Only 05 - Autumn Lover

the feel of her breasts on his skin.
    And he was going to have it.
    Without warning Elyssa felt herself lifted off her feet. The power of Hunter’s arms was a lure and a promise and a memory combined. She gave herself to it recklessly.
    Then the fire of Hunter’s kiss burned everything else from Elyssa’s thoughts. Distantly she realized that the pressure beneath her back came from bedcovers thatwere bunched under her, but it had no meaning other than to drive her closer to Hunter’s body.
    With a passionate whimper Elyssa drew her hands over the flexed power of Hunter’s back. The shudder of excitement that went through him was as heady to her as straight whiskey.
    She repeated the caress, kneading and testing his strength with her hands. Her tongue tasted him as deeply as he was tasting her. Hesitantly, then heedlessly, her nails caressed the long muscles on either side of his spine.
    The low sound Hunter made in response was intoxicating. A delicious kind of heat coiled through Elyssa’s body, drawing it tight and then tighter still. She twisted against him, trying to ease the ache in her breasts.
    “I want—” she began raggedly.
    Hunter’s hand came down hard over Elyssa’s mouth.
    “Quiet,” he whispered roughly against her ear. “I know what you want.”
    His other hand moved swiftly, opening Elyssa’s satin wrapper. He bent his head and found one of her breasts with his mouth. Heedless of the fine silk of her nightgown, he drew the tip of her breast into his mouth.
    Fire raced through Elyssa. She arched up to the caress, wanting more.
    Hunter gave it to her with teeth and tongue and the wild, changing pressure of his mouth.
    Excitement coiled harder and harder within Elyssa’s body, drawing her so taut that she moaned. Then excitement burst, drenching her in liquid fire. She made a broken sound and trembled and softly pleaded for more.
    Hunter laughed low in his chest and repeated the caress on her other nipple.
    Elyssa arched up into Hunter’s mouth. She didn’t fight the masculine hand muffling her incautious cries. Shedidn’t even notice it. Her whole being was focused in the exquisite burning of her flesh.
    Hunter’s free hand swept down and buried itself between Elyssa’s thighs. She stiffened in surprise, but he didn’t notice. Her heat and drenching response swept all thoughts from him but one. His hand curved around her softness. Long fingers tightened in a probing caress.
    Fierce pleasure shot up Elyssa’s body. The startled cry she gave went no farther than the hard palm across her mouth.
    Then Hunter’s hand moved sharply between her legs and excitement stabbed through her again. This time the sound she made came from passion rather than surprise.
    “Damn,” Hunter said beneath his breath. “We’re going to have to find a more private place the next time. I want to hear every sound I drag out of you.”
    His hand clenched, pressing deeply into Elyssa’s softness. Her body arched like a tightly drawn bow. He barely muffled his own groan when her liquid heat spread over him.
    “Open your legs,” Hunter said against her ear.
    Elyssa hardly understood the words. Her legs were moving restlessly, seeking more of the wild, stabbing pleasure she had just known.
    But Hunter’s hand was no longer between her legs, caressing her with pure fire. She shook her head and tried to speak, wanting to tell him that she wanted more, not less, of his touch.
    “Hush, Sassy. I’m just as eager as you are.”
    Elyssa sensed Hunter moving, settling between her knees, forcing her thighs apart. Then hard fingers moved again, with no cloth to dim the heated contact.
    Pleasure washed through her. Instinctively she lifted her hips, wanting more of the wild caress.
    His thumb moved again and once more her body was drenched in pleasure.
    “God,” Hunter said hoarsely.
    His body tightened, his hips drove hard, and he was buried inside her.
    All that kept Elyssa’s cry of surprise and pain from ringing through the house was the strength of Hunter’s hand over her mouth. She twisted and shoved at his shoulders, trying to dislodge the burning weight of him between her legs.
    Hunter gave a low, husky groan and drove into Elyssa again. Then his body became rigid, he shuddered from head to heels, and abruptly went slack against her.
    Dazed, Elyssa turned her head aside, escaping Hunter’s hand. This time when she shoved at his shoulders, he rolled aside.
    Without a word, Hunter withdrew from