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Adding his heated praise to the
sensations bombarding her pushed Linley close to the edge of surrender. Knowing
she’d become his center-stage entertainment didn’t hurt either. Her entire body
quaked as it was shaken, fucked, teased, and filled.

“Come for me, Linley.” Ryder
used her real name instead of the nickname he’d given her in the first few
minutes they’d met. “Show me all you have to give. Then, when I fuck you, right
here on the floor, you’re going to offer up even more. I know you will.”

The dead certainty in his eyes
revealed just how powerfully persuasive he could be. Again she wondered at his
innate authority. It catapulted her over the edge. She screamed his name as she
rode the machine, grinding her pussy on the dildo, the saddle, and the
vibrating pommel.

Embarrassment had no place in
this ultimate surrender.

Good thing because as she
thrashed and groaned, she couldn’t have been all that pretty.

Ryder didn’t seem to mind.
Before she’d truly finished quaking, he’d unhooked her hands, stopped the
motion of the various components, and lifted her into his arms once more. The
dildo slipped from her with a decidedly wet noise, accompanied by her groan.
“You can play with it more later, if you like. But if I don’t have you right
now, I’ll be spurting on the floor as you enjoy the next temptation.”

“I kind of like the idea of
that.” She gasped as she pictured driving him beyond his iron-fisted control.

“More than the idea of me coming
inside you?” He shrugged. “With a condom, of course.”

As if he’d reminded himself, he
deposited her on a thick area rug piled with pillows then lunged for a nearby
chest of supplies.

She almost told him she was on
the pill, except he’d already snagged protection, ripped open the packet, and
rolled it on his steely length. Waiting another second for him to undo his
handiwork didn’t appeal. Next time they could negotiate terms like bareback
fucking. He’d given her at least some hope there
would
be another rendezvous.

Then all thoughts fled her mind
as he stalked back to her and descended, covering her completely with his solid
frame. She didn’t care if she pouted when she declared, “No more waiting.”

“Couldn’t agree more.” He
peppered her with kisses.

Linley drew her knees up beside
his trim hips.

He slid in between her thighs.
They aligned perfectly without manual intervention. His cock rode the length of
her pussy, nudging her clit and causing her to cry out when her lingering
orgasm renewed.

Ryder reached between them,
pressing down on his cock until the head surged against her saturated opening.
He advanced, spreading her far more than the dildo had done. Bigger even than
he’d appeared, he filled her completely.

“Yes,” she moaned. He matched
her groan for groan.

“You’re tight, wildcat. Fucking
hot around me.” He bit her lower lip then began to move. “Need to feel you.
Looked so sexy. This time you’ll come on me.”

She might not have thought she
had it in her to crest again so soon, especially not after such an intense
experience. Then he slid his hands beneath her and cupped her shoulders,
anchoring her against the force of his strokes so he could work himself in her
balls deep.

The nudge of his blunt crown
against the rear wall of her pussy had her toes curling. She dug her nails into
his shoulders and tried to tug him closer, though it would have been impossible
for him to fuse them any tighter than they already were.

He ramped up the amplitude and
frequency of his fucking, causing her to shiver from the inside out. And just
when she thought she might tumble into another epic orgasm, he changed his
stride.

Ryder looked down, staring into
her eyes. He smiled as he ground them together in a sinful figure eight that
sealed their fate.

Linley didn’t find words to be
necessary. She communicated the impending capitulation of her body with the
drum of her heels on his clenching ass.

He nodded at her, giving her
permission and promising to accompany her with a single tiny gesture. Stars
danced in her vision as she tensed. Probably she should have kept breathing,
but everything in her focused on maximizing the pleasure he gave her.

When he leaned forward and bit
her neck, all bets were off.

Linley exploded. Her entire body
spasmed, milking Ryder’s cock.

He shouted her name with each
pound of his body within hers. Each pump of his hips came in unison with a
pulse of her channel around him. She drew every spurt of his come from his
balls with her undeniable ecstasy.

