He raised his head.Lightning flickered like a dying light bulb and revealed his hardened gaze.“You said you would’ve considered Deacon.After I take care of Henry, do I need to fight Deacon to the death too?”
I cupped his face in my hands.“You don’t have to challenge him, baby.I turned him down.”
Lucian reached across the bed and grabbed something.“Here, put your hat back on.”
I smiled.“It’s fine.I’ll just have messy hair in the morning.”
When he flipped the light back on, he had put my bonnet on his own head.“Fine.Then I’ll wear it.”
I attacked him with kisses and turned him over so I was on top.“Look at my sexy man.”
The humor between us extinguished when he hitched up my nightgown and slapped my ass playfully.
I rocked my hips against his and moaned.My skin vibrated when my tiger pushed from beneath, but instead of staying down, she exploded onto the scene and roared.
“Oh shit!”Lucian froze while staring up at me, his eyes saucer-wide.
My three-hundred-pound tiger smothered him, her long fangs brushing against his face while she sniffed him.
Lucian’s nostrils flared as he drew in my scent, trying to figure out what was about to happen next.He showed no signs of flipping his switch, which was curious.
My animal growled as she breathed in his scent.I could remember my shift for up to five minutes, so I cautiously let her investigate the man who had vowed to give his life for my heart.If they didn’t get along, I wasn’t sure where this would lead.He wasn’t a tiger, and he certainly wasn’t a Shifter.
His Adam’s apple bobbled upward as he swallowed hard and stroked my tiger’s face.
A contented growl settled in his throat.She understood his catlike behavior and yawned wide.After sniffing him, my tiger’s giant tongue bathed his hand and then licked his neck.
“Holy fuck!That hurts,” he said with a grimace.
My tiger chuffed happily while Lucian scratched her neck.
“Damn, you’re fucking gorgeous,” he said.“Are you still awake in there?Can you tell your kitty I’m not a snack?”
I forced her to recede and shifted back to human form, my clothes now ripped to pieces and lying off to the side.“I disagree.”I buried my face in his neck and bit down.“You’re pretty tasty to me.”
He gripped my ass.“I’m also turned on.”
I rocked my hips against his hard length until he hissed.“That’s no lie.”
“Fuck.I want you to claim me.”
My kisses found his mouth, and the passion simmered until I finally got out of bed.
“Where are you going?”he asked, still wearing that silly bonnet on his head.
“To get rope.”
Chapter24
After checking the security cameras on Eden’s property, Lucian set his phone on the table and resumed chewing on a piece of ginger.Over dinner, while his pack dined on lasagna, salad, garlic rolls, and soup, Tak shared Lucian’s personal business.Not only the conditions of his release but also his confrontation with Henry Hightower.
To say they were shocked would be an understatement.
“You and the Councilwoman?”Mercy slapped her hands on the table.“Have I been asleep?When did all this happen?”
“And how?”Melody added.“You two are so… opposite.”
Krys chuckled darkly.“Maybe he tied her up and gave her a history lesson about the origin of marbles until she finally agreed just to make him stop.”
