It was a heady, giddy feeling. And God, she wanted to hold on to this feeling.
If she could just feel this tentative joy and pleasure for just a while longer…
Maybe just for one night.
She had been alone for so long. She had felt so alone during her disastrous marriage, and even after it ended, she'd continued being alone out of fear, guilt and shame.
Did she dare…
Courage, Simone. What's the worst that can happen? So what if he rejects you? You're a big girl. You can handle it. You can handle a big, fierce, fiery dragon!
Breene pulled her closer and she could feel his heart hammering powerfully against hers. She could feel the scorching heat of his body and how hard he was for her.
He wanted her.
Breene was the most eligible bachelor in Redrock Valley. He was a handsome, virile, successful tycoon and a hero to the townspeople. There were more than enough willing females in the town to warm his bed.
But he wanted her.
He wanted only her.
The realization gave her a dizzy sense of euphoria and victory. Her brain wasn't entirely in control at the moment. Her body was.
Simone pressed closer to him, reveling in his heat and strength. She wasn't going to chicken out.
“Kiss me,” she hissed, her eyes flashing with defiance and challenge. It was a dare. Simone tilted her face up and held her breath.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Breene captured her face in both hands and looked deep into her shimmering eyes. Simone was an amazingly beautiful woman. Inside and out.
And he almost couldn't believe that this precious, wonderful female was standing in front of him, asking him to kiss her.
Simone had gone through so much. She had suffered and been hurt very deeply. Yet she found the strength and courage to get back on her feet and face her fears and her past. Breene could hear the pain in her voice when she spoke of her abuse, but she didn't shy away and hide her past from them.
Simone had opened up her heart and her wounds for Lester's sake. She wanted to show him that she understood completely because she too had been a victim. She wanted to encourage Lester and show him that it was entirely possible to heal and become strong again.
Breene swore that he would never let anyone hurt Simone ever again. She would only know happiness from now on. She was a treasure, a treasure that had taken him a lifetime to find.
Breene sucked in a breath and said hoarsely, “If I kiss you, Simone, I won't be able to stop.”
“Then don't stop. I don't want you to stop,” she whispered.
Breene kept looking into her eyes as he leaned in. Her expressive, green eyes widened slightly as he pressed his lips softly against hers. He wanted to kiss her very slowly, to savor every detail of their first kiss.
The instant their lips touched, Simone let out a whimper and he felt her quiver in his arms. Her eyelids fluttered shut and her nails dug into his broad shoulders for support.
He could hear her quickening heartbeats and her swallowed moan of pleasure. The scent of her arousal intoxicated and inflamed him, and he could feel his restraint and control slipping as he clasped her to him. God, she was so sweet and hot, and he wanted more.
Breene growled as he deepened the kiss. He swept his tongue over her soft, plump lips, coaxing her to open for him.
Simone parted her lips and their tongues tangled in a seductive dance. Her breasts were pressing against his chest, and he could feel her erect nipples pushing against her bra, begging for his touch.
Her body was so soft and lush, and he knew that he would never ever get enough of her.
One night with her wouldn't be enough. Heck, even one lifetime with this woman wasn't going to be enough.
Breene had lived a long time, and he'd had many women over the years, over the continents. He was a good, skilful, generous lover, but he never mistook sex for love. He pleasured his lovers well, but he never led them on. It wasn't fair to them.
But with Simone, he felt a deep, fierce, painful yearning and hunger. He hungered for her luscious, curvy body, but this wasn't just lust. His heart and dragon both awakened with a vengeance and prodded and tormented him.
No one had ever tamed his dragon before. But his dragon wasn't only roaring to claim Simone, his dragon wanted to belong to her, to bond fully with her.
Mate!
His dragon had recognized his mate.
The knowledge burned through Breene, awakening his dragon and all his senses.
He had known all along that Simone was special. There was no one else like her. No one else for him.
From the very first moment they met, when she came screeching towards him in her car, he was already hers.
He had finally found his mate.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Breene moved his hands over Simone's luscious curves as he devoured her mouth. When he cupped her ample, heavy breasts, she moaned and undulated her body.
He couldn't hold back any more. He needed to touch her bare skin, feel and taste every inch of his beautiful mate without all this annoying clothes getting in the way. He wanted to have his scent all over her and hear her scream his name as she shattered beneath him.
With a growl, Breene unzipped her dress and pushed the soft fabric off her shoulders. He pushed the cup of her strapless bra down and exposed a dusky nipple. Immediately, his cock jerked and hardened painfully.
Yanking her to him, Breene lowered his head to her breast and pulled her pebbled peak deep into his mouth. Simone gasped as he suckled her harder, his other hand pinching and tormenting her other nipple.
He could scent the moisture between her legs, and his dragon thrashed in frustration within him. His beast wanted Simone, wanted to claim and mark this beautiful female.
Breene picked Simone up and strode from the room. He was so hungry for her, but he wasn't going to take her here, in this cold tower. He wanted to take her in his bed, and have her scent all over his sheets.
