Tempting Eden (7 page)

As he said it he pulled the straps off her
shoulders. She wanted Sabre to do these things to her. She wanted
him to undress her.

“Yes,” she agreed. “I am.”

She shimmied out of her sundress and let the
cotton pool at her feet. He swept down the length of her body,
pushing her panties to her ankles. With the heat pounding between
her legs she stepped out of her clothes and into his arms.

Sabre pulled her toward the sea, toward the
waves. He seemed to crave the water. She wanted to know why but she
was too timid to ask. She didn’t understand her shyness—her nipples
stood erect and at attention waiting for his mouth. Or his hands.
Either one would do.

“I waited for you all day,” she heard herself
say. Why would she tell him this? He didn’t need to know her
desperation.

He merely gave her a knowing smile as he
turned her in his arms. Eden closed her eyes wanting to memorize
the way his body fit against hers. The way his hard edges molded
against her soft curves. The way his hand moved down her flat
abdomen and between her legs, pushing between her wet folds.

“Already wet.” She could hear the smile in
his voice.

“For you.” Her words were raspy, quiet.

“Good. Would you like me to lick you
again?”

Did he really have to ask? He tugged her to
the ground. She willingly melted at his feet, laying back and
propping up on her elbows. This time she wanted to see. She wanted
to watch him as he worked that magic tongue over her.

Sabre settled between her legs. He pressed
her right leg straight holding her calf with one hand and placing
gentle kisses behind her knee. Her belly quivered. She whimpered.
He smiled. He licked his way down, her leg bending over his
shoulder. He placed feather soft kisses along her inner thigh
making the heat spread. He repeated his performance with her left
leg. Kisses behind the knee, leg over shoulder, kisses on her inner
thigh. She thought she might explode.

“You like this?”

She whimpered. “You know I do.” She wanted to
shout it at him but it came out a weak mewl.

“Are you ready for me, my little vixen?” She
nodded. “I want you to lay back. When I go down on you play with
your nipples. Squeeze, pinch, touch. Will you do this for me?”

If he asked her walk to the ends of the earth
barefoot on hot coals for him she would say yes. Licking her lips
she nodded again and lowered to the ground, her back against the
damp sand.

His powerful hands gripped her hips, his
fingers digging into her flesh. He slipped his tongue between her
lips, running it up and down several times. She thought her head
might explode. His tongue swiped over every crevice.

“Pinch your nipples, Eden,” he commanded.

She’d already forgotten her promise. Her
hands palmed her breasts pinching the taut pebbles between thumb
and forefinger. He went back to licking, this time his tongue
penetrated her, deeper and deeper. With every pinch of her nipple
it sent zings of pleasure right down to where his tongue worked its
magic.

She’d thought of this while in the shower.
She’d touched herself, imagined him watching.

As she was on the brink of orgasm, he pulled
away. He nipped her inner thigh and sat back on his heels looking
down at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes. She’d never
stopped touching her breasts—he hadn’t commanded her to.

“Why did you stop?” she asked.

“I enjoy the view. Your hands touching your
breasts.” He swiped a tongue over his lips. “Now move your hands
lower.”

“Lower?” she gasped. She knew what he meant.
He couldn’t be serious.

“You wanted me to watch you, yes? You thought
about it while in the shower.”

Her body flared hot, her cheeks burning.
How did he know that?
She swallowed hard, her heart
hammering so loud it muffled the sound of the waves. It had been
nothing more than a fantasy…

A fantasy. And he knew them. All of them.

Eden moved one hand from her breast to
between her legs. The other hand she kept pinching her nipple. He
pushed her knees open to watch her fingers. He let out a small
groan of approval.

“Yes,” he urged. “Like that.”

Her fingers moved inside her, back out, made
little swirls over her clit. Her body tensed and a second later she
climaxed. He was on top of her a second after that raining kisses
over her face.

“That was beautiful. You’re beautiful. My
beautiful little vixen.”

