Chapter Eight Delilah As I stared into Alex’s dark eyes, my heart was thudding so hard and fast inside my chest that every beat echoed throughout my entire body. The slick fusion of our joining felt almost surreal, primal, and elemental. It had been a while—quite a while—since I’d had s*x. Alex was thick and long, stretching me enough that it burned slightly even though I was no virgin. Tears stung the back of my eyes as emotion crashed over me. There was desire, and then there was this—this fierce, epochal intensity I felt with Alex. Alex held still, the feel of his fingers pressing into my skin about the only anchor in the storm of sensation and emotion swirling within me. He eased his grip on one hip, his hand sliding up my side and his thumb briefly teasing my n****e, tight and ac