He felt compelled to protect Astrid.He had a feeling he knew why, but Astrid was a human, and he was never going to mate with a human.These feelings had to stay dead.It would never work.
Chapter Five
Astrid tried to goto sleep.
It was the full moon.
She hadn’t seen Lord in two days.Blake had already told her Lord wouldn’t be back until the full moon was over.He didn’t return for more food, even though the burritos and cookies he took were not going to be substantial.
She didn’t like this sudden overwhelming feeling that swept right over her.It was a need she couldn’t quite put her finger on.It consumed.
Before she had a chance to second-guess what she was doing, she threw the blankets off her body and swung her legs out of bed.The moment they hit the cold wooden floor, she had a brief hit of sanity.Then, she felt that pull that had her moving off the bed and taking the steps toward the window.Glancing out the window, she looked out over Lord’s land, expecting to see something, anything.There was nothing.
What did she feel?Why was it making her feel this way?Nothing made any sense.
She made her way to the door, and then downstairs.She didn’t go to the kitchen, but opened the front door, and that was when she came face to face with Lord.
This had to be a dream.
Astrid didn’t make a sound.Their gazes met and neither of them turned away.There was nowhere for her to turn, no other place for her to look.She was completely trapped and under his gaze.
And then, before she knew what was happening, he’d shoved his shoulders into her stomach and lifted her right onto them, carrying her out of the house.As if by magic, the door seemed to close, but she imagined Lord merely pulled it closed.
There was no fear as he took off.She expected to feel pain from being splayed over his shoulder, but there was none as he carried her away from the house.
Astrid didn’t know where they were, however, it was as he carried her and she was face to face with his ass that she realized Lord was completely naked.Had he been naked when he faced her at the house?There was no way someone’s clothes simply melted away.He had to have been naked when she saw him at the house, and she hadn’t noticed.She found that so hard to believe, and then just as suddenly, she was on her feet.
Astrid wanted to look down, but instead, his blue eyes held her in their grip.She couldn’t look away.He pressed her up against a tree, and she put her hands on his chest, and then slowly began to slide them up, wrapping around the back of his neck.
It seemed to last a lifetime where he just stared at her, and his gaze kept falling to her lips, but he never kissed her.She wanted his mouth on hers, to taste him.
And then, as if by another form of magic, it finally happened, and he took possession of her lips.This kiss was everything she hoped for.The feel of his lips on hers set her world aflame.It was magic and poignant, and she didn’t want it to end.
Lord traced her lips with his tongue, and she opened up to him.He plunged inside, and she tasted him on her tongue.It made her moan and melt at the same time.
At first, his hands were pressed either side of her head, and all of sudden, he grabbed her hips, pulling her in close, and she cried out his name, not wanting him to stop as they were flush together.
