After that all passed for her, hot tears ran down both cheeks as the right man yelled out his release and laid claim to her once more.
His possessive grip remained as they both fell into an exhausted sleep.
Turns out Nate was right about the tablets. She hadn't needed them at all.
All she'd needed was him.
He was dreaming-had to be dreaming. Nate hadn't allowed himself to consciously imagine that particular mouth doing that particular thing in a long damn time.
His eyelids were heavy at the moment, but they opened when that mouth slid down his length and sucked him to throbbing hardness again. He wanted to let go, to scream out her name, but when he spoke it was just a whisper.
"Sheena."
Because it had to be her-just had to be.
A head moved under the covers as a female body crawled over him. Delicious hotness slid onto his erection, engulfing him in a familiar heaven he'd never forgotten. The body bowed and arched, bowed and arched, until the madness of having to see her owned him.
He whipped the covers off her head, and a long-haired goddess rose above him, smiling and laughing as his heart raced at the sight. He couldn't stop staring. She was so damn beautiful-so beautiful.
Her mouth claimed his fiercely, even as her body slid down hard claiming everything else. He sat up trying to get closer, holding her to him, driving her higher as she plunged and plunged.
Her scream of satisfaction made him quake in her arms.
Nate lost control completely when Sheena called out his name in return. He emptied himself too soon, just like he had the first time he'd ever been with her. She hadn't minded then. She didn't seem to mind now.
She laughed joyfully while he cursed his stupidity for ever letting this woman leave his bed.
Never again, he promised himself. Never again.
Sheena rocked the rest of her orgasm away in his lap, kissing his neck and shoulders as she calmed.
"Sheena," he said again, not even sure what he wanted to tell her.
"Sssh … " she answered, putting a finger over his lips.
Then removing that finger, she kissed him sweetly.
With Sheena still astride him, Nate slid them both back down under the covers and counted his blessings.
She was grumpy this morning. Grumpy, but at least physically sated. Regrets hovered on the edges of the new day, but Sheena pushed them ruthlessly away from her mind.
So she and Nate had sex a couple times last night? That didn't have to mean anything.
The real shame was that the bathroom shower in Nate's quarters was no larger than the one in Brianna's suite. What good was it to be Admiral? That position at least deserved a larger bathroom, didn't it?
The space got even smaller when a fully aroused Nate stepped into the shower with her. A traitorous throbbing started between her legs just at the sight of him jutting in her direction. Last night came back in a rush and the promise of more pleasure woke her mind completely.
What was it about this man? Why did only he have this affect on her?
A hundred damned years and he was still the one. Damn it, he was still the one.
"Good morning," Nate whispered, pressing against the woman he craved.
"Good morning," Sheena whispered back, feeling suddenly shy at his aggression.
Then Nate's mouth was hot on hers and her legs were wrapping around his waist. He held her suspended above him as he fucked her. At some point, her back got pressed against the shower wall when he needed more leverage-the right angle-and to tilt her pelvis until he could hit the perfect spot over and over as she moaned.
It was glorious-absolutely glorious. A ride that had them both yelling as they finished together.
And all she could think about after Nate helped her wash her hair was doing it again.
And again.
And again.
Chapter Fourteen
Bri was thankfully missing when Sheena finally returned to the suite. It allowed her time to reflect on why she'd let herself reopen the Pandora's box of her former marriage last night.
Nate was everything wonderful between the sheets, but still someone she couldn't trust or respect outside them. So she was no worse off than she'd been before the sex, but now she craved him again. That madness had led to heartache and hurt many, many times in the past. She really had no wish to revisit that pain.
Feeling more energized than usual, Sheena resumed her studies and spent the morning reviewing the rest of her father's notes. Though hundreds of years in the making, the findings and conclusions were succinct enough for a couple hours perusal. She was convinced now that her father had known a new Angus and Erin would be retrieved from one of the universes. She imagined her mother knew as well because her father kept nothing from her-good or bad.