Free Warrior's Heart (Gifts Of The Ancients #1) by Bianca D'Arc Page A

something. And I’m still alive, right?” He chuckled, and she thumped him on the chest.
    “Don’t joke, Hal.”
    “Hey.” He rolled her under him, crowding her, caging her beloved face in his arms with gentle insistence. “I love it that you’re concerned for my well-being. I’m okay, Cas. Really. I wouldn’t take a chance getting involved with you if I thought I didn’t have long to live. I wouldn’t hurt you like that.”
    To his great surprise, there were tears in her eyes and her hands moved upward to caress his cheeks.
    “Even a day with you would be worth a lifetime of heartache.” She craned her neck up to place a desperate kiss on his lips.
    “I won’t break your heart,” he said with great seriousness when she finally let him go. “But you might just break mine with talk like that.” He rolled again until she was on top of him, cradled in his arms like a beloved child. “You are so special to me, Cas. You always have been.”
    “Ditto.” Her voice was drowsy, and her lips placed little kisses on the skin over his heart.
     
    They lay quietly, basking in the glow of their new level of intimacy, each lost in their own thoughts. After a while she started feeling the stirrings of him against her thigh and her insides squirmed in answer. She wanted him again.
    She’d never been this wanton in her life, and she loved every minute of it. Loved every inch of him.
    He surprised her by flipping her over so that he straddled her legs from behind, sitting on his haunches over her. His big hands swept over her back with a gentle thoroughness that made her breath catch.
    “What are you doing?”
    “Ever had a full body massage, Cas?”
    She tried to shake her head, but she was trapped by pillows, her neck twisted to the side. He moved his magic fingers over her skin, and she wouldn’t change positions for the world if he just kept doing that.
    “No, but by all means, feel free.”
    He chuckled, continuing the sensual torture, stroking hard then soft over her muscles.
    “I’m going to bring you a whole lot of new experiences, Cas.” He caressed the cheeks of her butt, lingering extra long on the crease between her thighs and ass. She caught her breath when he traced one finger around the puckered rosette between her cheeks. “For example, I can bet you’ve never taken a man back here.” She sucked in a deep breath, and her abdomen clenched. She could feel her face heat with a mix of shock and embarrassment as he chuckled once more. “I can tell I’m right. Aren’t I?”
    “Yes, but —” Her voice was breathless.
    “Yeah,” he purred, “but… I love your butt, Cas, and it’s going to be mine. Totally. Completely. Just like the rest of you. Don’t worry. You’ll love it. I promise.”
    His finger swept into her channel, picking up the moisture pooling there at his hot massage, then moved back up to tease her back entrance. She squirmed, unsure when he pressed firmly, moving inside.
    It felt odd. Not bad. In fact, it felt strangely good. She never would have thought such a thing could feel like that.
    “Hal…”
    He made a growling sound, blanketing her with his big body.
    “Mmm, you like that, do you?”
    She caught her breath when two fingers from his other hand slid into her pussy, heightening the fit and the outrageous feeling. When his fingers sank all the way in, she came hard, nearly bucking him off her.
    He chuckled behind her, taking a moment while she recovered to go into the adjoining bathroom. When he came out, she was resting comfortably, her face pressed against the pillow. She may have even dozed a little. He scooped her into his strong arms and settled her over his hard body.
    “No sleeping yet, sweetheart. I have plans.”
    “Hal?”
    “Yes, love?” He nipped her shoulder, working his lips down over her breast to suck hard, making her squirm.
    “Were you always this, um, potent? Or is this something new since your visit to Babylon?”
    He sat up, apparently not