Bear The Flame (Firebear Brides 2) by Anya Nowlan Page B

them roll down his chest and disappear into the water below. The way he looked at her sent shivers down her spine... like she was the most beautiful woman on earth, and he couldn’t get his eyes off of her.
    One thumb reached down between her legs and Rose spread them instinctively as soon as he touched her sensitive, swollen clit. Oh so slowly, he rolled his thumb along it until her core pulsed with need, sending heat and cold flashing through her body with maddening speed.
    “I’m going to…” she whined, running out of words as well as air.
    “Cum for me,” Redmond said, sucking her nipple into his mouth again and biting down gently as he added pressure on her clit.
    Her nails raked down his sides as the orgasm claimed her, along with an ear-splitting scream that she was sure everyone in the house heard. She rode him desperately, holding on for dear life as he bucked and plowed into her, filling her to bursting with each thrust. When her pussy clenched down around him, wet and warm and all his, Redmond couldn’t fight it anymore. With a satisfying roar, he finished, filling her with his hot, sticky cum.
    Rose didn’t want to get off of him. She clung to him, her hands encircled around his neck, sleepily kissing the length of his neck. His hands brushed through her wet hair gently, as he butterflied kisses in her hair and her forehead. It felt blissful, like nothing could disturb their moment together.
    Finally, after a long silence and when Rose’s body was starting to feel the chill of being out of the water, she lifted her head a little and planted a kiss on his lips.
    “Well, Mr. Hamilton, if I didn’t know better I’d guess you were trying to bribe me into staying.”
    “Yeah? Must be that college education,” he chuckled, returning her kiss. “Because that’s exactly what I’m intending to do.”
    Rose smiled to herself, shaking her head a little. This was the man she’d come to hide behind in the hopes that he would be a refuge from the storm raging in her life, even for just a little while. Instead of being a momentary reprieve from the drama in her life, he was quickly turning into her safe haven, her hiding place away from trouble even if it raged all around them.
    She’d never felt quite so safe.
    Rose should have known that it couldn’t last.
 

CHAPTER NINE
    Redmond
     
    Rose felt so good in his arms that it was getting harder and harder to focus on anything other than her, both literally and figuratively. Crushing her against his body, he gritted his teeth as they swayed to the beat of the music, trying his damndest to keep his erection in check.
    The knowing smirk on her lips told him that Rose was entirely unapologetic about what she was doing to him.
    “You’re a sly little minx, aren’t you,” he said, nipping at her lower lip with his.
    “Only when I need to be,” Rose giggled.
    With a grumble, Redmond spun her away and then back into his arms, admiring the way her dress plumed and fluttered around her thick pale hips. Whether she was wearing tights, or a skirt, or sweats, she was still the perfect incarnation of beauty for him. It felt crazy feeling that way about a woman he had met just days ago, but his bear knew. And even though his rational side may have tried to put up a fight in the beginning, he knew it too.
    They were lost in a sea of bodies, all happily dancing and celebrating. The whole town seemed to have shown up for the party, and Redmond had been introduced to most of them. He hadn’t met a man or a woman yet he didn’t like, and that was so weird it was bordering on the supernatural. Every hand he shook and every eye he looked into left him feeling content with his choice of staying in Shifter Grove and trying to make a go of it. It was uncanny, really.
    After his prolonged soak with Rose the previous night, he’d sat down with Royce and worked out a quick and dirty plan to get the fire department up and running. Until they could get a building, they could