Dazed, she didn’t notice when
the waves finally stopped battering them, though she registered the floating
sensation that accompanied Ryder carrying her to the bed they had been too
frenzied to utilize. Ten steps had been too much to contemplate crossing when
they’d needed each other so badly. He tucked them beneath the silk sheets
together.

Linley smiled and snuggled into
his still heaving chest.

His fingers tangled in her hair,
and he held her close.

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“I’ve come this far.” Linley
gulped. “Take me all the way. I want to see everything. I want to know what
it’s like to sink to the lowest level.”

“I love it when good girls go
bad.” Ryder looked as though he might have been given the greatest gift of all
time or a winning lotto ticket. “
Really
bad.”

A tremulous smile crossed her
face. She could handle it—him—right?

Kind of too late to run now.

“You’ve got this.” He lead her
to the spiral staircase then leaned in to smother her mouth in a ferocious
kiss. She allowed him inside, gave him complete possession of her lips and
tongue, which he used to full advantage.

When he’d dazed her completely
by sucking on her tongue and rasping the edges of his teeth over it, he spun
her around. Coming up close behind her, he bracketed her hips with his arms and
closed his hands around the ebony railing in front of them.

“Grab it, Linley,” he ordered
seductively in her ear.

Her hesitation earned her a swat
on the exposed cheek of her ass. She jumped, partly from surprise, and partly
from something darker—needier—that wormed through her psyche.

“Now.”

She did as directed. An instant
later, Ryder captured her hips and pulled them back. He nudged her feet
outward, spreading her wide. Suddenly she was thankful for the cool, solid bar
in her grip. It helped steady her when the world spun in dizzying circles.

“What are you doing?” She
glanced over her shoulder, still never abandoning the steady reference he’d
given her.

“Ridding you of this lingerie.”
He snarled as he hooked his fingers in the delicate straps at her hip. “It
is
beautiful, though I’m sure I’ll
prefer you naked. Don’t freak. I’ll replace it.”

“What?” She began to blink out
of the sensual haze his undeniable authority had lulled her into.

The pressure on her hipbone
built as he grasped the pretty material and yanked. The muscles in his chest
and arms bulged an instant before the lace gave way with an audible tear that
drew the attention of a couple passing by.

“Someone’s in for an evening to
remember…” The man chuckled to his partner before they disappeared into one of
the Downstairs’ playrooms.

Linley shrieked. “Everyone will
see.”

“I know.” Ryder grinned. “And
every last one of the men, plus some of the women, will know I’m the luckiest
bastard here tonight. The Basement is naked only, wildcat.”

She grimaced, then shrugged.

“Good girl.” He petted her bare
flank, certainly enjoying the view if the bob of his straining hard-on was any
indication. “Now face forward and don’t turn around again unless I tell you
to.”

He rose behind her, taking a
moment to pause so that his pelvis aligned with the crack of her ass. The
weight of his cock, which nestled between her cheeks, made her shiver. And
certainly not because she was cold.

How could she feel chilled with
him pressed tight to her, warming more than her body with his expert handling?
Adventure, risk within limits, this crazy connection they shared, and the
freedom to do what she had longed for all mixed into a ball of need that
rocketed her beyond her inhibitions.

“Please, Ryder,” she begged. “I
need you to fuck me.”

Rich laughter rained onto her
back, which was parallel to the floor. “I don’t think so. Not yet, wildcat. You
don’t want me bad enough.”

“I do.” She nearly shouted.

“When will you realize you’re
not in the driver’s seat anymore?” He fisted her hair around his palm and
wrist, leaning in close even as he forced her head to lift. Whispering in her
ear, he promised, “I’ll take good care of you. On my time. In my way. If you’re
lucky, I’ll let you choose which Basement room we wind up in. But you’d better
behave if you’d like to pick.”

Linley couldn’t help herself.
She twisted her head, testing the grip he had on her. The physical one, anyway.
There was no doubt about the hold he had over her sexuality tonight. She’d
follow him anywhere and obey his instructions because deep down she knew it was
all designed for her pleasure.

