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“But I wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for you, would I?” I continued, and she shivered.
“What do you want from me, Hades?” she asked, her voice trembling slightly, but still holding that edge of defiance that had drawn me to her in the first place.
I smiled against her neck, my teeth grazing her skin in a way that made her shiver.
“I want your surrender,” I replied, my voice dark with promise. “I want you to give in to me completely, to let go of that stubborn pride and trust me to take care of you.”
She turned her head slightly, her eyes meeting mine with a fierce, determined gaze.
“And if I don’t?” she challenged, though I could hear the uncertainty in her voice, the way her resolve was beginning to crumble under the weight of the tension between us.
“Then I’ll take what’s mine,” I said simply, my hands sliding up to cup her breasts, my thumbs brushing over her hardened nipples. “But I think you want this as much as I do, Aria. I can feel it in the way your body responds to me, in the way you tremble under my touch.”
She bit her lip, her breath hitching as I continued to tease her, my hands roaming over her body with a possessiveness that left no doubt as to who she belonged to. Her defiance was slipping, giving way to the desire that I knew was burning inside her, just as fiercely as it burned inside me.
“Tell me, my sweet Aria,” I whispered, my lips trailing down her neck, leaving a path of heat in their wake. “Do you want me to stop?”
She didn’t answer right away, her body trembling with the effort to resist me, but I could feel her resolve crumbling as I pressed her further, pushing her to the edge of what she could handle.
Finally, she shook her head, her voice barely above a whisper.
“No,” she breathed, the word filled with a mixture of surrender and longing. “Don’t stop.”
A triumphant growl rumbled in my chest as I turned her around to face me, my hands sliding up to cradle her face.
“Good girl,” I murmured, capturing her lips in a fierce, claiming kiss. She melted into me, her arms wrapping around my neck as she gave herself over to the moment, to the fire that had been building between us since the day we met.
The kiss deepened, becoming more urgent, more desperate as we gave in to the need that had been simmering just beneath the surface. My hands roamed over her naked body, exploring every curve, every dip and rise.
I could never get enough of her.
The water swirled around us, warm and soothing, but it was nothing compared to the heat that blazed between us. My lips moved to her jaw, her neck, trailing down to her collarbone as I savored the taste of her skin, the way she trembled under my touch.
Her hands gripped at my shoulders, her nails digging into my skin as she held on to me, her breath coming in short, ragged gasps. I could feel the way her body leaned into mine, the way her heart pounded in time with my own.
“You’re mine, Aria,” I whispered again. “And I’m never going to let you go. Not now. Not ever.”
Her breath hitched at my words. The last of her resistance seemed to melt away, leaving only the raw, unfiltered need between us. I could feel it in the way she pressed herself against me, her body surrendering to the heat that had been simmering between us for so long.
I pulled her closer, the hard length of my desire pressing against her thigh. She gasped, her eyes widening as she felt the evidence of my need for her, the proof that she was driving me just as wild as I was driving her.
With a growl of hunger, I captured her mouth again, this time with even more intensity. The water around us churned as I lifted her, her legs instinctively wrapping around my waist as I backed her against the cool stone wall of the grotto. Thecontrast between the cold rock and the heat of our bodies was intoxicating, sending a shiver through the both of us.
I broke the kiss, my forehead resting against hers as I caught my breath, the air between us heavy with desire.
“Aria,” I murmured, my voice rough with the need that clawed at me from the inside. “You have no idea what you do to me.”
Her eyes, dark with want, met mine, and I could see the conflict within them—the fierce determination that had kept her alive in battle today warring with the surrender she was so close to giving me.
“Show me,” she whispered, trembling with both fear and anticipation. “Show me what it means to be yours.”
A dark, triumphant smile curved my lips as I claimed her mouth once more, this time with a possessiveness that left no room for doubt. My hands roamed her body, exploring every curve, every dip, every inch of skin that was mine to claim. The feel of her beneath my hands, the way she responded to my touch, was almost too much to bear.
Almost.
I could feel her trembling beneath me, her body arching toward mine as if she couldn’t get close enough, like she needed this as much as I did.
Aria’s breath came in ragged gasps, her hands clinging to me as if I were the only thing keeping her grounded in this moment. The water swirled around us, the steam rising in thick tendrils, but it was the fire between us that threatened to consume everything.
