He cocked his head. “Run.”
She bolted, rushing through the trees as her mind screamed with danger. Feet pounded against the hard ground, each step faster than the one before, chest heaving from exertion, not daring to look back lest she catch a glimpse of the man hunting her.
She must have imagined those eyes of his.
There was no fucking way that they had turned reptilian. It must have been a play of the dark, a mere trick of the shadows caused by the Full Moon–
A battering ram collided with her, sending Nyra flying forward as she toppled to the ground. Strong arms wrapped around her, fingers cupping the back ofher head as if shielding her from the impact. Solid muscle pressed down as a massive body nestled between her legs, rendering her completely motionless as she lay sprawled out beneath. Panting, she became suddenly very aware of the position in which they were in.
“Little prey,” smoke and velvet purred in her ear, “you shouldn’t have done that. You’ve awoken the true beast now, and he won’t rest until he’s fully claimed you.”
Goosebumps erupted over her skin, her nipples turning to two hard beads of stone, painful to the touch where his own chest pressed down on her. Her legs gaped open, her pussy throbbing with need as it ached to be filled up.Traitor.
“You can’t have me.” She pushed on his chest with all her might, struggling against his weight, but it was useless, as if a boulder had taken up residence in place of the stupidly handsome warrior. “Get off of me!”
“I suggest you don’t do that, wildling, unless you’re ready to be fucked into the dirt.”
She froze.
A violent wave of arousal swept over Nyra, already imagining his fat cock slamming into her as she shamelessly begged for more. Deny it, fight it, pretend itwasn’t so, but gods damn it, she would do it. She would beg him like a pathetic human being to use her, to take everything that she had to give and then some, for this was no ordinary male. Just the raw scent of him sent her blood boiling with unbridled desire.
It was savage.
Vicious.
A thrill so addictive that it left her incapable of doing anything but lie there motionless as they stared at each other, panting.
For some fucked up reason, she was immensely affected by him, and she wasn’t ready to accept it. It went against all common sense and logic, everything that she had learned in her short life of twenty nine years.
“Don’t fight it, little vixen.” Soft lips brushed hers. “There’s nothing you can do. You belong to me.”
“I don’t belong to anyone.” She pushed at him again, refusing to give in.
Grinning wildly, he whispered against her mouth, “But you do. You just don’t realize it yet.”
Lips parting, she strained to take in some fresh air but too late realized her mistake. Wood and musk invaded her senses, rushing in as it filled her with theheady aroma, her body burning up as he ever so slowly licked her mouth.
A needy moan escaped her, Nyra’s body betraying her, his massive erection pressing into her pulsing center as he rolled his hips over her clothes. His lush tongue dove in, gently teasing her, increasing in force until it turned into a devouring kiss, so consuming and desperate that she lost all sense of herself and the reason as to why she was running away from him in the first place. It felt right, as if she was right where she was supposed to be.
Arms locking around his neck, she pulled him flush against her, their bodies perfectly aligned, as if made for each other.
The same maddening feeling that she had back at the tavern took over, once more. The absolute need to become one with this male so unbearable, that she thought she would die on the spot.
“Tell me your name,” he said, his voice unraveling the last of her resolve.
“Nyra,” she whimpered, desire clouding her mind. “Please,” not knowing what she was begging for, “please, I need–”
“Shh, I know what you need. But I won’t fuck you here, where others can hear your screams.”
Her pussy spasmed, a thick coat of cream gushing out of her, her body burning up as if hot lava was being poured over her. “I don’t care, please, it’s too much.”
“No,” he growled, eyes aflame, his face strained, as if in great pain. “The first time that I slide into your sweet cunt, it will be in my bed, where I can fuck you properly. Where you’ll be laid out for me like a sacrificial lamb, so fucking desperate for my cock that I won’t even have to prime you before I fill you.” He yanked her hair, baring her throat to him, sucking on the flesh. “I’ll stretch you so completely, you’ll have no choice but to take every hard inch of me. And youwilltake every inch of me, Nyra. All of me. You’ll beg me for it. Fuckingweepfor it. I am the only male that will ever give you what you need. You aremine. You belong tome.”
“You’re fucking insane.”
Groaning, he fisted her hair, dragging his tongue up her throat and over her jaw, parting her lips to sweep in and tangle with hers, taking her breath away, yet again.
He pulled away, closing his eyes as his forehead rested on hers. “I’vebeeninsane, Nyra. For years, I’ve searched for you. Not knowing what happened to that fearless woman, if she was alive or if she had perished in that fire.”