He had never taken a woman to his bed chamber before. He always met his lovers in a neutral setting, in extravagant hotel rooms where there were no personal items of his in evidence. The location was luxurious but it wasn't warm, intimate and personal.
A hotel wasn't his home. He wasn't inviting his lovers to share any part of his life. They were just having one night of carnal pleasure, and that was it.
But Simone wasn't just a lover. He didn't want her for just one night.
He wanted her in his life. And he wanted to be in hers.
He had never shown his dragon to any of his lovers. He realized that he wanted Simone to know what he was before he took her.
Because when he took her, he was going to give her a part of his dragon.
Breene strode into his spacious bedroom with Simone and kicked the heavy door shut. He heard her gasp when she saw the beautiful four-poster bed in the middle of the room
Tumbling her onto the bed, he slid off her dress and let it fall to the floor. He removed her bra and panties impatiently, eager to see her completely naked and spread out on his bed like a feast for him.
Simone blushed and attempted to cover herself as his gaze raked hungrily over her naked body.
“Don't,” he ordered harshly.
His tone softened when she gulped and turned away with a wince. Gently, he leaned down and cupped her face. “Don't hide from me, Simone,” he whispered. “You don't ever have to hide from me. I see you, all of you, and I want you. I want all of you, your past, your present, and your future. I want everything, Simone.”
She turned to him with a gasp. “Breene...”
“You are so beautiful, Simone” he said. “So brave and beautiful. Do you know how much power you have?” How much power you have over me?
The corner of her lips quirked up. “More powerful than your dragon?”
“Way more powerful,” he confirmed.
“Oh Breene...” Tears filled her eyes suddenly.
Kissing her tears away, B
reene kissed his way slowly down her face. He took her mouth in a tender, lingering kiss, caressing her body gently until she moaned and writhed beneath him.
His mouth trailed down her neck to her quivering breasts. Pulling her up to him, he tongued her puckered nipples, coaxing them into hard, erect peaks and making her whimper in need.
Slowly, Breene worked his way down her body, planting kisses on her belly and down her navel. He continued his way down her thighs, all the way down her shapely legs to her toes.
Simone spread her legs willingly for him and Breene wasted no time pressing his mouth to her pink, yielding flesh. She gasped when he ran his tongue down her glistening folds and delved deeper into her hot, wet pussy.
Breene threw her legs over his shoulders as he pushed his tongue into her pussy and lapped greedily at her juices. She tasted so fucking amazing.
He fucked her relentlessly with his tongue, making her squirm and pant. She was so near, edging closer and closer to her climax. Breene kept licking and sucking her, keeping his eyes on her flushed face as she thrashed on his bed. He wanted to watch her as she came against his mouth, and hear her sweet, helpless cries as her body lost control and surrendered in ecstasy.
Simone dug her nails into the covers and let out a keening sound as her body shook and shuddered with the force of her orgasm. Her walls tightened and rippled around Breene's tongue but he didn't let up. He kept thrusting into her, licking up every drop of her delicious, sticky juices. The room filled with the heady scent of sex, and her feminine scent grew heavier and muskier, driving him wild.
Breene tore his clothes off and grabbed her flushed, quivering body.
He pressed his lips to her mouth and Simone wound her arms around his neck and pulled him to her. The kiss they shared was explosive, burning, wild with ignited passion and hunger.
Simone was a passionate woman, and she didn't hold back. She let him know how much she wanted him, how much he excited and aroused her.
When the head of his throbbing, aching cock nudged her folds, Simone raised her hips, urging him inside.
“Take me,” she panted against his mouth. “Take me now, Breene.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Simone stared into Breene's glowing silver eyes and felt his dragon pulsating against his skin. She could feel the raw, feral power of the beast and it thrilled and excited her. Her body responded to Breene's primal hunger and need, and the ache in her core was become almost unbearable.
She had never wanted a man so fiercely before. She wanted to feel him deep inside her, their bodies moving as one. This maddening, unrelenting desire was driving her out of her damn mind.
“Please...” she begged.
Was she really begging for sex? Pleading for a man to fuck her?
Simone would have rolled her eyes if her mind wasn't so fogged up with lust. But instead of feeling small and pathetic, she felt...powerful. She could tell that she wasn't the only one who was fast losing control.
Breene's eyes were now fully silver. His dragon had taken over completely, and his lust was now raging like an inferno, consuming them both and burning them to cinders.
Simone was no longer sure that she was still in one piece. She felt as though she was holding the other half of herself, staring into the other part of her soul. She could feel herself falling, drowning in Breene's deep, smoldering gaze, her body melting into his.
Pushing her legs wider apart, Breene looked into her eyes and entered her body. Simone gasped as his huge cock inched into her, stretching her walls tight and filling her up. But she didn't flinch and she didn't look away.
It felt so amazing, so good and so right.
When he was buried fully inside her, Breene stilled for a moment, pushing himself up on his arms to stare down at her. Simone glanced down at their joined bodies and a sudden warmth bloomed low in her belly and spread through her body.
The pain was gone and the pleasure that replaced that fleeting pain was like no other she had ever felt before.
