Lian/Roch (Bayou Heat) by Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright Page A

years of celibacy she’d been ready for him the instant he’d snuck into her cottage.
    That was just…pathetic.
    “Thank god. I don’t think I can wait another second,” he confessed, his musk teasing at her senses. “You’ve gutted me, Dr. Parker.”
    Her fingers explored the chiseled line of his jaw before moving down to chart the broad width of his shoulders.
    “Is that bad?”
    He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “We’re both about to find out.”
    Even prepared, Sage cried out as he angled his hips and pierced her with one smooth thrust. Good lord. She felt invaded. Stretched to the limit, until she slowly became accustomed to his large cock.
    She grasped his shoulders, shivering as his hair slid around them like a curtain of satin as he rocked in and out of her, each time thrusting deeper.
    It was slow and tender and shockingly intimate.
    She was being overwhelmed by Lian, lost in the heat and beauty of the moment.
    The thought should have terrified her. She was a reclusive spinster who never allowed anyone close. But at this moment she wanted—no, she needed —to share herself on a primitive level.
    Muttering low words of encouragement as she lifted her hips to meet his growingly urgent thrusts, Lian cupped her breasts, using his thumbs to tease at her nipples.
    Sage groaned, digging her nails into his shoulders as he hit a magical spot that made her gasp as shocking pleasure jolted through her.
    “Lian.”
    “I’ve got you, sweetheart,” he muttered against her mouth, his body pressing even deeper.
    She struggled to breathe.
    She was close.
    So deliciously close.
    His hands lowered to grasp her legs, urging them around his hips as he pounded into her. At the same time, he buried his face in the curve of her neck, sinking his teeth into the tender flesh.
    She screamed as her orgasm slammed into her with shattering force at the same time Lian groaned and released his seed deep inside her.
    Bliss splintered through her before she was slowly floating back to earth, wrapping her arms around Lian.
    She held him close, wishing this moment never had to end.
    For the first time in forever, she wasn’t alone.
    * * *
    Lian reluctantly pulled out of Sage’s body, pressing his lips to the mark he’d made on her neck before he was gently gathering her boneless body into his arms.
    Gutted indeed, he wryly conceded.
    It wasn’t just the savage ferocity of their lovemaking.
    That had been…spectacularly fantastic. And he fully intended to indulge his sexual hunger as frequently as Sage was willing.
    But it was the soul-deep realization that destiny had just crashed down on him that made him smile in wonderment.
    His mate.
    His cat had known from the minute he’d caught her citrusy scent, although his human nature had taken just a little longer.
    It was, after all, a life-changing event.
    Now both sides were in perfect agreement.
    This woman belonged to him.
    And he was never going to let her go.
    Silently running his fingers through the silken strands of her hair, he contemplated how long he had to wait before informing her that she was fated to spend the rest of her life with him, when the chime of his phone made him groan in frustration.
    Reluctantly releasing his hold on Sage, Lian rolled off the mattress and dug his phone out of the pocket of his jeans.
    “Damn,” he muttered, reading the text message.
    Sitting up, Sage modestly tugged the sheet up to her chin. As if he hadn’t kissed every satin inch of her pale skin.
    “What’s wrong?” she asked.
    “Our escorts are almost here.”
    A satisfying hint of disappointment darkened her eyes to charcoal.
    “So soon?”
    “They were coming from Bossier City,” he said, not sharing the information that they’d been traveling through the south to gather families of the Pantera and return them to the Wildlands.
    He’d already terrified her enough, thank you very fucking much.
    “Oh.”
    Lian watched in amusement as she scrambled off the bed and hastily