.”

I shook my head.

“There’s no need for that.”

Her fingers rose to the silky t-shirt that made her skin look like burnished bronze. With an audible gulp, she tugged it over her shoulders and let it fall away, too.

Oh fuck,she was magnificent.

“Look at you,” I breathed, feeling a burst of heat in my sex.

“I…” Atlas wet her lips. “Am I… Do you like what you see?”

“That depends,” I teased. “I can only see so little of you…”

When I trailed off, she worked her trousers loose.

Dear god.

It had been so,solong since I’d smelled an aroused Alpha in my presence. Intoxicating didn’t suffice. I wanted to drown in Atlas’ deep citrus scent.

Exhilarating couldn’t begin to describe the way my blood shot through my veins.

Atlas fisted herself in the cup of her palm, her cheeks flaring bright red as she did.

“You’re so beautiful like this,” I whispered as she shuddered under her own touch. The muscles along her stomach rippled when she moved.