The tension between them built, stretched thinner, tighter. When he finally touched her, Shannon gasped. Her head jerked up. Jake stared directly into her eyes for a mere second, then he looked back down at her leg, at the point where his hand rested just below her knee.
Did Jake feel it? Did his palm tingle with the sense of power racing between them? He had to know what she felt, had to realize something magical was happening. He leaned over and placed a soft kiss on the inside of her leg, next to his palm.
A shiver raced up Shannon’s inner thigh, directly to her clit. She felt a moan catch in her throat, a needy whimper yearning to break free.
Raising his head, maintaining eye contact, Jake crept closer, crawling the length of Shannon’s body, his hand sliding oh, so slowly along her thigh to the swell of her hip. He carefully slipped into the warm indentation of the mattress where Shannon’s body had been, gliding against her until Shannon felt his heat surround her, from the spot where his toes touched the bottoms of her feet to the warm pressure of his chest against her breasts…to her lips.
His breath carried the minted scent of toothpaste, an ordinary, pleasing aroma. Familiar. His body’s essence, though, was something more, something ancient and long forgotten, a primal scent that stirred Shannon in a manner she’d never experienced. Once again she thought of the forest, wondered at the memories that couldn’t be, memories drifting from beyond her understanding.
Questions she’d not known to ask somehow gave her the courage to bridge the small distance between her mouth and Jake’s. Trembling, aware of him as she’d never been aware of any other partner, male or female, Shannon pressed her lips against Jake’s mouth.
She felt his warm sigh, the hardening of his body as his arms wrapped her in a tight embrace. Jake devoured her mouth, slowly but surely finding every sensitive spot with his tongue, his teeth, his lips.
She’d never had anyone make love to her mouth before. Not like this, with such thorough, single-minded attention. Jake’s tongue explored the full interior of Shannon’s mouth, his teeth nipped at her lips and he suckled her tongue in an open invitation to do the same to his.
Moaning, Shannon pressed her hips close to Jake’s, felt his cock swell against her belly. Breathing slowly and surely, he kissed the corner of her mouth, then carefully worked his way along her jaw, paying close attention to the length of her throat, the sharp line of her collarbone. Moving lower, Jake licked just the tip of her left nipple, teasing Shannon with the briefest of strokes.
She arched her hips and whimpered. His hands swept the length of her torso, tangled in her small thatch of pubic hair and tugged. Jake’s lips tightened on her nipple, sucking hard and pressing the swollen tip against the roof of his mouth. He moved across her chest with tiny, sucking kisses and repeated the process, slowly suckling and licking Shannon’s other breast, then moving lower, kissing the sensitive flesh over her ribcage, dipping his tongue into her navel.
His long fingers slipped carefully into her sex, spreading her fluids up and over her sensitive clit, gently torturing that tiny bundle of nerves. Shannon bit the inside of her lip, fighting the sensations as she reveled in Jake’s skillful touch.
Her skin burned but her body shivered. Her womb ached and the muscles in her vagina clenched with each beat of her heart, each thrust of his fingers. She clutched at Jake’s shoulders, tilted her hips high to force his fingers deeper. Instead, he slowly dragged his fingers out of her warm and wanting pussy and knelt between her legs. He lifted her buttocks, holding her cheeks in his big hands, lifting her higher, closer to his mouth.
She felt the rough glide of Jake’s fingers over the bruises Richard’s clutching fingers had left, felt the warm breeze of Jake’s breath between her legs. Twining her fingers in the wrinkled sheets, Shannon closed her eyes. She whimpered again, a strangled cry deep in her throat.
Jake sat back on his heels and raised Shannon’s legs over his shoulders. She opened her eyes, shocked he would hold her so high, hold her up to his mouth like some carnal feast so that only her shoulders rested on the bed. Jake stared back at her for a moment. His eyes gleamed in the darkness and he licked his lips, as if savoring her taste.
There was a look of wonder on his face, an expression that confused Shannon. What did he feel when he looked at her like this? Why did he affect her so deeply, make her want him so much? What was it about Jacob Trent that seemed to know what was missing in Shannon’s life? Could Jake fill the emptiness she’d known for so long?
Then his big hands lightly massaged her bruised and sore buttocks. He lifted her even higher. Jake dipped his head, his tongue lightly caressed her clit, one thick finger rubbed back and forth across her sensitive anus, and Shannon bit her lips to keep from crying out in ecstasy.
Tasting Shannon Murphy’s intimate flavors was the equivalent of taking communion with whatever gods had suddenly blessed his life. Jake’s tongue dipped into her creamy nectar and he actually felt the sting of tears behind his eyes.
Damn, but he’d gone down on hundreds of women, enjoyed their myriad flavors and tastes, yet never, not once, had he felt this powerful connection, this rush of sensual need, of almost painful arousal. Breathing deeply he drew her scent into his lungs and felt his cock stretch beyond its already hard length.
Shannon moaned when he tongued her clit. The needy sound turned him on even more, so he gently suckled the erect bud between his lips, licking tenderly at the sleek bit of flesh. She lifted her pelvis, pressed her sex tighter against his mouth and he licked deep inside, swirling his tongue over the slick, clenching tissues. His nose pressed close against her folds and he breathed deeply, inhaling her scent.
How he wished he could shift! If only he could use his Chanku tongue to taste her, his wolven body to love her. The more sensitive Chanku taste buds and ability to smell even the lightest scent would make an almost perfect experience even better.
Shit. Any better and it might be fatal.
He lifted his head for a moment, breathing deeply, fighting for control. Heart pounding in his chest, Jake was almost certain he heard the rush of his blood, the throbbing veins in his cock. Shannon’s scent drew him back. Once more he dipped his head to feed between her legs.
While his tongue learned the secrets of Shannon’s sweet sex, Jake’s fingers stroked her taut buttocks, found the cleft between her cheeks, pressed lightly at first, then with more force against her anus. He felt her push against his finger and knew she was no stranger to this kind of touch. Groaning against her pussy, his hips beginning to sway in longing, Jake dragged his fingers through her dripping fluids for more lubricating moisture, then slowly but surely gained entrance through her anus, pressing his finger deep into Shannon’s hot, tight passage.
She whimpered, not a sound of pain but of longing. Her muscles grabbed his finger. Held him.
Lost in a haze of pure lust, Jake licked and nipped and sucked, matching the rhythm between his mouth and probing finger, taking Shannon with him. His thoughts floated free, his need, his physical and emotional arousal, his wonder, all coiling and melding, bringing him to the edge of climax.
Jake hovered on the precipice, held fast by sheer will alone, but his mouth and hands took Shannon over. Her body tensed, her knees locked against the sides of his head. He felt her scream before he heard it, sensed her orgasm seconds before her body went rigid. Her back arched, her pussy gushed, filling his mouth with her unique tangy taste.
Jake’s cock felt ready to explode, his balls ached, and suddenly, inexplicably, his mind caught her mental touch. Shannon’s orgasm, her need, her surprise, her unbelievable response to Jake’s lovemaking.
He held her there, right at the peak, far longer than he’d ever held another woman…kept her in the throes of her orgasm, her muscles clenching, heart pounding, while their minds fed, one from the other.
Finally, Jake brought Shannon slowly down, still caught in