Free I'll Be Seeing You by Darlene Kuncytes

legs up over his shoulders. His mouth sought out hers as he entered her moist heat with a powerful thrust, a contented groan passing between them as he filled her to the hilt.
    “Oh, my God… Cole!” Katherine cried out against his mouth, relishing the feel of this man buried deep inside her…deeper than anyone had ever been before. She never could have believed that anything could be so all-consuming. She was lightheaded and so very desperate for him.
    Cole moved, his body trembling with his need for her. His tongue toyed and played with hers, matching the thrusts of his body. He swallowed her cry as her body came crashing down around him and he growled, deep in his throat, his own climax hitting him hard with a great shuddering of every muscle that he possessed. He clenched his jaw as her name passed his lips over and over in a husky rush as if it were some sacred mantra.
    Cole fell back onto the bed, pulling her with him. He held her close to his chest as he took deep breaths, trying to get the rapid beating of his heart to slow down. Sex had never been like this before. Ever . Jesus, he couldn’t have even imagined it ever being so good, but with Katherine… Shit .
    “Cole,” she whispered, her warm breath fluttering across his heated skin like the wings of a butterfly, “I…”
    “Don’t,” he husked out, cutting her off, knowing deep down in his soul that she was going to try and make less of this than what it was. He knew that it was a defense mechanism, but he wasn’t about to accept that. This was more. He had never felt this way with any woman before. And there had been plenty , he thought with a frown, wondering just what in the hell he had been thinking. They had all just been empty ways to chase his demons away. He hadn’t cared for tenderness; he had merely wanted a means to an end, that momentary rush of pleasure. But with Katherine…it was so much more than just the physical. He wanted to know this woman inside and out. He wanted to make her happy more than he wanted his next breath. “Just know that I never looked at you…at this, as a conquest. Never. Not with you, Katherine.”
    ***
    Katherine chewed on her lip as she once again fought back the stave of tears that were threatening to spill over. She could feel the tears burning the backs of her eyes and tried to keep them in check. His gentle words were like a soothing balm to her shattered soul. He wasn’t promising her forever…he was simply telling her that she mattered. And, for right now, that was enough. It seemed as if she hadn’t mattered to anyone is such a long time. At least, not in the way that she had always wanted.
    “Thank you,” she murmured against his skin, placing a tender kiss against his chest.
    “For what?” he asked softly, his fingers skimming along her back.
    “For making me feel alive. For the first time in…”she was going to say ten years, but realized with a clenching to her gut that she had never felt like this before…period. She swallowed back her tears and smiled. “In forever,” she quietly finished, unable to say anymore.
    Cole squeezed her to him a moment before getting the resolve to slip from the bed. They had to get down to the station, and no matter how much he wanted to stay in bed and make love to her all day long, he knew that it wasn’t in the cards. He sat on the edge of the mattress and turned to look at her laying there…her lips swollen from his kisses, her eyes sparkling in the aftermath of their lovemaking, her cheeks flushed, and groaned. Shit! This was too damned hard.
    “Come on, Sweetheart. We need to get down to the principal’s office.”
    Katherine choked on a laugh and sat up, holding the sheet to her chest. Cole smiled and leaned over, pressing his lips to hers. Dear God, he thought with a shiver, there’s just no going back.

Chapter 5
     
    As they walked through the doors of the station, Cole kept his hand protectively at the small of Katherine’s back, leading