Herpussy lips were already swollen and hot with need, parting on their own to showher berry-dark inner cunt, slick and hot with her honey, so there was nothingto stop him. Nothing to hold him back when his tongue at last connected withher bare inner folds and dragged up to her aching clit.

Thrace groanedlow in his throat and Trin moaned breathlessly as his tongue made contact withher open pussy. For a moment they both froze. Clearly, though he couldn’t bearto do it himself, Thraceexpected her to pull back. And indeed, the little voice in her head wasshouting that she should pull back, that this was wrong.

Not wrong, Trintold it. Not wrong with the male I love!

Witha soft moan, she pressed forward instead, grinding against his tongue, pressingher pussy to his mouth as she had the first time he tasted her back on YonnieSix.

Hermotions seemed to set off something inside of Thrace. With a low growl, hewrapped his arms around her thighs and surged forward, lashing her clit almostfrantically with his tongue.

Trincried out softly as his hot, wet mouth tortured her throbbing clit sweetly. Shehadn’t known it up until now, but her body had been missing him—missing himterribly. Missing his warm, enveloping hugs, the strength of his hard bodyagainst hers, his dark, spicy scent…but most of all missing the pleasure hegave her when he touched her and tasted her in just the right way. As Thracecontinued to bathe her clit with his tongue and lap her juices, she felt like awoman dying of thirst in the desert who has finally been given a drink ofwater.

Shamelessly,she wound her fingers through his hair and dragged him closer. The big Havoccame willingly, burying his face between her thighs, lapping andsucking…tracing her clit with the tip of his tongue one minute and thenthrusting deep into her pussy the next to drink her honey right from thesource.

Ithad been so long since she’d experienced pleasure instead of pain between herthighs that Trin felt herself hovering on the edge of coming almost at once.Her clit was throbbing from the way he traced it and her pussy got wetter andwetter as he licked her. But there was something she needed…something missingto push her over the edge…to finally make her come.

“Thrace!”she wailed, pulling his hair. “Thrace,I need…I need…I don’t know what I need!”

“Ido.” Looking up briefly, he held up two fingers so that she could see them. “Isthis what you want…what you need?”

Itwasn’t exactly what she needed butTrin was still afraid to ask for that. She nodded her assent and thrust herhips towards him eagerly.

“Please,”she told him in a half-moan. “Please, yes…”

Thrace enteredher smoothly with two long, thick fingers, driving to the end of her channel inone deep thrust.

Trinwailed with pleasure as she felt him pressed against the end of her channel. Thenhe sucked her clit into his mouth and began teasing it again as he fingerfuckedher open pussy, making her moan and writhe all over the bed as her orgasm atlast crashed over her.

Oh Goddess, too much…too good! Thepleasure peaked inside her, made all the better by his deep penetration, thoughshe couldn’t help wishing there was something thicker inside her.

Something more like his cock, you mean? whisperedthe judgmental little voice.

Yes, exactly…his shaft inside me, fillingme, taking me…Trin thought, still delirious with lust. She was still ridingthe waves of pleasure and the mean little voice seemed much fainter while shewas coming—almost as if it didn’t matter at all.

It shouldn’tmatter, she told herself firmly. Ishould ignore it…banish it forever and never listen to it again! After all, Ibelong to the Kindred Goddess now—the Mother of All Life—and she approves oflove between males and females. Why should I not give in and enjoy the pleasureof Thrace’stouch? The pleasure of letting him fill me…

Asif reading her mind, Thracefinally stopped lapping and sucking and looked up from between her thighs.

“Gods,you taste so delicious,” he growled, licking his lips which were wet with herjuices. “I could taste you all night, baby.”

“I’dlike that,” Trin whispered breathlessly. “But I wish…wish we could do more thanjust tasting.”

Hiseyes blazed with interest. “And what exactly is it you want to do?”

“Well,I was thinking…” Trin blushed, unable to make herself go on. After a lifetimeof being taught it was wrong to let a male penetrate her, how could sheactually ask him to make love to hernow? And how would he feel about it if she did ask?

Thrace got upand came to sit beside her on the bed.

“Hey,”he murmured, putting an arm around her. “Do you remember what I told you abouthow the medicine Commander Sylvan gave me was best for bonded couples?”

“Yes…and?”Trin looked up at him, wondering where he was going with this.

“Andso I was thinking, maybe if we renewed our bond it might be more effective. Imean, I don’t know for sure but it might help.”

“Renewour bond? How?” Trin’s breathing was coming faster again and she was very awareof his big, warm body so close to her smaller, naked one.

“Thesame way we bonded in the first place,” he murmured.

“Youmean…” Her heart started to pound. “By letting you penetrate me?”

Slowly,he nodded. “Of course, I know how upset you were last time when we weresuddenly in each other’s heads. But if you didn’t like it when we werefinished, you could always block me again.”

“Iseem to be good at that, don’t I?” Trin asked softly. “It’s the unblocking I have no idea about.”

“Well,this is the way to do it…if you want to.” He cupped her cheek in one hand andlooked into her eyes. “If you want to let me in.”

Trinknew he was talking about more than just letting him into her body…his wholeheart was in his eyes when he spoke. She knew the courage it must have taken tolay himself bare to her when she had already rejected him once, back when hefirst came for her at the temple.

Shebit her lip, considering…should she do this? Before she’d had no choice in thematter—it was let Thracepenetrate her or die of the passion berry wine. But if she did this now itwould be absolutely voluntary and deliberate on her part. She would be asking amale to penetrate her—to fill her with his shaft and thrust deep in her pussyuntil he bathed her inner cunt with his seed. After everything she’d enduredfor partaking in this act once, was she really ready to do it again?

Disgusting…adisgrace…blasphemer…sacrilege! howled the voice of guilt inside her. Fora moment Trin wanted to shrink away from Thrace’s touch…to go hide and keepher shameful urges to herself.

Butthen Nadiah’s words came back to her, whispering like the fresh, clean smellingbreeze that had blown through the trees of the Sacred Grove. “The Goddess approves of love between thoseshe has brought together,” she had said. And hadn’t she clearly broughtTrin and Thracetogether? They came from two races which did not mix with the opposite sex ifat all possible and yet…she loved him as she had never loved anyone else. Andthe look in his silver-blue eyes spoke of the feelings he had for her as well.

Howelse could they have come together except by divine intervention? And why elsewould the Goddess lift the blood curse and send Trin to Thrace to be cured of her wounds ifshe didn’t intend for them to stay together?

I love him, Trinthought. And being with him…bonding withhim is the best way to show it.

Shestill wasn’t completely sure he would stay, even if they did renew their bond.He had talked about packing and going after she was healed and had also pointedout that she could block him again if she wanted to. So maybe he was justoffering to try once more to heal her before he left…

“Sorry.”Thrace’sdeep voice broke her train of thought. “I shouldn’t have suggested it.Should’ve known how you’d feel about letting me do that to you again after whatyou learned about my past.”