Magic brushed me, shredding my clothes. He grabbed a handful of fabric that used to be my T-shirt and jeans and tossed them aside. My bra followed. My panties fell apart. Excitement dashed through me, quick and electric, mixed with alarm and anticipation. An insistent low heat began to pool between my legs. My body knew what was coming and every cell in me wanted it.
He stripped naked. Hard muscle corded his frame under golden skin. He was big and erect, and when I met his eyes, he nearly set me on fire. He pinned me to the bed, his huge body caging me. His hand slid under my head. He grabbed a handful of hair. Breath caught in my throat.
His mouth closed on mine. There was nothing gentle or beguiling about that kiss. He kissed me like I belonged to him. His tongue invaded my mouth, and I tasted him, the echoes of coffee and the deep male scent that said Connor to me. It made me shiver. He kissed me like he could do anything to me and I wanted to let him. I would beg him to do it.
He broke the kiss. His eyes were dark and borderline feral. The heat between my legs turned liquid. I was suddenly in a terrible hurry.
"Look at me." His voice was harsh.
I looked at him.
"You wanted to see me? Here I am."
He seemed barely human, all raw male power, intense sexual need, and dark magic. It boiled all around him. The muscles on his arms were rock-hard. If he squeezed me, he could crush me. He never would, but knowing he could, watching all that power arrested in a moment, waiting to be devoted to making love to me, was the most erotic thing I'd ever seen.
I tried to arch my back to press against him and couldn't. He held me in place.
"Are you scared?" the dragon asked.
"No."
"You should be."
I smiled and let my own magic out.
His eyes shone.
He drew his thumb across my lips. The first intoxicating drop of his magic fell in the hollow between my breasts, hot, molten, velvet. Every nerve in me hummed in response. I was an addict who had smelled her favorite drug. I needed him inside me.
He slid his hand under my ass, squeezing it, feeling it, and dragged me closer, shifting my hips where he wanted me. The blunt head of his shaft pressed against me.
The magic split into two currents, winding around my breasts, and slid up each peak, warming my skin. My nipples were suddenly cold and erect, and then the magical heat crested over them. The jolt of pleasure rocked me, just as he tilted his head and sealed his lips on mine. I gasped into his mouth. He kissed me as the magic twisted around my nipples, sending tiny sparks of bliss through me, and then the stream moved lower. He kissed me while it flowed over my stomach, over my lap, into the crease between my legs. It licked my clit with its tongue, no longer merely hot and velvet, but slightly rough. My whole body contracted in response. It was too much. Waiting was too hard. I fought against him, bucking with everything I had and not moving an inch.
He let me take a breath. The harsh need in his eyes had turned to an all-consuming hunger.
"Why should I be scared?" I asked.
The magic squeezed and licked my clit, slipping in and out of me. It was an exquisite torture. He dipped his head and sucked on my left nipple. I almost came.
"If someone threatens you, I'll kill them. If you're not there to stop me, I'll torture them first."
"I can handle that," I managed. That part of him would never change and I'd made my peace with it.
The magic grew hotter. He moved on to the right nipple. If he didn't thrust into me now, I would either yell at him or start begging.
"When you look at other men, I want to kill them. If you cheat on me, I may. No more dates with other men, Nevada. I don't care what the reason is."
"Deal. No more kisses from other women."
His tongue worked my nipple. His right hand slipped between my legs. His fingers dipped inside me. My head was spinning. My body grew hot and heavy. I needed a release. I wanted all of him.
He made a harsh male noise. His fingers brushed the sensitive bud of my clit. I jerked.
"You'll live with me. You'll sleep with me in our bed," he growled. "Every night."
"Let me go."
He released my arms and I wound my left around him, worked my right low and let my fingers glide up and down the silken hardness of his shaft.
"Mmmm . . ." He kissed me again, thrusting himself into my hand.
"No other woman is going to call you Connor," I breathed. "Only me."
Connor grinned, a scary baring of teeth.
"You're my Connor. I'm not sharing."
"Deal. I love you. You are all I want out of this life. Marry me, Nevada."