Chapter 24
He pulled away and looked down at her. “What the hell’s wrong? Isn’t this what you want?”
“I don’t know. I…It’s what I want, but you’re—”
“I’m what? I’m the same as I was in the cave. Remember?”
“But that was like an erotic dream. The rain, the wind, the fire…and you, and the others. Now you seem…so real.”
“I was real then, too, dammit.”
She looked up at him, at his rugged look and handsome face. “You’re so…oh, Jude, you’re so big and…hungry.”
“Lorraine, you’re not a fuckin’ virgin.”
“No, but the men I’ve had were…sort of, well, tame compared to you. You’re like a wild tornado, an animal, Jude. You’re so big and rough…and untamed. Oh, Jude, I want you, but I think…I think I need time to get used to you.”