The admission that she'd studied this, that she'd prepared herself through whatever means mermaids used to understand human sexuality, struck Lu Yuze as both endearing and incredibly arousing. She'd put thought into this moment, had educated herself, had decided what she wanted and how she wanted it to happen.
"No rule at all," he agreed, his hands settling on her hips with firm possessiveness, giving her silent permission to proceed however she chose. "You can have whatever you want tonight. I'm yours."
The surrender in those words, the offering of control and trust, made Shuyin's heart race even faster than the physical intimacy already had. Lu Yuze, powerful, controlled, always carefully orchestrating situations to protect those he cared about, was giving her complete authority over this moment, over him, over what happened between them.
It was intoxicating in ways that had nothing to do with the alcohol still affecting her system.
