Rancher Dragon Page 6

  She twisted her hands in her lap. “In fact, I think I like you a lot. Maybe more than I should.”

  The only sign that he’d heard her was a slight tightening of his hands on the steering wheel. But he continued to drive without answering her until they pulled up in front of the house and he put the transmission in park.

  Then he just sat there, huge body frozen, staring straight ahead with a tense look in his eye.

  She took her shot. Decided it was worth it because she only lived once and she’d never wanted a man like this. She might never again…

  She slid her hand over his warm, hard thigh, near his knee, and looked up at him. “Beck? Do you feel this too?”

  He didn’t look at her.

  “When we were getting ready, when we were showering, I had the most inappropriate thoughts about you. And I’m sorry if you don’t want this. Please tell me—”

  He opened his door and got out of the truck, and she instantly felt panic engulf her.

  She got out and followed him as he strode away from the truck, over toward the tree line. “Wait! Beck! I’m sorry! I was inappropriate! You’re not attracted to me. I’m sorry. You were just trying to be a good man, and I misread this as a date and—”

  With a low growl, Beck turned around, and there was fire in his eyes as he faced her and began walking toward her, taking one pounding step after another.

  His hands were clenched in fists as if he were trying desperately to hold himself back from something.

  He got close to her, backing her up to the edge of her porch, then up the stairs as he continued to approach. So big. So intimidating.

  So hot.

  He kept going until she had her back to her front door, and he was looming over her like a tidal wave of hotness just waiting to crash down.

  But he simply put his arm on the door above her and tilted her face to look up at him. “‘Course I’m attracted to you. I’ve never wanted a woman like this. I never wanted a woman at all. I don’t want roots. I don’t settle down. But you, Sierra, you cut through my defenses. You make me want things I have no business wanting. You’re out here on your own, working with all your strength, lovin’ this land like I do, you little badass. And I couldn’t want you more.”

  She smiled up at him, heat tingling down to her toes at his words.

  “But that’s exactly the problem, Sierra. I’m not the man for you. If I stay here, I’ll wind up hurting you. Not ‘cause I want to. Not ever. But—”

  “You could never hurt me, Beck. You’re strong, amazingly strong. But you use that strength for the right reasons. Your friends trust you—”

  “You can ask Harrison about the fact that I never stay anywhere for long. I’m not the stayin’ type. Best for everyone if I leave sooner or later.”

  “I don’t care about that,” she said bravely, hoping her heart could agree later on. She didn’t know if she could ever play it cool about Beck moving on.

  But she knew she’d regret it forever if she didn’t take advantage of every moment she could have with him.

  “Give me tonight,” she said. “You don’t have to stay forever. I’m not asking for that.” She put her hands on his chest. “What if I’m just asking for this?” Her eyes met his hungrily. “What if I’m begging you for it?”

  His eyes fell to her lips, and she knew the second she had him by the little growl of frustration he let out as he came closer. “Then I guess I better give it to you.”

  10

  Beck couldn’t hold back any longer.

  His lips immediately crashed over Sierra’s in an engulfing, dominant kiss.

  Her mouth was soft, even softer than he’d imagined the dozens of times he’d caught himself watching her. But to actually feel her against him was about a million times more wonderful, and dangerous, than he could have possibly guessed.

  From the moment she’d walked into his life, Sierra had been trouble. Not the kind of trouble that was looking for a fight, but the kind of trouble that made Beck start to think things he had no business thinking.

  He kept his arm pressed onto the door behind her, trapping her as he deepened the connection. She groaned against him, lips parting, and he thrust in with his tongue, hopeful in some dark part of him that even the way he kissed might be too much for this kind, beautiful woman. Might be enough to chase her away for her own good.

  But it wasn’t. The electricity that had felt like a spark ignited into erotic heat as his tongue met hers, clashing and twisting as he explored the inside of her mouth with reckless hunger.