Henry wouldn’t have allowed her
to participate if anything else had been the case. He’d promised her it was
safe here. Ryder reassured her with butterfly kisses on her cheek.

“You’re pretty when you’re
defiant.” He spanked the other side of her ass, making her dance for him. “Does
that mean you like to be punished?”

“Wouldn’t know.” She managed to
inform him through gritted teeth.

Though honestly, she had some
clue if the dampness between her thighs was any indication.

“You’ve never played rough
before?” He gentled his clutch and his tone a tiny fraction. Enough that she
rebelled.

“No. But don’t you dare slack
off. I’m strong enough to take you. All of you.” The sting of his treatment
surprised her.

“Don’t worry, wildcat.” He bit
her shoulder. “I didn’t mean to insult you. I don’t doubt the stuff you’re made
of. Look at you. Shining on your very first night.”

“Damn straight.” She relaxed a
bit when he gripped her tighter. With his strong embrace, she knew he’d keep
her in place. The revelation was freeing.

“So let’s get to it.” He slid
one hand up the inside of her leg from her knee to the apex of her thighs,
teasing over her now-naked pussy and even her ass. Then he moved on, dragging
smooth nails up her spine until they encountered the clasp of her bra.

Unhooking it with a single deft
flick, he allowed her breasts to hang free.

Ryder relinquished his grip on
her hair. She rested her forehead on the railing and closed her eyes to savor
the skimming of his hands over her shoulder blades then around her rib cage to
cradle the mounds of her chest in his palms beneath the loose cups of her bra.
Her nipples had to be stabbing his hands.

Aching, hard, and aroused, she
tried to rub against him.

In an instant, his hands were
gone, returning only in a slap on her bare ass.

“If you can’t stay still on your
own, I’ll help you.” He growled as he wrapped an arm around her and used it to
tug her upright. His hands swept along her shoulders, knocking her bra straps
off them. The delicate garment fell to the floor, forgotten. “First, let me
look at what’s mine…tonight.”

Did he hesitate because he’d
like to stake a greater claim?

God, she hoped so.

Because when she faced the man
before her and the intimate desire lasering from his stare, she hoped she could
possess him too. One night just wasn’t going to be enough. No matter how
amazing it had already turned out to be.

“Hell.” He stood there, fists
clenched by his sides as he scanned her from head to toe.

When she reached out to him, he
stumbled backward. Her hand hovered in midair.

“Give me a second.” His breath
sawed in and out of his rapidly expanding and deflating chest. “Shit. Sorry.”

This time he cupped her hand in
his and raised it to cover his hammering heart. The disc of his nipple
tightened beneath the heel of her palm. “You’re affected too?”

“You’re only noticing now?” He
grimaced. “I’m usually a lot better at this whole dominating stuff.”

“Seem to be doing fine to me.”
She smiled shyly.

“I can’t keep my distance with
you.” Ryder lifted her hand again, this time to nibble her knuckles with enough
tenderness to melt her heart and any lingering flakes of frost caused by her
recent introduction to a world he knew so well.

“At least we’re in this together
then.” Linley rose onto her tiptoes to ask for a kiss. It wasn’t often she had
to stretch to meet a man. The extra height he had on her tall frame pleased
her.

Ryder obliged. He banded her in
his strong arms and plastered them together from chest to toes. His stiff cock
was trapped between them as they made out as if it were a limited-time deal.
Hell, maybe it was.

What would happen after tonight?

Linley swore she’d enjoy every
second until they parted ways. This could be her only chance to burn so bright.

“We are,” he whispered before
giving her puffy lower lip one last nibble. “Now let’s get that fine ass to the
Basement so I can show it off. The sooner you march down those stairs, the
sooner we can apply for a room. You do want my cock buried in you in the near
future, don’t you, wildcat?”

Grateful for his arm, which
snaked around her waist, Linley nodded. She adored how easily he turned her
knees to jelly. Everything in her strained to get closer to him. “Yes, sir.”