I bucked against him as he fell into me, his jaw clenched, his nostrils flaring as he moved. And then he was the carnal beast I knew was in him, pounding against me with a desperation that had me crying out over and over. The ache it brought didn’t matter, the sting didn’t matter, but the tension? That was unbearable. It was so intense, a fire that I couldn’t breathe through. I gasped as he ripped my nightie off, throwing it to the side before lifting me onto his waist, thrusting up as I wrapped my arms around his neck, my head falling back as I panted in time with his strokes. It was all I could do to stop myself coming undone. Nikolai filled me over and over again, replacing every sore part of my body with an unmatched pleasure that I couldn’t escape until it was too much. He

