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AARYN

The kiss turned deep quickly. He hadn't intended to get so distracted, but his mate was warm and eager, and they could live on three fish if they needed to. So he pressed his hips into hers, cupped her jaw, and arched over her, letting his fingers trail down her neck to the buttons of her shirt.

"At this point, maybe we should just stop wearing clothes at all," he rasped. "It's not like there's anyone out here to see."

She hummed and wrapped her arms around his neck. "But then I wouldn't get to let you undress me. Where's the fun in that?"

Aaryn growled and dove for her neck, licking, kissing, and sucking at the skin there as Elreth's breathing ratcheted up.

By the time he had all her buttons undone and had latched onto her breast, she was arching into him, her hips rolling. He marveled at how quickly she became ready for him. But before he could pull away to tell her so, she sighed. "Oh, Aaryn," she whispered, her head trailing back against the rock. "Teach me something."

The coil of desire in the pit of his stomach surged and his cock twitched. He had to clear his throat before he spoke. "I'm sure that could be arranged," he said breathlessly. Then he pulled back to kneel between her knees.

She looked disappointed, but he just waggled his eyebrows at her, took her hands and pulled her up to a sitting position. She tipped her head, but let him pull her up, then he let his fingers catch either side of the neckline of the shirt, and pull it slowly off her shoulders.

Elreth turned to watch him bare her skin, and desire spiked in her scent.

Aaryn growled and cupped her beautiful breast, leaning down to lave the nipple with his tongue. Elreth sucked in a breath and leaned back so he had better access. He growled again, then forced himself to straighten and meet her eyes.

"There's no graceful way to remove leathers, so I propose that we both just get them off, then return here to—"

But she was already pressing ot her feet, her hands on the buttons, grinning at him.

While he got up and shucked his leathers off too, he considered and discarded several options. She was still new to this—though clearly ready to try new things—and probably sore. He didn't want to pus her too hard too fast. But he was also curious to find out what she liked.

When she'd tossed her leathers up onto the grass and turned back to him, she lowered herself to the warm rock again. Aaryn joined her quickly, but instead of lowering himself between her thighs, he knelt at her feet.

She lifted her head, frowning. "What are you doing?"

"I just want to play for a while, make sure you're ready."

"Oh, I'm ready, Aaryn."

He snorted and cupped one of her legs under the knee, bending it up then sliding his hand down her perfectly formed calf to cup her ankle. "Just relax, El, and trust me."

She smiled and eased her head back down to the rock, letting him do as he chose.

He chose to kiss her everywhere, for a good, long while. Up her legs, the soft skin of her inner thighs, the center of her pleasure—until she was gasping—her belly, her breasts… he explored her throat, her jaw, he kissed her until she was pulling him in, urging him to take her.

Then, without warning, he wrapped his arms around her lower back and rolled them quickly, pulling her on top of him.

She gasped and braced herself on his shoulders, but once she'd found her balance, she was grinning down at him, laying along his body, pressed against him from toe to chest.

She raised her eyebrows, but didn't comment. Aaryn lifted his head to kiss her throat again, then whisper, "Straddle me."

One eyebrow levered higher, but as he kissed and stroked and held her against him, she took his advice, opening her thighs to kneel either side of him, humming with approval when he shifted so they rubbed against each other where she sat.

Cupping her ass, he took her mouth and she followed him down in the kiss, rubbing herself against him and kissing him eagerly.

He let her play, find her rhythm, discover the angle and speed that peaked her interest. He waited to hear her breath catch, or the tiny, broken groans she would make when something felt particularly good. By the time she was bracing her hands on either side of his head to give herself the right angle, and rubbing herself against him enthusiastically, he was so hard he wasn't sure this had been such a great idea. She'd need time to figure out what worked for her here. He needed control… he prayed for control. Then, holding her close, he whispered, "Arch back, just a little, love."

She did, and as she shifted, he found her and, with a shuddering groan, entered her.

Elreth's eyes flew wide as they rolled together, Aaryn gripping her hips and pulling her down as he pressed up. Her mouth dropped open and she stopped breathing. So he relaxed to ease out, then did it again.

"Oh…" she sighed and rocked into him. "That's nice…"

He wanted to say it was a lot better than nice, but Elreth was blinking and smiling, her attention so fully on where they were joined where she experimented every roll, tilting her hips, grinding into him, shifting her weight, her breasts swaying and bobbing with her movement, that Aaryn almost came.

"Stop, stop for a second," he hissed through his teeth.

Elreth froze, her eyes going wider—but this time with fear. "Did I hurt you?"

"No, no, fuck no, El. It's just… it's so amazing to see you enjoy yourself… I just need to breathe for a second so I don't ruin this."

She tipped her head and combed their hair out of his eyes that had fallen over them. "Ruin it how?"

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