Sapphire Dragon (Awakened Dragons Book 2) by Terry Bolryder Page B

the movie finally wrapped up and the credits rolled, Hallie sat back up and stretched, yawning. Between their fight in the morning, the scene he made at her workplace, and the rescue right in front of her house, it had been a pretty long day.
    “Here, let me get you upstairs,” Luc said, sweeping Hallie off her feet and holding her in his arms, walking up the stairs toward her bedroom. “We can do some more cuddling in bed before we go to sleep,” he said with a smile.
    But as he took each step, there was definitely more than just cuddling on Hallie’s mind. And it certainly didn’t hurt that Luc had been the perfect gentleman the entire night, helping with dinner and holding her sweetly as if she meant the world to him.
    Maybe she was just being stupid, lining herself up for more hurt. But she’d learned the hard way that no matter how careful you were in life, you could still get hurt regardless of what you did. So it was best to just live in the present and hope things turn out okay in the end.
    “Um, Luc?” she said tentatively as he reached the top step and opened the door to her room.
    “Yes?”
    “If you’re staying tonight, do you think we could do more than just cuddling?” she asked, feeling embarrassed by her delivery, but not sure how to bridge the subject smoothly.
    “You mean go all the way this time?” he said bluntly, a smile quirking the corner of his lips.
    She didn’t reply, just nodded, her mind wild with thoughts of what that would entail.
    Luc didn’t reply immediately, but laid her on the bed, coming over her and straddling her with his powerful legs. He then leaned down, cupping the back of her neck with one hand and her cheek with the other as his lips touched hers in a powerful, soul-rocking kiss.
    “How’s that for my answer?” he asked, sitting up and looking down at her, his gaze now heated, the blueness of his eyes swirling like a fathomless whirlpool.
    She could lose herself in those eyes, and she wouldn’t even mind.

    * * *
    L uc thrummed with desire at this point. Both with the desire to be with her, and the powerful need to pleasure her, to own her and make her his.
    Everything had gone perfectly. He hoped this was what their future would be like. Easy evenings full of fun conversation and new experiences. And nights bursting with heat and passion.
    The kind of life Luc had never dreamed of being able to have, if not for Hallie.
    He didn’t waste time going slow tonight, though. He knew what Hallie wanted. And he wanted to give it to her. Wanted to give her everything, every part of himself he could offer. Everything they’d denied themselves the night before.
    He pulled off Hallie’s T-shirt and bra, followed by her soft sweatpants and underwear, leaving her bare to him so no clothes could stand between him and her pleasure. The sight of her naked was still astounding, still breathtaking.
    This time, though, Hallie tugged restlessly at Luc’s shirt, and he obliged by taking off his own clothes, satisfied with the way her eyes widened more with each article he removed, until there was nothing left to take off.
    Immediately, he came back on the bed, his hands finding her soft breasts, his mouth covering hers in a ravenous, claiming kiss.
    She moaned beneath him, her hands holding on to his thighs as he continued to kiss, touch, whatever he could do to fill her with as much pleasure as she could handle.
    Already, he felt he’d known Hallie his whole life. Yet he could spend every night, every day, every second with her and still not have enough time; they were so perfect together.
    He came lower and kissed her nipple, laving each of them with his tongue and then letting the cool air cause a firm tip to form before he kissed and sucked them again.
    And maybe it had just been all the physical contact between them during the movie. Maybe it was just that they knew each other’s bodies better now, knew each other better. But whatever it was, he could feel Hallie’s first