  It only made her gasp, a muffled, sensual sound that tickled Beck’s ears as he continued to devour her.

  By the time he pulled back, she was breathless, chest heaving as she looked up at him with those sparkling blue eyes.

  There was no fear in her eyes. Only want.

  Acting on pure instinct, he picked up the small woman in his arms, and she squeaked in surprise as he squeezed her ass and brought her to his level so he could kiss her again, harder and more intensely this time.

  She hummed, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist while he opened the door with one hand and thrust deep with his tongue, enough to make her body twitch in arousal against him.

  God, this woman would be the end of him.

  But not before he showed her exactly how desperate he had been for her these past few days first.

  She didn’t seem to notice or care as he shut the door behind them, locking it as he carried her easily with one hand. Then both his hands were squeezing her round, sumptuous ass, pressing their bodies together, allowing him to feel her soft curves against him and making him harder than he’d ever been in his entire life.

  That fact didn’t seem to escape Sierra, though, and she ground her hips into him, making his cock twitch.

  Oh… he’d fuck her senseless. He’d make his woman so exhausted from his loving that she wouldn’t see another man for as long as she lived.

  Then… then what?

  Mate, his dragon growled as he leaned into Sierra’s neck to suck hard on the exposed skin there. She moaned, arching back and giving him access as he kissed along her throat, then to the other side of her neck, ignoring his dragon completely.

  Damn bastard had done enough wrong things in his life already. Tonight, with Sierra, he was all man, protective and fierce and ready to end the world if it even looked at her wrong.

  He kicked his shoes off, not wanting to dirty her floor as he headed for Sierra’s room. All day, he’d been thinking about her. Worrying about her. Wanting her.

  And even if he knew it was wrong, he would have her.

  He set Sierra on the bed, and the way her gaze raked down him before settling on his hips, he could only blame himself, even if he knew she wanted him just as badly as he wanted her.

  He tossed aside his hat and leaned over her on the bed with a growl. All his nerves were on edge, his very soul heating at the center whenever he touched her, kissed her, looked at her.

  “This is your last chance, Sierra.” His hands entwined with hers, so small against his rough palms as he trapped her against the bed. He straddled her, loving the way her hips brushed against him even in her blue jeans. He leaned down and nipped her ear, and she shuddered in arousal. “I’m a monster. I don’t deserve a place in heaven with an angel like you.”

  Her hands tightened against him, and her face was firm. So brave and strong it was breathtaking. “The only thing I see is the most handsome, wonderful guy I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, Beck.” She bit down on her lower lip as she finished, heart-shaped face already flushed from their kissing. “You make me feel safe. Among other things…” She glanced to the side, and the dragon in him roared with want for her.

  “Then let me show you exactly how I feel about you.”

  “Show me everything. I want it all.”

  At that, Beck kissed her again, tongue sliding over the roof of her mouth as his hands released hers and found her sides, holding
Sierra while he kissed her until she ran out of breath. And when he pulled back, his hand found the zipper of her jeans, needing to feel her wetness, needing to make her come so hard she’d think about him and always feel it was worth it.

  Beck supposed he really was a mountain dragon with no self-control. Because when she touched him, when she reacted to his touch, all his inhibitions broke inside him.

  “Damn,” he said, looking down the shape of her curvy body beneath him. “You’re so beautiful.” The sound of the zipper on her jeans was light, and he didn’t lose a moment before reaching down to cup her sex, which was already wet and hot against his fingers.

  And when he slid his finger up her slit, over the lacy black panties she was wearing, Sierra almost came, the halted sound from her throat and the tightening of her body signaling just how close she was.

  He wanted to make her come right there. But he was also a patient man, and he wanted to draw it out, let her feel everything and know just how he felt about her before he made her scream his name again and again.

  Beck gently drew his finger in little circles around Sierra’s clit, and she relaxed into the covers of her small bed, mouth open as she began to writhe slowly in time with his hand.