She swooned, glad she was laying down because
she might have fainted. His mouth was hot and sweet, passionate and
demanding. Kissing her from her earlobe down to her shoulder and
back again. His erection pressed against her thigh growing harder
with every kiss. She wrapped her legs around Sabre’s waist opening
up to him. She thought he would understand the invitation and push
inside her but instead his hands pressed against her buttocks and
he pulled her up to a sitting position.

Now her legs straddled his lap. He had one
hand wrapped around her waist, another on her breasts gently
pushing her back. His mouth latched onto her nipple. Gasping with
pleasure she arched her back to give him more access. His tongue
proved it was suited not only for her clit but also her nipples. He
nipped. He sucked. He licked. He gently clamped it between his
teeth pulling back until the nub slipped out of his bite. Then he
started all over with the other one. It sent sharp spirals of bliss
curling down her belly to her core.

As Sabre continued his onslaught, she grasped
his waist with her legs locking them together behind his back and
scooting closer to his cock. She wanted him. Inside her. Now.

He grasped his thickened length with one hand
and pushed her toward him with the other at the small of her back.
He guided his cock to her wet opening and pushed inside her sheath
until he was all the way to the hilt. She arched her back more,
wiggled her hips over him to take him all in. His length filled her
completely as he pushed deeper into her. More new sensations. Every
time he touched her it sent her reeling. It didn’t take long before
her muscles tired and her legs weakened.

Eden pushed against him shoving him to the
ground flat on his back. She straddled him never losing contact
with him. Her hands splayed on his chest as she pumped up and
down.

“Taking control. I like that,” he said.

His hands tangled in her long hair as he
brought her face down to kiss her. Their bodies meshed together so
perfectly. As though they were made for each other. He held her
close, his lips never leaving hers. Then he rolled taking her with
him. They landed in the surf with the water splashing over their
heated bodies.

He was on top of her now. She locked her
ankles around his waist as he thrust hard inside her. She rocked
her hips back to meet him thrust for thrust.

“Harder,” she whimpered.

“I can’t hear you, Eden. Tell me.
Louder.”

“Harder, please.”

“Louder.”

His gaze never left hers, those eyes boring
into her. She bit her lip. “Harder, Sabre. Fuck me harder.”

“That’s better.”

He complied, pounding her into the sand. The
waves crashing over them. The salty taste in her mouth. And that
gaze never leaving hers. Another orgasm wracked her sore body
sending rippling waves of pleasure to her fingertips and toes. Her
chest rose and fell with every heated breath as he continued to
thrust inside her. He wasn’t finished yet.

Another second later his body clenched. He
moaned with one last push inside her as he climaxed, held it there
and then lowered on top of her. He nuzzled her neck licking her
damp skin.

She never wanted it to end.

Eden tangled a hand in his long locks
enjoying the feel of his body on top of hers. Gazing up at the
night sky she could see all the stars winking in and out. Her
eyelids grew heavy. She was drowsy. Sated. Completely satisfied. He
had fulfilled her every wish.

“Sleep now, Eden. Sleep.”

She yawned. “No. I want to stay awake with
you.”

His hand caressed her face. “It’s all right
if you sleep. I’ll be here when you wake.”

“Promise?” she said around another yawn.

“You have my word.”

Sabre hadn’t lied. He was still with her when
she woke. She’d somehow ended up on her side with him nuzzled
behind her. His hot mouth was on her neck. Tasting. Nibbling.
Nipping. It sent spirals of desire through her body. She’d never
tire of that. She was acutely aware of his hard cock pressing
between her cheeks. Moaning she rocked her ass against him.

He thrust his hips against her as his hand
slipped between her legs to finger her clit. Oh but how she loved
the way this man touched her. She turned her head and met his mouth
for a kiss. Lifting her top leg, she latched it over his hip to
give him better access. He slipped his cock inside her while his
fingers still danced on her clit. His tongue still in her
mouth.

“Sabre,” she breathed his name into his
mouth.

“Feels good?”

“Yes. Oh yes.”

“Rock your hips for me.”

She complied. He groaned, a deep rumble in
her ear and through his chest. Her hand joined his between her
legs. Her fingertips grazed his thick cock thrusting in and out of
her. Their juiciness mingled with each other. A light breeze
tickled her rosy peaks making them pucker into even harder pebbles.
His big body shielded most of the surf from her but every now and
then sea water would splash over him onto her. It sent a chill
through her.