Her body adjusted to Breene's size, and when he began to move, Simone cried out at the incredible sensation. “Oh Breene,” she rasped, holding his broad shoulders and feeling his muscles tense and pulse under her fingers.
Breene thumbed her sensitive nipples as he thrust harder into her. Simone could feel herself becoming wetter as his cock pistoned in and out of her tight heat.
She loved the friction, the way their bodies moved and joined together. Breene pressed his mouth over hers, and she kissed him back with ardor and urgency.
She could feel the heat and fire between them. Breene's body felt so hot, almost feverishly hot to the touch. It was like a furnace was burning within him, and she felt as though they were both going to burst into flames.
The pleasure was cresting, surging in waves through her. Simone could feel a violent orgasm flickering through her senses, and she shuddered as the pleasure licked and teased her nerve endings.
She was so close. Simone thrashed her head from side to side, almost afraid to experience that explosive, consuming climax.
She was going to fall and she would shatter to a million pieces.
Breene surged into her again and again. Her body began to tremble and she raked her nails down his powerful back, desperately trying to find something to hold on to.
Breene caught her securely in his arms and she heard him breathe her name.
He was letting her know that she was safe. She could let herself fall, and he would catch her. He wasn't going to let her go.
Simone screamed as she came, shattering beneath Breene's powerful body and taking everything he had to give her.
Breene thrust once, twice into her and roared. His muscles bulged and throbbed as his dragon rose to claim its mate. Breene grabbed Simone and crushed his mouth over hers. Simone's eyes widened as she felt her body burn against his. She was on fire!
She thought she could see flames at the periphery of her vision, but another violent orgasm slammed into her and she closed her eyes at the intense, explosive pleasure.
The fiery pleasure burned through her, burning away all her doubts and fears. For a moment, there was not a single thought in her head. She couldn't think, couldn't see or breathe. She could only feel.
She felt as though she had been burned to nothing. There was nothing left of her. And yet, as her mind gradually cleared and asserted itself, she felt more powerful than she had ever felt before.
It felt as though she had been rebuilt from the ashes of her old self.
Like a phoenix, she thought as a giggle burst from her.
Simone slapped a hand to her mouth and blinked rapidly. She looked up into Breene's gray eyes and saw him gazing down at her with a mixture of wonder, joy and pride.
What had just happened?
Oh yes. She'd had the most mind-blowing, insane, incredible sex of her life. That was what just happened.
“Breene,” she managed, her breath hitching.
Breene pulled her to him and hugged her hard. “Mine,” he whispered fiercely.
Shakily, she wound her arms around him and hugged him back. He felt so solid and strong, yet she had seen the vulnerability in his eyes. His emotions were raw and exposed, and she saw the depth of his feelings for her.
He hadn't just had sex with her.
He had made love to her. With everything he had.
His body, his dragon, his heart.
Simone held Breene in her arms and touched his chiseled, handsome face. “Mine?” she whispered tentatively. “Did you say...that I am yours?”
“Yes. You are mine. You are my mate.”
As her eyes rounded, he touched a finger to her parted lips and smiled proudly. “And I am yours, Simone. Completely and eternally.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Simone leaned over and gave Breene a quick peck on the cheek. “Thanks for the ride,” she said, turning to open the car door. “I'll see you tonight. Have a good day at work!”
She gasped when Breene caught h
er around the waist and yanked her to him. “You call that a kiss?” he growled.
“There are people around,” she squealed as he tickled her.
“So?” He nuzzled her neck.
“They'll see us!”
Breene smirked. “Let them see. Let them all see how much I love my mate!” With that, he gave her a deep, passionate, possessive kiss. Simone was dazed and breathless by the time he released her.
“Oh,” she stammered, blinking up at him.
She couldn't quite remember where she was.
Ah yes, she was in Breene's car. Something had cropped up at the office, and Breene was dropping her off at the town center on his way to work. He had received a call from one of his managers just as Simone was cracking her eyes open to see the bright morning sunlight streaming through the window. They'd had a steamy shower together before making their way down to breakfast. Breene had gotten her a change of clothes from her car, and she felt much more comfortable in her faded jeans and a cotton blouse.
Lester was nowhere to be seen when they went down to the kitchen, but he had prepared a lovely breakfast of bacon, potatoes and scrambled eggs for them. He had arranged their breakfast on microwaveable plates with instructions taped to the cover. Medium heat, two minutes.
Simone straightened up and adjusted her blouse. She knew she was blushing furiously. And her lips felt hot and swollen from Breene's searing kiss.
Simone scooted away before Breene could grab her again. “Not now, not here,” she hissed. They were in the town center and Breene's black Bentley wasn't the most inconspicuous car. In fact, she was sure that everyone in town recognized Breene's car.
When Breene growled in frustration, Simone smiled and whispered, “Tonight. On the balcony.” Tonight, they would make love on the highest tower, under a blanket of stars.
Breene inhaled sharply, his eyes swirling with silver. A delicious thrill coursed through her at the sight of that huge bulge in his pants. She could turn him on with just one look, one touch, one whispered promise.
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