Beloved Stranger: Gaian Series, Book 5 by Janet Miller

that’s not important. Only what’s between us.” He took her shoulders and pulled her against him. Her nipples pebbled against his bare chest, and she couldn’t help rubbing herself against it. Roan buried his head in her hair and groaned.
    “I can’t believe how good you feel.”
    “We’re about to feel even better.”
    She slid her gown off her legs and now sat naked on the bed. Roan blinked again, but then pulled off his own robe and let it fall to the floor.
    His shaft stuck out from its nest of curls, hard and proud, and it was Sonja’s turn to stare open-mouthed. She’d seen more than a few similar specimens, but Roan’s was one of the largest and certainly thickest in her experience. Come leaked from its heavy head as Roan touched it, looking somewhat awed. “Look what you’ve done to me,” he said reverently.
    “I’m sure we’ll find a good use for it.”
    He laughed and shook his head. “It’s strange. I’ve thought about this for as long as I can remember. Trying to imagine the first time making love with my woman. How it would be. I expected serious passion. I never expected that I would laugh.”
    “Why not? Sex should be fun, not serious.”
    His hand reached out to cup her face. “It is fun, with you. But perhaps we could get a little serious now.”
    Something in the look in his eyes grabbed her and she caught her breath. The intensity. The passion he was looking for filled her, and for a moment she found it hard to breathe. “I guess we can have that too.”
    He moved forward, and without thinking, Sonja leaned back until she was flat on the bed and he hovered over her. Her legs fell open beneath him and the next thing she knew he was caught between her thighs, his erection resting at the cleft of her sex. He glanced down at where their bodies met and something almost like worry sped across his face. “I’m so big. Will I hurt you?”
    “I doubt it, not the way I feel right now. Still, there is only one way to find out.” She reached down and fit his erection to her. He felt large, but as he gave an experimental push she felt her body welcome him.
    She grinned up at him. “I think we’re going to be fine.”
    He gave a short laugh, which stopped when she raised her bottom, drawing him farther in. “Enter me, Roan. I want you.”
    Roan pushed hard, and this time he slid in completely to the hilt. Sonja cried out at the invasion, feeling him stretch her in a way she really hadn’t experienced before. He paused, letting her get used to the sensation. After a moment she felt full but not uncomfortable.
    Not at all uncomfortable. Being joined with Roan felt…strangely right.
    Something in that strange rightness must have been what he sensed as well. He stared down at her, astonishment in his face and bearing. Then the edges of his eyes crinkled and he actually smiled.
    “I think you look as surprised as me.”
    She was, but she wasn’t about to admit it. “Shouldn’t you be moving?”
    “I’m savoring this. But you are right.” He pulled back then pushed back into her.
    Sonja moaned. “I think that’s the right way to do it.”
    “Are you sure? Maybe I should try it again.” He did, and they moaned together.
    “I definitely think you are getting the hang of this. But maybe I should help.”
    “If you’d like.” He pulled out, and when he entered again she pushed up, meeting him halfway. Roan caught his breath and nodded. “Yes. I think that will do it.”
    After that they moved together. Roan set up a rhythm Sonja had no trouble keeping up with. Each stroke brought them closer to a peak.
    Sonja couldn’t remember any other sexual experience being like this. Maybe it was the superior physical specimen. Or maybe it was that he was totally devoted to what was happening between them. He believed and behaved like she belonged with him, and that was unusual in her experience.
    No man had made her feel this way, like she had a place with him, not just now but in the future.