  “So… so hot.” She looked at him, then to the side as he continued to pleasure her.

  “That’s my girl. Feel it all,” Beck whispered, using his other hand to pull up her shirt so he could kiss her belly, kiss the swell of her breasts over and around the black bra she had on.

  For a few moments, he just explored her, taking off her shirt, then pausing to take off her shoes and jeans for her while he worked her closer to the edge. With each discarded piece of clothing, Beck got even harder as he imagined what it would be like to sink himself deep into her, to hear her make these pleasured sounds while they came together.

  Then he shoved her underwear lower, down around her ankles, then undid her bra and tossed it aside because he just couldn’t help himself anymore.

  “Oh, Beck,” Sierra said with a gasp as his mouth closed over one nipple while his finger slid over her now-bare clit. Her little bud seemed even more sensitive as he stroked and stroked, working her into a frenzy while he squeezed her breast with his hand and sucked harder on the taut tip at the center.

  Damn, she was so breathtakingly sexy, naked like this, her blond hair spread haphazardly around the bed beneath her.

  He didn’t deserve this kind of beauty.

  But he’d love and protect her just the same.

  She was getting closer, thighs tightening beneath him, breaths getting shorter as he went faster with his finger.

  Then, with a gasp, Sierra’s eyes shut hard, and her arms reached around him, grabbing his midsection as sensual release claimed her. She quivered from head to toe, legs clenching around his soaked fingers while he watched with heated patience.

  If that wasn’t a sight for sore eyes…

  For him and him alone now.

  Then she relaxed against the bed, and Beck tossed his shirt aside while she went wide-eyed at the sight of him.

  His tongue was too damn thirsty to possibly resist her now.

  Beck spread Sierra’s legs and lowered himself off the bed so he was kneeling at the foot, her legs placed over his shoulders, giving him perfect access to her center. She was already glistening, and he aimed to have her practically gushing by the time he was finished.

  Sierra just gazed down at him with wordless anticipation, mouth open as he kissed the insides of her legs, moving closer to the apex of her thighs. He could feel her heart beating on her skin, getting faster as he went higher, until finally his tongue ran up her slit and right up against her clit.

  “Oh fuuuuu—dge,” she cried out, fingers gripping the sheets at her sides as he kissed her clit again and again, smiling to himself at the fact that she nearly swore but didn’t.

  It was just one of many things he liked about her.

  And the way her body melded to his… the way she unintentionally began to thrust her hips forward slightly, allowing him to take her clit even deeper into his mouth as he sucked her off. This was the purest, most alive he’d ever felt in all his years roaming the earth.

  He’d move literal mountains for her.

  “Hold it for me. Let me watch you come,” Beck said as he smoothed his hands up and down the velvet-like skin on her thighs and belly. Memorizing the shape of her.

  “I… I don’t know if I can, Beck.”

  He took her small nub between his lips and pressed lightly while teasing it with the tip of his tongue, making her entire body arch.

  He chuckled right before he sucked on her clit, making her come immediately.

  “Then don’t,” he said right as she orgasmed.

  He watched with rapt attention as she writhed and screamed his name as her head twisted from side to side in release. The air around him was heady and warm, full of her scent, which was like fresh air sweeping over a field of bluebonnets in spring, scintillating and wonderful at the same time.

  And when she relaxed into the bedding, he did it again, teasing and licking her until she came once more, this time so hard her thighs clenched around him. But that just made him even more eager to please her. To see how hard he could make her go. Show her just how much he wanted her.

  After another and halfway toward her next orgasm, he slid a hand between her legs, parting her lips and sliding one finger into her hot, wet sheathe.

  “Yes… yes,” she murmured, still in a haze of post release even as his tongue continued to work up and down her sex.

  If she was going to fit someone of his size, then he better damn well make sure she was ready before going any further.

