Part 34 (2/2)

'You know what I am now.'

She sat at the foot of the bed, knowing what he meant. 'And what is that?'

'Part of me is demon.'

'I realize that.'

'Aren't you the least bit worried about what will happen?'

His gaze gravitated to the bed. Gina got hot just thinking about it, but she understood his concern. Funny, the thought had never occurred to her. Derek was still Derek. To her, nothing had changed. Now she had to convince him of that.

'So now that you're a demon, does that mean your d.i.c.k will get bigger, too?' She batted her eyelashes at him.

He frowned at her, then laughed out loud. 'You mean it wasn't enough for you as it was? Women. So hard to please.'

She snorted. 'Can I help it if I'm insatiable?'

He took a step forward, his smile dying on his face. 'Seriously, Gina. You know what I mean. I talked to Lou. I don't know what's going to happen to me. What I'm capable of. I might!'

She held her hand up. 'I trust you, Derek. You'll never hurt me. When you first realized your power, when the demon in you showed up, I saw what was in your eyes. If you were ever going to hurt me, you would have done it then. You didn't and you never will. Now come over here and make love to me. I need you.' She opened her arms and he shuddered a sigh, then came to her, pulling her up and dragging her against him. When he planted his lips firmly over hers and took possession, sliding his tongue inside her mouth and licking against hers, she felt that familiar curling of her toes, a warmth in her stomach that told her she'd found what she was looking for.

Total and complete nirvana. She closed her eyes and drank in the feel and taste of him. He was no different now than he'd been before. His touch still possessed her completely and she wouldn't have it any other way.

She dragged her lips away from his and tilted her head back. 'You're the same Derek. You feel the same, you taste the same.'

'It feels strange to me. There's something different inside me.'

'How?'

'I can't explain it. It's like a churning. Unsettled. Like a nervous energy.'

Lifting a brow, she grinned. 'Good. Use that. I like energetic s.e.x.'

He shook his head. 'Dammit, Gina, I'm being serious here.'

She reached up and palmed his cheeks, loving the feel of his dark stubble against her hand. 'So am I. Don't be afraid to be a little rough with me, Derek. I'm not a china doll. I'm not fragile. I've felt you holding back.'

'I did. I'm afraid of hurting you.'

'You can't hurt me. Just love me, dammit.'

He growled low in his throat, the sound wickedly sensual, then took her mouth in a kiss that could never be described as gentle or sweet. She welcomed his pa.s.sion, needed it as much as she needed to breathe. He tore their clothes away, paying no attention to b.u.t.tons, taking no care whether they ripped or not. Every tear of cloth excited her. Now that was a ravaging she could buy into. Moisture trickled down her thigh and she rode his leg, letting him feel her desire for him.

'You sure you want it this way?' he asked, his voice tight with barely leashed restraint.

'I want the real Derek,' she replied, nearly out of breath from panting with need for him. She lifted against him, rubbing herself against him. 'Show me what you've got.'

She loved the animal side of him, fed off his hunger and need for her. Desperate to be closer to him, she backed up to the bed and fell on it, taking him down with her.

He cupped her s.e.x, teasing her with soft movements that belied the taut tension in the corded muscles of his arms. The incongruity of his restraint and the pa.s.sionate need she felt within him only served to prove her point. He could control the beast within himself.

'Oh, you're ready,' he whispered, then dragged her legs apart and entered her with a savage thrust. She raised up and bit down on his shoulder, rewarded with his primal growl. He reached underneath her and grabbed her a.s.s, raising her up to meet him, powering inside her with everything he had.

The beast had risen, and she met him eagerly, greeting him with moans and growls of her own. This was the Derek she wanted. The true Derek, holding nothing back, giving her all that was inside him.

Gentling now, he tormented her with slow thrusts, torturing her with every delicious inch of his c.o.c.k until she lifted her hips and teased him back, undulating against him.

'Wild thing,' he said, squeezing her b.u.t.tocks to bury himself deeper inside her.

'Just like you,' she murmured, wrapping her legs around him.

Then no words were spoken as he took her mouth again, his tongue plunging in and out, mimicking his movements as he brought her to the edge and back again.

She still felt the wildness within him, but he controlled it, as if he'd found a way to master it, use it to maximize her pleasure. When he nibbled her neck, his tongue rasping against the soft flesh of her throat, she cried out with ecstasy.

Yes, there was a monster within him, but she loved that animal, clutching him closer to her, vowing she'd keep him safe no matter what.

With long, velvety hard strokes, he took her higher and higher, then crashed with her as she shuddered through a climax that rocked her senseless.

Afterward they held each other, not speaking for the longest time. Post-s.e.x silence used to bother her, but not anymore. With Derek, she'd grown comfortable enough to hold him, run her hands over his muscled skin, and savor every second he held her in his arms, not knowing how long they'd have together. An hour, a day, an eternity!she'd take whatever she could get. It was all a gift.

And she knew why he was quiet. She knew what bothered him.

'Derek, look at me.'

He met her gaze and she was lost in the storm of his eyes. What used to be unfathomable to her was now clear.

'I have faith in your strength. You can do anything you set your mind to do. You are one of the most stubborn men I know,' she said, her lips curling in a teasing smile. 'And I'll be right by your side to help you and kick your a.s.s if the demon inside you tries to break free. I love you.'

He pressed his lips to hers in a kiss so gentle it brought tears to her eyes. 'I love you too, Gina. But I don't deserve to say that.'

She touched his lips with her fingertips. 'Yes, you do. We'll fight this battle together.'

'What did I ever do to deserve you?'

'Something bad, probably,' she teased. 'I'm not the easiest person to live with.'

'So I've noticed,' he said as he licked her bottom lip.

'See? And now you're being punished.'

His lips quirked. 'So are you. Are you ready for what being with me entails?'

She grinned and teased his chest with the tips of her fingers, then lower, over the flat planes of his abdomen and lower still until she surrounded his rapidly hardening length. 'Yes. Are you ready for me?'

'You tell me, baby.' He laughed and dragged her on top of him, covering her lips with his.

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