[Atlantean's Quest 01] The Arrival by Jordan Summers Page B

the bowl back up and began stirring the contents.
    “What position is that?”
    “You will take your rightful place as our new Queen.”
    Rachel’s jaw dropped as she stared at him, incredulous. “I don’t want to be Queen.”
    “The position is not one of your choosing. Destiny chose long ago.” He walked across the small room and picked up a brush from a side storage area that she hadn’t noticed earlier.
    “What are you planning to do?”
    “Prepare you.”
    “You prepare food, not people.”
    “Remove your clothes.”
    Rachel froze. Surely she heard him wrong. He didn’t just tell her to take her clothes off. “Now wait just one minute.”
    “If you don’t remove your clothes,” he paused, giving her a daring smile, “I’ll remove them for you.”
    He shifted, his muscles flexing and bunching in taut lines. Rachel stared open-mouthed at the giant. She didn’t have to read his mind to know he meant what he said, but she refused to be pushed around.
    Rachel walked to the bed of furs and plopped down. She put her back against the wall so that she faced him. He stared at her for a few seconds, surprise plainly written on his handsome features. Then a fire sparked in those gemstone depths. He stalked toward her, his gaze never leaving her face.
    “You wish to test me?” he growled.
    It took every fiber of Rachel’s being to keep from fleeing from the blond Adonis. Her heart thudded as he reached the edge of the bed and stopped.
    “I’m not taking my clothes off and you can’t make me.” She hugged her arms around her knees in a protective ball.
    The giant reached down, snatched her by the shoulders and pulled her to her feet. Rachel’s body exploded into a typhoon of energy. She kicked and screamed, even managing to bite his thick arm before he dropped her back onto the furs. He quickly followed, blanketing her body with his.
    Rachel squirmed and squealed to no avail. He pressed her into the bed, his thighs wrapping around her own until she couldn’t move at all. She opened her mouth to bite him again and he took the opportunity to plunge his tongue inside, knocking the fight right out of her with a scorching kiss.
    His tongue laved at her, teasing, enticing, and inviting her to taste him back. Rachel shuddered. She heard her shirt rip and felt it being pulled away from her body. The sound turned Rachel on more than it should. Something primal came alive within her.
    Clinging to his mouth for her next breath, her fingers sought out his sides and she grabbed hold of his slick skin, letting her nails bite deep. He groaned, attacking her ravenously. Rachel surrendered to his sensual assault.
    He inserted a knee between her thighs until he’d spread her legs far enough apart to seat himself. Rachel moaned when his rock hard cock came in contact with her clit through the material of her pants. Her hips bucked of their own volition. His teeth nipped at her lower lip, trailing down her jaw and over to her ear.
    He bit down on the tender lobe, sending shockwave after shockwave through Rachel’s body. She ached with need. Her body responded to his touch as if she’d lain with him a thousand times before.
    You have…in your dreams.
    He thrust against her and Rachel’s channel flooded with her own juices. She had to have this man, right now. She opened her mouth, then closed it, when she realized she was about to beg him to fuck her.
    Confused and panicked she pushed him away. “Enough!”
    Eros stilled. He’d been so out of his mind with lust that he had almost not heard her plea. What was he doing? This was no way to prepare his woman. Did he want to destroy the only chance his people had for getting off this planet?
    Disgusted with his lack of control, he sat up. His body screamed for release, but it would not have it tonight. He stood on shaky legs and held out his hand to Rachel. She placed her fingertips in his and rose.
    Her lips were swollen from his kisses and her chocolate colored eyes were