“We’re going to talk about what the fuck this tattoo is later.” He moved his hand enough to trace the edges of the design. “And I’m going to kill whoever put it on you.”
“You will do no such thing,” I growled.
“It’s adorable you think you can order me around. Almost as adorable as the way you lie.”
Sharp pain bit into my flesh where Ryker’s claws dug in over my heart. His gaze was still locked on it, and my pulse quickened as heat spread between my thighs.
“Ryker,” I breathed as that thread between us seemed to strengthen. “What are you doing?”
“We both know you’ll run again, so you lied a second ago. But I’m more curious about the other lie you keep repeating. The one about never choosing me.” He finally met my eyes again, and all I saw reflected in them was a wolf that had finally found its prey. “You’re lying to yourself as much as to me.”
“I meant it. You’ll never choose me either. Your loyalty is to the Alphas. I get it. They’re your pack, but they’re not mine, which means you never will be either.”
He tilted his head in that purely wolf way of his that I secretly loved. The heat pooling between my legs intensified, and I struggled not to rub my thighs together.
“Would you want me to be?”
“That’s not an option.” My heart was hammering so loud, I was surprised the guards hadn’t come down to investigate.
“I didn’t ask if it was an option.” His claws pressed harder into my flesh, and the tangy scent of my blood filled the crisp night air. “I asked if you wanted me to be yours.”
A flicker of anger broke through the lust and confusion. Why was he asking that?
“What are you doing? What are we doing?” I asked tightly. “This isn’t us. We fight. We fuck. We leave. That’s the extent of our relationship.”
“Only because you’re too stubborn to see what’s right in front of you,” he growled. “Ask me how I always find you, Rynn. Ask me how it feels when we’re apart.”
I stared at him, not understanding where these questions were coming from or why they were relevant. “You found me because you’re a good tracker, and your obsession isn’t my problem.”
Frustration and anger flashed across his face, and instantly, I felt better being in familiar territory.
“This conversation isn’t over.” He tore his hand away from my chest, making me wince, and dropped to his knees. I stumbled forward, my palms falling to his shoulders to steady myself as he roughly yanked at my pants, tearing the buttons. “But if I have to fuck you to help you see reason, then I will.”
“Oh fuck you, Ry—shit!” My head slammed back against the tree, and I bit my tongue to cut off the scream when Ryker pushed three fingers into my slick heat at the same moment his mouth closed over my clit, sucking it hard. I was wet but still tight as he pumped his fingers roughly in and out of me.
A loud moan broke free when he hit a particularly good spot.
Ryker’s hand froze and he pulled away from my trembling clit to look up at me. “I suggest you stay quiet, because after watching Draven touch you yesterday, I’m not really in the mood to let anyone see you naked and coming on my tongue. So unless you want the deaths of sentries on your soul, swallow those screams, Princess.”
“Draven is just a frie?—”
“I don’t care,” Ryker cut me off. “Shut up and come all over my face.”
“I fucking hate you,” I growled, even as my hands found their way to his head and I wrapped my fingers in that gorgeous silver hair, all but shoving his face back into my pussy.
His hot breath danced across my sensitive flesh as he chuckled before circling my clit with his tongue while his hand moved again.
My teeth bit into my bottom lip while I rode his fingers. Pleasure built, and I had to keep my eyes open to prevent myself from slipping too far into it. I wasn’t entirely sure if Ryker had meant his threat, but even if he didn’t kill anyone who interrupted us, I had no doubt he would beat the shit out of them.
So I stared at the still-open door of the barn and concentrated on not screaming while Ryker drove me closer and closer to oblivion.
“Harder,” I demanded.
Ryker’s left hand slid up my stomach to grip my breast, squeezing tightly while his teeth grazed my clit. My fingers tightened around his hair as I encouraged him for more.
Movement caught my attention in the darkness of the stable. So quick, I thought I had imagined it.
Shit. I’d been so quiet. Mostly.
