The afternoon sunlight was like liquid on her skin. The warmth made her want to stretch and purr like a cat. She walked towards Rocky, conscious of the movement of her hips and the brush of her hair against her shoulders. He didn’t take his eyes off her as she moved to his side. Devin smiled slowly at him. She was feeling woozy, and her pulse was dancing beneath the thin skin of her wrist. Her mind was full of strange, fevered thoughts, and a slight sheen of perspiration made her skin glow.
‘Are you okay?’ Rocky asked, his voice full of concern. He sounded better. He sounded stronger. He reached up and firmly grasped her hand.
She almost gasped aloud at the surge of hot fire that erupted at his touch.
‘You don’t look so good.’
‘I’m … fine,’ she said faintly, her words almost slurred. ‘I just …’
‘Maybe you need to lie down?’ Rocky suggested with a catch in his breath, his eyes flitting from her eyes to her lips to her breasts and back again.
He stood up easily, still holding her hand, and pulled her after him into the shelter.
For once Devin didn’t fall, or trip, or stumble. She sank gracefully down to the ground and leaned into the heat of his body.
She lowered her gaze to his lips. They were full and tender. Involuntarily the tip of her tongue darted out to lick her own. Without thinking, she reached out and stroked his face. Her fingers traced down to his mouth, and she gently touched his lips to see if they were as soft as they looked.
Slowly, as if he didn’t want to frighten her, he took her hand and breathed on her fingers. Devin closed her eyes. He put her fingers into his mouth, one by one, gently sucking them. She let out a soft cry, and he immediately slid a hand behind her head and pulled her down to a hard kiss. His tongue was inside her mouth, and his hands were all over her body. She clung to him, wanting to feel every inch of him against her. He tugged at her clothes, and she struggled out of them while also trying to tear off his. And then he was on top of her, and the little pulse in her wrist was hammering harder and harder. Devin cried out with pleasure and pain and everything went black.