  He began to move inside her in time with his fervent kisses. And as she started to get closer, he thrust another finger into Sierra, making sure she could relax against him even as he focused on her G-spot by hooking his fingers upward.

  “Goddammit, you’re too perfect,” Beck grunted, more to himself than anything as he used three fingers to pleasure her now, steadily going in and out while he kissed her center.

  “Says the man intent on overwhelming me every chance he gets.” She peered down at him with bright-blue irises that pierced him to his very soul, then collapsed back as he flicked his tongue over her clit again.

  Her breaths getting louder, her body tensing, and her sex clenching around his fingers signaled she was close. Very close.

  And when Sierra came, Beck was there, trying to not growl possessively as he took in the overwhelming sight of her release.

  Once she was fully relaxed, he slid her legs off his shoulders and stood up, satisfied with the way her skin glowed and the way her eyes widened every time she looked up at him, like a deer caught in headlights sometimes.

  Only now they were devoid of all fear. Only want mirrored in her gaze back up at him.

  He pulled a condom from the back pocket of his jeans, then unbuckled his pants and pulled the rest of his clothes off. She gaped down at his hips, staring for a good few seconds as he came over her on the bed, loving the way she seemed to be most relaxed when he was close to her.

  No one else had ever reacted like that—like this—to him. Maybe no one else ever would.

  All he knew was that Sierra was the most sexy, special person he’d ever encountered.

  And after this, he’d only feel stronger about her than he had before.

  “Ready?” he asked, positioning himself at her entrance. She sighed as her taut, wet skin teased his tip, making the arousal that had been burning beneath his skin jump another few notches.

  “Yes,” she replied, and Sierra gasped as he began to slide into her, going slowly and giving her time to accommodate his sheer girth.

  Once he was all the way in, he gave her a moment to relax even as his entire body was tense from his toes to his fingers just at the close, intimate contact between them.

  Then, like a shifting air current, he felt the coiled tension in Sierra turn into fierce a
rousal as she moaned louder than ever before, using another made-up curse as he slowly, gently began to move.

  When they came together like this, Beck knew it was going to be hotter than dragon fire.

  But he just focused on Sierra, thrusting into her with a smooth rhythm that made the nerves on his spine twitch. And as he did, he reached a hand down to entwine in her loose hair, cupping the back of her neck as he kissed her deeply.

  The muffled sounds of her pleasure only made him hold the kiss more firmly while he moved inside her. Each time he pushed all the way in, he’d then withdraw until she was mewling before rocking into her hips a little faster each time. And as he did, her sheathe clenched around him, pushing even Beck’s limits of self-control as they began to come together fast and faster.

  “Hot damn,” Beck exclaimed as he finally pulled away from the kiss, the wet sounds of their bodies clashing together filling her small bedroom while a drop of perspiration slid down his jaw. He never knew it could be like this. So hot, so romantic, so utterly indescribable.

  Maybe when it was the right person, he supposed.

  Mate, his dragon said again, but he could barely focus on anything but the way her curvy body seemed to be entwining around him more tightly with each passing moment. First, her legs, wrapping around his thighs, pulling him in deeper than before. Then her arms, clutching his shoulders as he held himself over her, chest to chest. Then even her head as Sierra buried herself in his shoulder, rapid breaths getting more rapid as their bodies collided.

  But as overwhelmed as she seemed to be, Beck just held Sierra steady, one arm coiled around her while he kept them both propped up with the other hand. He couldn’t even sense the room around him, just her hot breath on his chest and the bite of her nails digging into his back, making him smile as he thrust faster.

  Then, with a ragged sound, Sierra came first, her pussy clenching around him and pulling Beck far past the edge he’d been skirting for a long time already.

  She screamed his name. And Beck heard rather than actually felt himself say the word, “Mine,” somewhere between the white-hot pressure of the initial release and the waves of pulsing, core-shocking orgasm that pumped through his veins as his cock jerked inside her.