“Don’t stop,” she whispered. And blushed when
she realized she’d said it out loud.

“Never. Not until you tell me to.”

“Sabre.” Her mouth fused with his for a long
moment. “Make me come again. I like when you make me come.”

To see the lights fantastic behind her
eyelids when he shattered her control and her body came alive. She
craved orgasms with him as though he were a drug. And like any
junkie she couldn’t get enough. She needed her next fix.

“You’ll come,” he said, his voice whisper
soft in her ear. “And so will I.”

His thrusts increased speed. Their hands
twined together over her clit. Fingers trying to dominate each
other’s. She gave up finally and let him have his way with her.

“Put your leg down,” he said in that
commanding voice. The one she must obey.

When she moved he rolled her to her stomach
and slipped inside her from behind. Another new position for her.
Another new way to enjoy sex. Her hands fisted in wet sand with
every thrust and a few seconds later she climaxed.

Bright. Beautiful. Fireworks. Shattering her
to her soul.

He stilled and all she heard was his jagged
breathing and her thumping heart. He gathered her to him a moment
later and cradled her against him. The dark sky had turned into a
dusty color. Sunrise was upon them.

“I must leave soon.”

Dread clutched her. Instantly wide awake her
body stiffened against him. “No. I don’t want you to leave.”

“I must. When the sun appears on the horizon
I have to be gone.”

Eden rolled to face him, her hands on his
cheeks. “Gone where?”

“Back,” was all he said and he glanced out to
sea.

She sat up now tugging fingers through
tangled wet hair. “No, Sabre. You can’t leave me again. I can’t
bear the thought of it. I need you. You saved me.” From her dismal
life. From feeling abandoned in every way. From the loneliness. She
couldn’t give that up. Ever.

“Ah, Eden.” He caressed her cheek, smiling.
“It isn’t good-bye. I’ll see you again tonight. You belong to me. I
claimed you. I marked you. Never forget that.” He fingered her neck
where he’d bitten her.

“I can’t go on waiting for you to come to me
at night. I…I’m leaving this place tomorrow to go home.” The sudden
realization hit her as though it were a ten ton weight. Tomorrow
she would return home to her reality. Alone. Without him. Back to
her miserable existence. No, she couldn’t go back to that. She
wanted him with her. Always. Forever. “I can’t live without you,
Sabre. I want forever.”

His hand stilled and he peered at her
intently. Something sparked in his blue eyes burning with need and
desire.

“You said I belonged to you,” she rushed on.
“I believe you and I want you. I want to belong to you now and
forever. Wherever you’re going take me with you.”

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. But it
felt so right. She couldn’t face going back to that life waiting
for her and she knew it. His expression drew serious.

“You don’t know what you’re asking for,
Eden.”

“Yes, I do. I’m asking to be with you.” She
splayed her hands on his chest and felt the quickened beat of his
heart.

She could see indecision in his eyes and knew
his mind raced with the thoughts. He stole a quick glance to the
horizon then back out to sea before his gaze returned to hers.

“You don’t understand where I’m from.”

Her heart tripped. “Then tell me. Please. I
want to know everything about you.”

“I’m from Atlantis.”

He said it so matter-of-factly Eden blinked.
Atlantis! I knew it!
The lost continent that had sunk under
the sea. She suspected he was from there. The book had been right
in the hypothesis that it was under the Bermuda Triangle. He’d come
to her from there. He’d come to her and must have sensed her
presence on the beach. She was so glad. So very glad he was here
and he’d found her.

She remembered the book. She took a step back
and looked him up and down searching for some tell-tale sign he was
telling the truth. Even though she knew he was.

“Do you not believe me? I can prove it.” He
tilted it his head down.

She gave a little gasp. There were the tiny
gills behind his ears. She stared at them a long moment. Marveled
at them. She wasn’t surprised she’d missed them. They were so small
and inconspicuous. How…strange. And wonderful. Her brows knit with
so many questions. She didn’t know where to begin.