Page 31 of Velvet and Valor (Platinum Security: Shadows of LA #4)

JUNE

“There he is!”

I leap out of the police ATV and skitter across the plain of jumbled stones. Axel sits up and groans.

“About time you guys got here,” he says.

I grab him around the waist in a fierce hug. He groans again, but his arms go around me like a comforting blanket.

“I love you too,” I murmur into his chest. “You ran off before I could say it before. That was patently unfair!”

“I’m sorry,” he says. “I thought it would be all heroic and stuff.”

“Heroically stupid, maybe,” I say. “Thank goodness your friend Ezra showed up when he did.”

“Yeah. I see the police have arrived.”

“Ezra called them,” I say. “I’m just glad you’re safe. Why did you tackle him off of a virtual cliff?”

“I…was just really angry.”

“You didn’t know it was there, did you?” I ask with a sigh. “What am I going to do with you?”

“I can think of a few things—ow.”

We give our statements to the police. It takes quite a while and requires a trip to the station. There are a lot of bodies, after all. The police spend most of their time talking to Axel.

When we finally get out of the station house, the sun has long since sunk behind the horizon. It’s finally safe to go back to my house. I love his beachfront property, but it’s a damn long drive, and it’s damn late.

“So,” I say on the ride to my place. “You said you love me. I said it back. Now what?”

The streetlights paint his face with intermittent white while he gathers his thoughts.

“We stay together,” he says with utter confidence.

“Just like that?” I ask.

“Just like that.”

I nod.

“Okay.”

He does a double take.

“Okay?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did you want me to give a different answer?” I ask sweetly.

“No! I just—I expected some, ah, resistance maybe?”

“Axel, if the last week has taught me anything, it’s that life can change, or end, in the blink of an eye. I’m not going to wait around for fate to decide what happens to me. I’m making my own fate.”

We pull up outside of my place and he gives me a hot, hot gaze.

“Here’s to making your own fate.”

I barely get the key into the lock before Axel pulls me into a deep, powerful kiss. I moan softly into his mouth, his arms growing tighter around me.

The door bounces open, and we stagger inside, more intent on each other than keeping our balance. He falls and lands on his back, and it only stops us for a second. It’s like everything I've been holding back is spilling out all at once.

I grin, pinning him down and straddling him. Axel laughs and cocks an eyebrow at me.

“Now I’m in charge,” I taunt.

“Oh, think you’re in the director’s chair?” he asks.

“Uh huh,” I say, grinding on top of him. His cock dances beneath me, growing hard under my attentions. I love the look in his eyes as he stares up at me.

“We’ll see about that,” he says.

He shoots his arms up over his head, which makes me collapse on top of him. Quick as a flash, he wraps me up with his limbs and rolls me over so he’s on top. I struggle, laughing so hard I can barely breathe.

“I think that I’m the director now,” he says.

“Oh yeah?” I purr. “So, what’s going to happen next in this scene?”

“Actions speak louder than words.”

He buries his face in my belly, kissing and licking. I gasp, grabbing his lustrous hair and basking in his attention. I know where he’s going. I know this is going to be urgent, but sensual. There are so many emotions charging us right now, it can’t help but lend itself to our lovemaking.

I shriek with delight as he peels my panties off and hikes the dress up around my waist. His lips are between my thighs, soft and warm and wonderful.

“My skin smells like sea water,” I say, embarrassed.

His response is to suck on my clit. My hands clamp onto the back of his head as I suck in a ragged, deep breath. I hold it until my lungs are about to burst as he shoves me over the precipice of a massive climax.

Then I let out all the air in my system as a scream.

Axel grabs my thighs and pins me down, licking and sucking on my labia, inside and out, between attention paid to my clitoris.

His hungry growls and almost desperate need to devour me alive push me toward another orgasm.

This time I almost black out, my body twisting as much as he will allow it to.

“Axel,” I gasp “Axel, I need you—”

He unzips his fly and presses the crown of his cock between my throbbing pussy lips. My mouth flies open. I make a gurgling, rasping sound as I struggle to breathe. I let out a series of long, guttural screams, riding waves of pleasure that never seem to stop.

I’m a quivering, shivering mess, still pulsing with delight, as Axel rolls me over onto my belly.

I whimper as he glides his cock into my pussy from behind.

I spasm, drawing him deeper inside of me.

Axel’s fingers dig into my hips, sinking into my pliant flesh.

I love the way he just grabs me and takes what he wants.

It makes me feel like the most desirable woman in the world.

“Oh my god,” I gasp when I’m capable of speech. Axel kisses my neck and shoulder and cuddles up close. “Oh my god…we didn’t even make it to the bed.”

“We’ve got all weekend,” Axel says. “By tomorrow surely we’ll have made it past the kitchen.”

I laugh and snuggle into his embrace.

“I love you,” I say, easy and free.

“I love you, too,” Axel says. “So, I had this idea for a movie—”

I slap my hand over his mouth.

“Use that mouth to kiss me instead.”

“Yes Ma’am,” he replies.