caught her breath when he found the hot center of her desire and caressed her clit.
“Oh, yes!” She clung to his bare shoulder, resisted the urge to sink her teeth into his skin.
“You like that?” His husky whisper in her ear made her whole body quiver. She nodded and gasped when he dipped a finger inside her. A tease, a taste… He unhooked her bra expertly with one hand and let it fall to the floor. “Couch or bed?” he asked.
“Right here.” She nipped the base of his jaw with her teeth. “Right now.”
He had her on the floor in an instant, cradling her with one arm against the soft pile of the carpet. The firm surface of the floor at her back made Cait feel wanton and sexy. She reveled in the feeling of being held motionless beneath him while he explored her body with his free hand.
“Take these off,” he said, tugging on her panties. “I’ve got to find my pants for a second.”
“Condom in the side table drawer.” She winked, shimmied her underwear off and kicked the frothy lace toward the couch.
He gave her a wry smirk as he leaned over and pulled the narrow drawer open. “I like a woman who’s prepared for anything.”
“Don’t get the wrong idea—” She gave him an innocent look and reached for him as he knelt between her legs.
“That you had this planned in advance, or that you just like doing it on the living room rug?” His voice dropped, and he gave her a gleefully evil look before he tore the foil packet open. She squirmed in anticipation as he rolled the condom on and trapped his hips with her legs when he settled across her.
“Both.” She sighed, grasped the back of his neck and bit her lower lip as he slid inside her.
“So…what’s the right idea?” He nuzzled her neck, drew his teeth over a sensitive spot above her collarbone and began to move with an easy rhythm that sent her spiraling.
“I… I…didn’t have any expectations for tonight.”
“Me neither. In fact, I always thought you didn’t like me. I don’t know why I waited so long.” He sighed into her ear, and one hand made a lazy journey down her side, igniting the nerve endings before resting on her hip. He tightened his grip there and increased the urgency of his movements.
“Funny, I thought the same thing.” Cait felt the wave building, and again she thought of Nayari and her first time as the object of a man’s desire, rather than just an object. The expression in Grant’s dark eyes had to be the same as the one in Khanu’s had been—a longing fulfilled, a need sated.
She hung on, digging her fingertips into the hard muscles of his shoulders. With her legs locked around him, she rode the wave until they came together in an explosion that stretched across the ages.
He kissed her again, languidly, while she shuddered around him. “Now, before we continue this, what happened to our lovers?”
Cait closed her eyes and let the sensation wash over her. Grant rolled over and pulled her onto his chest, wrapped his arms around her and fixed her with a sober gaze.
“The gods must have been smiling on them,” she replied finally, her voice low and sleepy. She reached up to trace the hard line of his jaw, and when she found his lips, he kissed her fingertips. “The soldiers were looking for Benak-Ra, the wizard.”
“The scroll tells that?”
“The narrative does—apparently all the details of the story came out years later. Rumors of Benak-Ra’s involvement in a plot to harm Seti came to the fore. He fled into the city, and the soldiers were searching for him.”
“Nayari and Khanu couldn’t have known that at the time.”
“No. They hid in the cellar of Horeb’s home that night, and Khanu asked Nayari if she wanted to go home. He offered to make up a story—that he’d kidnapped her—so she could return to Ammonptah unharmed.”
“But Ammonptah would still have given her to Benak-Ra. They couldn’t have known Benak-Ra was on the run.”
“Khanu wanted it to be Nayari’s
“Oh, yes!” She clung to his bare shoulder, resisted the urge to sink her teeth into his skin.
“You like that?” His husky whisper in her ear made her whole body quiver. She nodded and gasped when he dipped a finger inside her. A tease, a taste… He unhooked her bra expertly with one hand and let it fall to the floor. “Couch or bed?” he asked.
“Right here.” She nipped the base of his jaw with her teeth. “Right now.”
He had her on the floor in an instant, cradling her with one arm against the soft pile of the carpet. The firm surface of the floor at her back made Cait feel wanton and sexy. She reveled in the feeling of being held motionless beneath him while he explored her body with his free hand.
“Take these off,” he said, tugging on her panties. “I’ve got to find my pants for a second.”
“Condom in the side table drawer.” She winked, shimmied her underwear off and kicked the frothy lace toward the couch.
He gave her a wry smirk as he leaned over and pulled the narrow drawer open. “I like a woman who’s prepared for anything.”
“Don’t get the wrong idea—” She gave him an innocent look and reached for him as he knelt between her legs.
“That you had this planned in advance, or that you just like doing it on the living room rug?” His voice dropped, and he gave her a gleefully evil look before he tore the foil packet open. She squirmed in anticipation as he rolled the condom on and trapped his hips with her legs when he settled across her.
“Both.” She sighed, grasped the back of his neck and bit her lower lip as he slid inside her.
“So…what’s the right idea?” He nuzzled her neck, drew his teeth over a sensitive spot above her collarbone and began to move with an easy rhythm that sent her spiraling.
“I… I…didn’t have any expectations for tonight.”
“Me neither. In fact, I always thought you didn’t like me. I don’t know why I waited so long.” He sighed into her ear, and one hand made a lazy journey down her side, igniting the nerve endings before resting on her hip. He tightened his grip there and increased the urgency of his movements.
“Funny, I thought the same thing.” Cait felt the wave building, and again she thought of Nayari and her first time as the object of a man’s desire, rather than just an object. The expression in Grant’s dark eyes had to be the same as the one in Khanu’s had been—a longing fulfilled, a need sated.
She hung on, digging her fingertips into the hard muscles of his shoulders. With her legs locked around him, she rode the wave until they came together in an explosion that stretched across the ages.
He kissed her again, languidly, while she shuddered around him. “Now, before we continue this, what happened to our lovers?”
Cait closed her eyes and let the sensation wash over her. Grant rolled over and pulled her onto his chest, wrapped his arms around her and fixed her with a sober gaze.
“The gods must have been smiling on them,” she replied finally, her voice low and sleepy. She reached up to trace the hard line of his jaw, and when she found his lips, he kissed her fingertips. “The soldiers were looking for Benak-Ra, the wizard.”
“The scroll tells that?”
“The narrative does—apparently all the details of the story came out years later. Rumors of Benak-Ra’s involvement in a plot to harm Seti came to the fore. He fled into the city, and the soldiers were searching for him.”
“Nayari and Khanu couldn’t have known that at the time.”
“No. They hid in the cellar of Horeb’s home that night, and Khanu asked Nayari if she wanted to go home. He offered to make up a story—that he’d kidnapped her—so she could return to Ammonptah unharmed.”
“But Ammonptah would still have given her to Benak-Ra. They couldn’t have known Benak-Ra was on the run.”
“Khanu wanted it to be Nayari’s
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