Carved in Stone by Kate Douglas

Author:Kate Douglas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing
Published: 2013-09-11T22:00:00+00:00

Nathan watched the play of emotions cross Alex’s expressive face. He wanted to grab her up in his arms, to love her and make her love him. He knew she was ready for the physical act, could feel the sensual hum of her body and hear the ragged breathing that signaled her arousal.

But he needed her on the emotional level, wanted her to think through what they were about to do. He wanted to raise this act of love beyond the purely physical, to give it the meaning it deserved.

He’d never felt this way before, not this desire to involve his emotions so deeply with another person. There was something about this place, this woman, these frightening circumstances that commanded the involvement of all his senses.

Over the past hours he’d tried to read Alex. From the few admissions she’d made he thought he had a better grasp of what made her the woman she was.

If he took her now, made love without letting her know his true feelings, he would be lying to her. He wanted her so desperately that the ache in his body would never be eased without her, but he wanted that same response from Alex.

They might never escape the cavern, might die here without ever having the opportunity to experience a future. If their time together could be measured only in hours, Nate wanted to spend those hours with an honest expression of love between the two of them.

He wondered what she was thinking, and wondering that, he felt his heart constrict. What if she only wanted a physical release, not an emotional anchor? What if she was like Linda, concerned only with her own pleasure, uninterested in what he was offering?

Nate struggled to hold his hands immobile against Alex’s shoulders, struggled to control his breathing during the brief moments she considered his words.

And then she looked at him, really looked, and he felt her gaze searing his face, linking with his eyes. He wondered if she found him wanting.

She raised her hand to lightly caress the side of his cheek. He felt the feather touch of her palm against the roughness of his beard. She smiled at him, a smile that belied the tears sparkling in her brilliant blue eyes. He read passion in her look, and tenderness, and what he hoped was love.

She reached up to him, sliding her arms along his shoulders and encircling his neck, pressing her hips against his, trapping his erection between them as she kissed him. Her breasts flattened against his chest, and he felt her heart pounding an errant rhythm, a simultaneous counterpoint to his own unsteady beat. Her lips brushed his, gently at first, then with growing passion before her tongue slipped into his mouth, wetting his lips and trailing along the sharp edges of his teeth.

Then suddenly, as quickly as she had embraced him, she pulled away and laughed. The sound was free, full-throated and echoing in the natural amphitheater.

“Oh, God, Nathan,” she said, the sound of laughter still rich within her voice, “I do love you, I think I’ve loved you forever.

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