Free An Alpha's Lightning (Water Bear Shifters 2) by Sloane Meyers Page B

well that you had to take the chances you had to say the things you wanted to say. Life didn’t always give you as many opportunities as you thought it would to tell someone that you care about them.
    “You really feel that way?” Ace asked, his eyes still wide.
    Jade nodded. “Yes. I do. I love you.”
    Ace’s face broke into a grin. “Come here, you,” he said, scooting so his back was flat against the back of the couch, leaving room for Jade to lie next to him. He patted the open space in front of him with his large palm, and pulled the blanket back so she could climb under it. Jade noticed when he did that he had taken off his pants. The only thing he was wearing on the lower half of his body was a pair of boxer-briefs. Even in the dark room, Jade could make out the outline of his sculpted, muscular thighs. Damn. She couldn’t believe she was about to get to lie in bed next to this sexy beast.
    She snuggled in next to him. She had on a tank top, and cotton pajama shorts—no bra, which hadn’t been intentional. She had just been so caught up in her excitement to come out here and talk to him that she hadn’t bothered to think about whether she should get dressed more than she already had. As she snuggled in next to him, Ace pulled the blanket back over her, enveloping her with both the warmth of the blanket and the warmth of his arm.
    “I love you, too,” he said, his face barely more than an inch away from hers. “I have for a long time, and I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to finally have you feel the same.”
    Jade sighed happily and snuggled closer against him, her eyes widening when she felt his erection poking at her. He was hard as a rock, and huge. She had expected him to be big—after all, he was a tall, muscular man. One would expect him to be large in other places, too. But she had never expected his dick to be quite as big as the enormous rod that was poking her beneath the blankets right now.
    Ace seemed to notice her reaction to his erection, and he pushed against her with a little more pressure. “I guess I can’t help the way I feel around you,” he said. “You’re so goddamn beautiful.”
    His voice sounded husky, and Jade felt her heart racing as she looked into his eyes. Just the way he sounded when he talked to her was enough to turn her on. She could already feel the butterflies in her stomach going crazy, and the moisture between her legs growing. His eyes were blazing, and he used them to look over every inch of her face, like he was memorizing the way she looked when she was snuggled up so closely against him.
    After a few moments of caressing her with his eyes, he leaned closer against her and closed the last inch between their lips. His kiss was strong, and urgent. He squeezed his arm to hold her even tighter, and slipped his tongue past her lips. Jade closed her eyes, relishing the feeling of his mouth on hers. She had forgotten how good it felt to be kissed with such passion, and she had never felt so loved and so safe. She felt a renewed sense of confidence in that moment. She had made the right decision in opening her heart to Ace. No matter what might lie ahead for them, they had each other for this moment. That was all that mattered.
    Ace continued to kiss Jade as he let his hand slide down her back. He paused when he hit the small of her back, and massaged little circles there with his fingers. Jade moaned slightly, drinking in all of the enthralling sensations running through her body. Her lips tingled, and the juices of her passion continued to ooze out between her legs, as her body begged for more. She wanted nothing more in that moment than to have him deep inside of her.
    Ace took his time, though, expertly letting the heat of their passion continue to burn, growing hotter and hotter with each passing minute. Jade already felt like she was going to explode from the pressure, but Ace seemed to have an uncanny ability to know just when to pull