as his mouth found her neck and she arched into the bite of his teeth on the sensitive skin just beneath her ear ; as his fingers slid silk away ; as he found protection then moved inside of her in one hard thrust so that her gasp of pleasure joined his desperate groan ; as her nails dug into his shoulders and her ankles crossed tightly across the small of his back while she urged him for even more-valentina realized the foundation for her fears was disintegrating .