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I lifted her and carried her to the smaller altar. She wrapped her legs around my waist as I placed her on the velvet. Candles flickered around us, and their flames reflected in her eyes.

I kissed her again, slower this time.

My hands moved beneath her shirt and followed the warm curve of her waist. She lifted her arms, allowing me to pull the fabric over her head.

A black lace bra cupped her breasts.

I stared.

“Having trouble?” she asked.

“Experiencing a religious revelation.”

“In a ritual chamber?”

“It seemed appropriate.”

She laughed, but the sound became a gasp when I lowered my head and kissed the swell of one breast. I traced the lace with my tongue before pulling the cup down and taking her nipple into my mouth.

Her back arched.

“Logan.”

The sound of my name on her lips sent hunger tearing through me.

I sucked harder, then moved to her other breast while my hands opened her jeans. She lifted her hips so I could pull them down with her underwear.

I stepped back long enough to look at her.

Carolina lay across the velvet with her red hair spilling around her shoulders and candlelight moving over her bare skin. Her thighs parted beneath my gaze.

“You’re staring,” she whispered.

“I spent too long afraid I would hurt you if I moved too quickly. Let me enjoy this.”

Her eyes darkened. “Then enjoy it closer.”

I dropped to my knees between her thighs.

Her breath caught when I pressed my mouth to the inside of one knee. I kissed my way upward, taking my time despite the way her legs trembled around me.

“Logan, please.”

I reached the soft skin at the top of her thigh and stopped.

“Please what?”

Her eyes narrowed. “You gain supernatural coordination and immediately become an asshole?”

“I was an asshole before. Now I’m a graceful asshole.”

She threaded her fingers through my hair and pulled me exactly where she wanted me.

I laughed against her skin before sliding my tongue through her wet folds.

Carolina cried out.

The sound echoed through the ritual chamber, but I suspected her mother already knew what we were doing. Subtlety had abandoned the building several moans ago.