But she didn’t say anything else—she just gripped his cheeks harder and kissed him. It was intense and fast and the taste of her, the feel of her grinding against him, sitting naked in his lap, made his cock spring to attention. By the time she pulled back, he was breathing hard again.
“I like the way you talk,” he said, the smirk still playing on his face.
“Now you listen to me,” she demanded, eyes blazing. “You are one of the bravest, most selfless, most honorable men I’ve ever met. And there’s no way in hell you took out a village of innocent civilians. I don’t care what form you were in.”
His shoulders dropped. “Piper, please—”
“I’m still talking.” She mock glared at him, and he couldn’t help it—it wrenched another smile out of him. “If you don’t want to shift, fine. If you want to believe your beast is something different than you, fine. But I want you to know that I know the truth about you, Jace River. And the truth is, you’re good and decent, through to the core, like no one I’ve ever known. You’re the kind of man I’d trust with my life… the kind I’d trust with my heart. And there are literally no others in that category.”
She held his gaze. It took a long moment for him to realize what she said, and more importantly: she wasn’t running away. Then she leaned in and kissed him again, slower this time, less intense but more erotic, like her tongue wanted to take its sweet time exploring his mouth. He couldn’t believe she was still here, still kissing him, still naked in his lap, when she knew—she knew—everything that he was. He held her tight and kissed her back. But when she reached down to stroke his raging hard-on, he caught her wrist and pulled it away.
“I can’t.” His voice was heavy with lust. God, how he wanted her to keep going. “It’s not safe. My beast almost broke loose before—”
“You’re not going to hurt me.” The confidence in her voice was… insane. Did she not hear all the things he just explained?
“I mean it, Piper.”
“Shut up. I’m talking again.” But she wasn’t—she was sliding off his lap to kneel between his legs on the floor in front of him.
“Piper, what are you—” But he didn’t have to ask, because she gripped his cock and slid her hot little mouth over it. “Fuck.” The feel as she took him deep in her throat, the insanely erotic sight of her lips sliding over him, her tight fist stroking the length that she couldn’t take in… all of it made his eyes roll back in his head. He gripped her hair in his fist to stop her, but she just sucked harder and wrenched a moan out of him. He ended up guiding her head as it bobbed in his lap, and he struggled to breathe between strokes.
To his surprise, his wolf was quietly humming with the pleasure she was giving him, but staying buried. After a long delicious minute of this, his sanity returned, and he gently lifted her mouth from where it was greedily devouring him.
“Dammit, woman,” he said, breathless. “I told you, I can’t do this.”
“And I’m going to prove you wrong.” She pushed him back on the bed. “Scoot to the head of the bed, soldier.”
He grinned, in spite of the fact that she was playing with fire. But his wolf was quiet, at least for the moment. If it started to claw its way out again, the way it did when Jace had her up against the door, then he would just have to pull away. Sooner, this time.
He edged backward and leaned against the pillows propped at the head of his bed. “What are my orders, Captain?”
She crawled across the bed toward him, her hungry gaze dropping to his cock then springing up to lock him with an intensely sexy look. “Your mission is to see how long you can hold out.” When she reached him, she straddled him, poised over his cock, placing it right at her entrance. Her gorgeous breasts were level with his face. She peered down at him with a lascivious smile. “You’re also allowed to enjoy the view.”
“I’m going to enjoy the hell out of this view.” He palmed both of her breasts, bringing one tight nipple to his mouth. Then she quickly sank down on his cock. He groaned, releasing her breast from his mouth and slipping one hand to the small of her back to balance her as she started to ride him. His head tipped back against the headrest for a moment, then he snapped his eyes open again. He wanted to see the pleasure she was taking from him, breasts bouncing before his face, her own head tipped back as her breathing quickened. God, she felt so good. He didn’t know how far he could take it—his wolf had come out mostly when he was close to his own release—so he needed to get her there first. He reluctantly dropped the hold he had on the heavy globe of her breast and slid his hand down to rub her hot little nub.