He’s behind me, of course—though I don’t dare turn around to look, I can sense his proximity, and the occasional whiff of his intoxicating scent fills my nostrils.
“Where are you going?” he calls out.
“Anywhere but here! I hate you!” I blurt, pushing the joystick until I’m traveling as fast as I dare.
“You still hate me?” The hurt in his voice takes me by surprise. Then it makes me mad. I’ve told him over and over, and even when I think I might care for him a little, he proves how little I mean to him. How full of himself he is.
How I’m nothing more than his little pet.
“Fuck that,” I whisper, and push the joystick all the way forward. Full throttle. The skimmer gives a lurch, almost leaving my heart behind me. Crap, that’s fast—
“Kim, watch out!”
At the note of panic in his tone, I look back at Aurus—there’s a blaze of agony, then everything goes dark…
When I open my eyes, Aurus’s handsome, golden face swims into focus. He’s on his knees, cradling me, his eyes bright with worry. “Little Omega,” he croons.
“Ow.” I put a hand to my forehead to feel the beginnings of what will undoubtedly be a spectacular lump.
“You didn’t see the tree?”
“I didn’t see the damn tree,” I admit wryly.
“Are you hurt?”
“I don’t think so.” I do a quick scan of my body, wiggling my fingers and toes. Aside from the throbbing bump on my head, I seem to be fine.
“What were you thinking?” The worry in his tone has turned to accusation, and another wave of anger flares up in me.
“I wasbored!” I struggle in his hold, trying to get up, but his brute strength keeps me pinned in place. “You left me alone for days! Completely alone! Not a word about where you were, or what you were doing! Nobody for company or conversation… nothing to do but think. I wanted to get out and explore!”
There’s a pause. “You were not trying to escape?”
“You said it yourself,” I mutter, “there is no escape.”
“Ulf,” he says, “when I saw you hit that branch…” He crushes me to him and I realize he’s gently kissing the top of my head.
“Let go of me!” I don’t want him to be kind or tender right now. I’m too mad.
“Never, never,” he says. “You are mine, Kim. I was so worried. I will never leave you alone again.”
“Where did you go, anyway?” I lean back far enough to be able to see his face. It’s shuttered. I sense that he’s hiding something from me.
“I had business with the council, but it doesn’t matter now. What matters is that you are not hurt. Oh, my little Omega, I—” His lips find mine and he’s kissing me hard, his tongue plundering my mouth, drinking down my protests.
His scent is filling my nostrils, new leather and sandalwood, making me dizzy with need, and my arms reach up as if I have no control over them, clinging to him like I’m drowning and he’s my life line.
Why do I want him so much? I’m torn between anger and desire, and when his big hand slides down to cup my sex, his palm grinding against my clit, I gush, moaning into his kiss.
He’s growling now, licking down my neck and pushing me down until I’m lying on my back, then nudging my legs apart with his huge thigh.
A faraway part of my brain wonders whether he’s using sex to comfort me, then the familiar stretching, throbbing sensation of his cock sliding up inside me robs me of all coherent thought.
Aurus is thrusting deep and slow, hitting me in all the right places, and my climax is thundering towards me with all the subtlety of a freight train. I can sense that something’s different… there’s an underlying note of tenderness in him… and his low, bitonal growl is raising goosebumps on my flesh.
I spread my thighs wider and run my fingers through his thick, gold hair, raking his scalp with my nails.
Rearing up, he lets out a roar and the knot forms, searing my pussy, tipping me over the edge.
