Page 90 of Marked By Moonlight

And just like that, I was a goner. Because destiny was in the room with us, picking up the corners of the bedding to roll us even closer together. The silky strands of Mina’s hair ran through my fingers, and soon, my limbs were wrapped around her. Unconsciously. Inevitably. We were a couple of marionettes doing fate’s bidding.

And boy, was destiny in a hurry, because our movements grew faster and more urgent. Mina tugged my shirt upward, covering my body in kisses. Stomach. Nipples. Neck, which she reached by burrowing under the bunched-up fabric.

“Dammit…” she complained, stripping me of the shirt entirely. A process complicated by the fact that I was attempting the same with hers. We ended in a hot, sweaty tangle.

“If you go that way—” I wiggled my trapped elbow.

“No,yougo that way,” she murmured irritably, like it was my fault and not destiny’s.

When we finally got both our shirts off, she practically crowed in triumph.

“See? I was right.”

“So right,” I mumbled.

“You should always listen to me,” she decided, getting to work on my pants.

“Just in bed or everywhere?”

“Everywhere,” she declared, going all bossy.

“Yes, ma’am,” I murmured.

She ran with the theme, issuing commands between breathless kisses.

“Lie back,” she ordered once I’d ditched the rest of my clothing.

“Yes, ma’am,” I said a little breathlessly. There wasn’t much left on her to remove either, and it had been far too long since we’d let our bodies play this game.

Mina braced her hands on either side of my head and leaned down for a kiss, all while straddling me. Multitasking I couldn’t keep up with, so I lay back and took what she had to give. Which turned out to be everything, as I discovered. No surprise, really, but finally, agoodone.

Very good,my dragon hummed when she lined us up and sank down, letting me fill her.

Her lips parted in a blissfulOh,and she tilted her head back. Then she started dancing over me. A slow dance, then a flirty cha-cha, followed by an all-out, passionate samba. I gripped her hips and followed, because she definitely had the lead here. But seconds later, when she moaned in frustration, we rolled, and—

“Oh!” she cried, wrapping her legs around me.

Soon, we were slamming together, as desperately as our very first time. Even more so, maybe, because there was more at stake now. This wasn’t about one night, but about forever.

“Yes…” Mina hissed, lifting her hips and clamping her inner muscles around me.

My senses tuned out everything inconsequential and amplified the impact of everything that remained, like the soft flesh of her inner thigh. The warm welcome of her body as she rose up to meet me again and again. The faint glow around her, signaling to the world that I’d marked her.

We can do more than mark her, my dragon roared.

I clenched my teeth, holding back my dragon fangs while powering into her. Again and again, until she clamped down one last time and cried out in ecstasy.

I barely held back a roar of my own as I exploded inside her. Then we collapsed, too blissed out to care about what came next.

The next time I opened my eyes, we were limp, panting, and clutching each other like we’d just survived the apocalypse.

How did I ever think I could live without you?I nearly said.

A good thing my vocal cords, like the rest of my body, weren’t all that responsive. All that came out was a croak.

“I know this is London, but I swear, we’re just around the corner from heaven,” Mina whispered.

I lay panting, incapable of thought or deed, other than vowing to hold on to her forever.