Part 34 (1/2)

For one night, she could simply love.

She stood before the fire staring at the flames, feeling her heartbeat, feeling her body ache for intimacy,

feeling the need to love.

Finally she heard Burke's footsteps along the walkway and his door close.

She ran her fingers through her hair, smoothed her nightgown with nervous hands, and walked out the

door.

Chapter 26.

S torm rapped lightly at his door, and for a moment she thought perhaps that he had already fallen asleep.

Then the door opened.

They stared at each other while thunder rumbled overhead.

”Cross my doorstep and you seal your fate, Storm,” Burke warned and stepped back, opening the door wide.

Storm didn't hesitate. She stepped across the threshold and right into Burke's arms.

He lifted her up against him and she wrapped her arms around his neck while her mouth met his in a kiss that ignited their pa.s.sion in a flash.

She wrapped her legs around his waist as he walked with her across the room, and they fell on the bed

still locked together. Still, they refused to relinquish their kiss. They fed off each other with a hunger that

apparently could not be satisfied.

Clothes were shed in haste and eagerness until they were spread out naked beside each other. Then hands began to wander.

Storm ached to touch him, all of him, just as he did her.

It was as if they had always known each other, familiar with every valley and mound.

”G.o.d, you're beautiful,” he said, surfacing from feasting at her breast.

”You make me feel beautiful,” she admitted, running her small hands over his hard-muscled chest andloving the feel of him. His lean muscle stimulated her senses, as did the heat of his flesh.He claimed her lips again, and she joined in the kiss until they finally nibbled along each other's lips.”I can't get enough of you,” Burke said.”I feel the same.”

”I intend to make love to you all night.”

”Promise?” she asked, fearing that this would be the only time they would have together and wanting to make the most of it.

Burke ran his hand down the length of her, settling faintly between her legs. ”I promise.”

Storm moaned with pleasure when his fingers intimately explored her, and she was soon lost in a haze of pa.s.sion that she wanted to linger in forever.

When his playfulness became too much she reached down and took hold of him. ”I'll have you now.”

Burke grazed his lips over hers. ”Are you sure?”

”Do not tease,” she protested. ”I know what I want and I want you.”

He nibbled at her bottom lip and then down along her neck to settle on her hard nipple. Then he rose

over her like a majestic bird about to take flight and entered her with a tenderness that startled her more

than if he had plunged into her.

”We fit,” he whispered in her ear before he settled into a steady rhythm that grew with each mounting thrust.