Free Staking His Claim by Lynda Chance Page A

tightly to him.
    He tried to go slow, tried to make it good
for her. As much as he wanted her; he wanted this time to be for her.
    He pushed the dress from her shoulders and as
it fell to the floor, he lifted his mouth from hers to look down at
her body. He couldn't have begun to find the words to describe her
ethereal beauty or how much he wanted her, so he didn't attempt to
try.
    He picked her up by the hips and twirled her
until she was flat on her back in the center of his bed, her body
wrapped in only two small wisps of lace.
    He pushed to his feet and quickly divested
himself of his boots, socks, jeans and boxer briefs.
    Putting one knee on the bed, he lowered
himself beside her, completely naked, and took her in his arms
without hesitation.
    He ran his hand up her side, starting at her
creamy thigh and travelling quickly up her hip, over the indent of
her waist and landed on a lace-enclosed breast.
    Her soft gasp and quickened breathing made
his already rock-hard shaft pulse with need.
    He reached over to the lamp on the bedside
table and flipped it on. Light glared into the room, making her
blink.
    She sucked in her breath and let out a small
noise of panic.
    He tried to soothe her as he reached for her
again. "Shh, everything's okay."
    "Why'd you turn the light on?" she
whispered.
    "I couldn't see you," he stated the obvious,
his hands reaching for the clasp between her breasts. He pushed the
cups away from the small, tempting mounds, his eyes fastened to the
bounty he was uncovering.
    A sharp sound came from his throat.
    Elaina saw him staring at her uncovered chest
and red flecks of arousal colored his cheekbones as he lowered his
head and covered a nipple with his mouth.
    He began sucking like a starving man, his
hand going to her other breast, and pleasure, swift and intense,
had her hips lifting off the bed and pushing against him.
    His chest vibrated with the moan coming from
deep in his throat. His lips lifted from her nipple and his voice
rasped against the soft mound of her skin, "You're beautiful,
Elaina. God, you're so beautiful."
    She answered him, her heart constricting from
the tenderness of his tone, "You're the beautiful one."
    He lifted up at her words and stared at her,
his gaze fixed on her. He peered at her intently, and she felt like
he was trying to see into her soul.
    She didn't have anything to hide from him.
She reiterated her words, "I think you're beautiful--I thought you
were beautiful the first time I saw you," she whispered.
    "Why, baby? Why'd you keep me in the
dark?"
    She stared with longing at him, her heart in
her eyes, "I just knew--I could tell--I wasn't ready and I knew I
wouldn't be able to say no to you."
    He visibly swallowed. "Are you ready
now?"
    A soft, pink flush covered her face.
"Yes."
    "Thank God."
    He reached down, smoothed his rough hands
over her sides until they landed on her hips. He divested her of
her panties and tossed them aside.
    His gaze roved down her naked body and a
harsh look of satisfaction crossed his features. He lowered himself
back down beside her, and began the slow process of her seduction
all over again.
    He kissed her slowly, his tongue swirling
with hers as her hands clenched his biceps. He rolled her nipple
between his finger and thumb, and she began mewling softly into his
mouth. He ran his hand up and down her thigh and lifted it over his
hip, opening her softness to him. His finger slid between the soft
folds at the center of her feminine core, and landed on her slick,
wet clit. She jerked against him, moaning.
    He rubbed against her, his finger going up
and down between her clit and the soft opening of her vagina.
    She was wet.
    He thought she was wet and excited
enough.
    He slowly penetrated her with his finger up
to his first knuckle. She was small and her inner muscles clenched
him tightly. He felt the restriction of her hymen, and a fierce,
territorial satisfaction hammered at his guts.
    Yeah, that was what he wanted from her. That was