She arched her hips and parted her thighs to accept him. As he pushed into her, her body opened to him, their eyes locked. She felt herself stretching and filling as his heat and power penetrated her, going deeper and deeper into her until they were one.

"Mine," he said quietly, "you're mine, Violet."

He moved inside her, first with slow and gentle strokes, then with a fierce, urgent, thrusting hunger as their desires took control. As she got closer to releasing herself, she cried out for him. They both exploded at the same time, just like one person.

They lay still, hands intertwined, fingers locked in a lover's knot,...