Is this what I smelled like?
Oh, you smell far better to him, Bouda laughed, startling me.Tell him his ass is too big to hide behind that tree.
“You can’t hide that massive ass behind a tree,” I shouted.
I swallowed.I thought you’d left me.
I kept watching the treeline until Blaidd finally stepped out from behind a trunk. He looked offended—though it was hard to take seriously with his face still plastered and bruised from my swipe the night before.
No. Your body needed to rest, Bouda said.
But—
“Lielit,” he said, raising his hands slowly, palms out.“I come in peace. There seems to have been… a slight miscommunication.”
I gaped at him.
Mis-fucking-communication?
This fucker had tried to destroy me.
He pulled his sweater over his head and tossed it at me.
That’s when it clicked—he wasn’t being polite.
He was wary.
Maybe even spooked.
I didn’t care.
“You bit a motherfucking hole in my neck. You nearly killed me in that cell. You ruined my company and threatened my family. And to top it off, you shoved your nasty dick inside me,” I screamed, my voice echoing through the woods.
I scooped up the sweater and clutched it to my chest. There was no way I was taking my eyes off this arsehole—even if it meant staying cold.
Tell him!Bouda joined in, only this time she didn't laugh.
She raged.
Chapter 21
Blaidd
I blinked at the insult. She came on my dick. Twice. Gloriously. I mean—sure, I might have been a little heavy-handed… but how was I to know?
She doesn’t look happy. Are you sure she’s our mate?I asked Fenrir, keeping my eyes on Lielit.
I never thought it could happen to me, he said quietly.
But yes. She is ours, he added, more determined.
He didn’t say it—but after last night, we both knew.
We trailed behind her beast. Railed inwardly when she kept watch on the dock. Her escape route. Then Fenrir watched her sleep.
We knew we’d fucked up.
“Feel your neck. Does it hurt?” I asked, though I didn’t move any closer.
