Tongue coiling around hers, Sesshoumaru continued to plunder her mouth, Kagome doing nothing but pulling him closer. Opening the door to the underworld had left her cold and shaken, especially from the loss of the jewel's power, and all she wanted was to curl up in his embrace—his essence.

She pulled back, gasping for air, fully intent on going right back in, but his mouth was already on her skin, alternating between kisses and nips as he made his way to her ear.

Shuddering, his name spilled out of her mouth in a breathy sigh, his responding growl making her toes curl and her stomach clench.