Tangled

Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

115 Ava: Fate’s Urging

He kisses me again, his lips moving against mine with a hunger that consumes me. I lose myself in the taste of him, the feel of his body pressed against mine.”

Ava, Selene warns in my mind, her voice a distant echo. Remember what you need.

I try to focus on her words, but it’s hard when Lucas is kissing me like this, like I’m the only thing that matters in the world.

His hands slide under my shirt, his calloused fingers skimming over my sensitive skin. I arch into his touch, a soft moan escaping my lips.

“Lucas,” I breathe, my voice barely recognizable to my own ears. “We have to stop.”

He pulls back, his golden eyes blazing with desire. “I know. I’m sorry. I just can’t control myself around you.”

But his hands are still seeking, and I’m still arching into their touch. Rough fingers pull the cup of my bra low, and his thumb flicks over my nipple.

I take a shaky breath, trying to clear my head. “I need

1/8

115 Ava: Fate’s Urging

time, Lucas. Space. I can’t do this right now.“”

But I step closer, trying to yank his shirt out of his

waistband.

I should push him away, remind him of the boundaries I’ve fought so hard to establish, but my traitorous body melts into his embrace, craving his touch like a

parched flower thirsts for rain.

The way my name lingers on his lips, the way he breathes it like reverent prayer against my ears as his fingers continue to tug and twist in a sensual dance against my breast? I’m lost. Drowning beneath.

sensation.

The very core of me throbs with a need so basic, so simple, and so consuming.

whisper, my voice

can’t…”

him closer, my fingers tangling in his dark hair, my mouth seeking his with a desperation that frightens me. He meets me halfway, his kiss searing and possessive, claiming me as his

between us has flared to life,

2/8

Fate’s Urging

demands to be acknowledged. It’s a force beyond our control, a need that overrides all

Ava and Lucas, two individuals with complicated pasts and uncertain futures. We’re simply two

breasts in a way that drags a moan out of me. His answering growl sends another throbbing pulse of desire straight to my clit

walks me backward, guiding me until I feel the edge of the hospital

attention. She’s probably telling me to

is here with us, part of the moment. When I fall back onto the bed, he kneels between my legs.

takes only moments for him to unbutton my

Ava: Fate’s Urging

my legs, tossing them somewhere

smooth motion

thing in the world, like he would lay down his life to protect me. It’s a heady feeling, one that makes me

before.

kisses along my legs, drifting toward my inner thighs, and my hips buck in frustration, seeking more. More friction, more heat, more

have disappeared with my jeans and his mouth settles there, right at the core of me,

I beg, gripping his hair with such force that my knuckles

down, both wrapped around my thighs as he feasts on the warmth of me, on the wetness I

feel.

Ava: Fate’s Urging

Fuck.

he sucks and nibbles and licks and loves at different moments, driving what little thought I have straight out of my

throb to over the cliff without warning, and I

His growls, the approval in his words, sends fresh

One isn’t enough.

Not even close.

settles between my thighs. His middle finger sinks inside, accompanying stars behind my eyelids

growl that comes out of his throat tells me

submission.

and I shove my hips

15:33

5/8

Ava: Fate’s

eagerly as he thrusts, his rhythm