Gabriel's Mate by Folsom, Tina (read this if .txt) 📕

parted, and he could scent her breath. Her breathing was suddenly more uneven than before and he wondered if she was afraid of what he would do. Would she regret her decision and pull back at the last minute?

“I can keep my hands on the couch, if you prefer,” he offered and placed his hands palm down onto the cushions beside her thighs. He didn’t want her to fear him and think he would take advantage of the situation, as much as he wanted to do just that. But knowing that this wouldn’t be the last kiss she would grant him, he could tamper down his greed and only take what she was willing to give him, without crossing the boundaries of the kiss.

He could learn to savor this. Every day he would have something to look forward to. But he had to play it cool, not overwhelm her with the passion he felt inside, not scare her away or she might cancel their deal.

No, his response to her would have to be muted, so she wouldn’t know the extent of his desire for her and be frightened by its magnitude. And every day he could allow himself to take a little more, make her more comfortable with him. Maybe she would start to feel the same attraction for him that he felt for her.

Maya’s lips brushed against his, and Gabriel knew he would have a hell of a time keeping this kiss sweet and innocent.

His masculine scent was all around her. Maya couldn’t believe her luck. After feeding on his blood she felt rejuvenated, stronger than she’d ever had, and hornier than she’d ever been as a human. And now what he wanted in exchange was a kiss? Could things be more perfect?

p. Kissing him was no sacrifice for her. When she touched his lips with hers, she enjoyed their perfect mixture of softness and firmness. She hadn’t noticed until now how full his lips were. But now that she sucked his upper lip into her mouth and licked over it with her tongue, she was fully aware of their perfection.

Maya slanted her mouth over his and under light pressure of her tongue, his lips parted. Greedily, she slipped inside and explored him.

He tasted just as amazing as his blood. She knew that her reaction to him was purely chemical. The pheromones he was emitting ignited desire in her. Like an age-old instinct, her body recognized his as the perfect match. She’d read the clinical studies on the chemical process that produced lust and desire and knew this was happening to her.

Surely this was all it was, pure lust. There couldn’t be anything else involved. She barely knew anything about Gabriel. No emotions could have developed in such a short time.

She continued kissing him, stroking her tongue against his, but his reaction was not what she’d expected. Like any dominant man, she would have expected him to take charge, to make the kiss more demanding, but he didn’t. He only responded with a stroke of his tongue against hers when she coaxed him long enough. When she tried to pull his tongue into her mouth, he resisted.

Frustrated, Maya broke away. She looked into his startled face. “Did you not like it?”

His face turned from startled to confused. “Of course, I did,” he claimed.

She dropped her gaze, not able to look at him when she asked him her next question. “They why don’t you kiss me back?”

His answer came as a surprise. “If I kiss you back, I won’t be able to keep my hands to myself.”

Defiantly, she looked into his eyes. “Nobody’s asking you to.”

All of a sudden she felt his arm come up and wrap around her body.

“You don’t know what you’re doing to me.”

No, she had no idea, but she knew what Gabriel was doing to her.

He was driving her insane and would continue to do so if he didn’t kiss her properly. “Kiss me, Gabriel. Kiss me now, or I swear I will -“

“Or what?” he bit out. “Deny me? I earned this kiss, and I’m damn well going to get it the way I want it.”

Without giving her a chance to reply to him, he sank his lips onto hers and took her mouth in a fierce kiss. Maya melted into him. Now he was talking. Not wanting him to change his mind about the kiss, she sank her hands into his hair and stroked the sensitive area on the back of his neck. She felt him shiver under her touch.

As his mouth ravished her, his hands roamed her back, stroking along her sides, pressing her ever so much closer to her. She could clearly feel his erection moving against her with every breath he took.

She tried to get closer.

As if he knew what she wanted, he tugged at the belt of her robe and opened it. A moment later, his hand went inside her robe and touched her through the thin fabric of her gown. She moaned into his mouth the moment she felt his fingertips graze her breast. Warmth flooded her and ran from her breast down her belly to her core, setting her clit on fire.

She arched into his touch. At the same time she pressed her pussy against his hard-on, dragging her sensitive flesh against his rock hard rod. She was soaked through the nightgown where it clung between her pussy and his erection, which was hidden behind his silk robe. She’d never become this wet just from a kiss. Was this a side effect of being a vampire or had Gabriel done this to her?

Maya twined her tongue with his. With delight she realized that he’d given up all restraints and kissed her with the reckless abandon of a starving man. When she pulled her tongue back slightly, he went after her, growling deeply. The sound went through her body, touching every cell, caressing her flesh.

With a swift movement, he flipped her and she suddenly