Still panting, and trembling a little all over with exertion and everything else, she turned her face into the attentions of his mouth before she managed to catch his lips back and return the kiss. She slid her arms around his back, palms sliding along muscle until they were at his shoulders, and she rubbed the bridge of her nose against his cheek and temple, pressing her own slow flurry of light kisses over his skin wherever she could.

There was still an abundance of new sensation, and she was going to prolong it for as long as was practically possible.