Prayers answered, Elijah heard her words and needed no further prompting.  Consumed by a roaring fire deep within, he immediately found himself locked in a fierce kiss.  Almost too hard, he cautioned himself.  Now, he thought, was the time to prove himself.  He was no cold monster, but a lover who responded to his partner and her needs as much, if not more, than his own.  He kissed her again, but this time he did not remain at her lips for long.  Slowly, as though creating a map for the senses, he began to kiss her face.  He began by placing a small kiss just on the tip of her nose.  Cheekbones, eyelids, eyebrows, each got their own attention as he moved around her angelic face.  He smiled.  She tasted a little salty.  For some unknown reason, the flavor pleased him on a deep level.<br/><br/>Trapped in a slightly awkward position, Elijah turned and shifted slightly. Very carefully he eased Maddi around so that they were now sitting next to each other on the bedding.  Though he immediately missed the contact of her skin, he now had better access to the rest of her supple body.  Elijah paused a moment to take in her beauty.  She was only wearing a wrinkled vest, and a pair of slightly damp panties.  Elijah knew it was partly his infatuation, and partly her inner glow, but he thought she looked regal in her dishevelment.  Maddi took his pause as a opportunity to kiss him back, but Elijah placed a finger on her lips.  "Wait for it..."  He smiled and laid her back on the bedding. "Close your eyes.  Open your feelings."<br/><br/>Elijah straddled Maddi and leaned forward to began kissing her lightly on both sides of her neck.  At one point he trailed his tongue up her skin towards her earlobe, which he gently caught between his teeth.  After blanketing the area with love, Elijah relaxed back.  He took her right arm and held it up near his face, lightly licking and nibbling at each of her fingers.  He could still taste hints of the dinner she had lovingly offered him on her fingers.  The memory of her selflessness, was a warm glow now in Elijah's center.  He slowly lowered the arm back down, tracing a line with kisses up her arm all the way to shoulder.  Finished with the one arm, he kissed her lips, but as she reached her head forward to capture him in her insistence, he escaped and repeated the actions on her other arm.  Once again he kissed her lips when he finished and once again she sought his capture, but he retreated.  He kissed down her chin, down her throat and then slowly down her breast bone, pausing briefly to unbutton her vest.  One button, one kiss, all the way down.  When the last button was released, the vest still remaining in place by friction alone, he continued his way down to her belly button again.  Laying small kisses over the entirety of her belly.<br/><br/>Meanwhile his hands slid up her torso and slowly under her vest, peeling it away from her firm breasts.  Needing to taste all of her, he began to move upward again.  He worshiped each breast interspersing light kisses which were mere touches, with slow caresses of his tongue, tasting her salty flavor.  When he arrived at each nipple, it was hard with need and he again lightly teased them, kisses, tongue circles and finally a light nip on each as though the eating a sundae backwards and finishing with the cherry on top..<br/><br/>Elijah pulled Maddi into a sitting position, slowly removing her vest and tossing it to the side, looking deeply into her eyes.