g for oxygen that couldn't enter. A hot tear slipped from the corner of
ng to be crushed into pa
falling limply to her sides. She waite
ever
striction stopped. The snake was holding her firmly
re forearm. The movement wasn't violent. It
t be a
It was incredibly deep, raspy, and resonated with a
in perfec
n. She jerked her head up, fully expe
only the massive, terrifyi
edatory emptiness she expected to see wasn't there. Instead,
ed around her waist began to
d until her spine hit the t
egan to emit a blinding, silver light. Catherine threw
bones breaking, shifting, and reknitting together at li
glow faded, th
e knee in the dir
mpletely naked, but the shadows of the forest clung to him. His hair was pitch black, falling in messy wa
e's breath catch. They were the exact
ess the information. Her lips tre
e a single,
eeding cut the flying rock had left. His jaw instantly clenched so hard
his knuckles scarred. He moved his ha
rs twitched. He looked at his own hand as if he was ter
survival instinct flared. She flinched hard, pulling her s
saw he
He shifted his weight, taking a deliber
t of it, trying to sound as harmless as a man his size possibly could. "This is
ed at him. The
wasn't on Earth anymore. She had fallen through a stage and landed
a fire-breathing dinosaur with one hit, but right now, he was lookin
began to thaw. The sheer absurdity of t
r slowly leaving her eyes. He leaned forward slightly,
ike sandpaper. She shook her head. "I don't
mon's golden eyes. He blinked, instantly buryi
in, bringing himself closer to her eye lev
, his voice a low rumble. "A fragile female like you will not surv
massive, scarred chest. She remembered th
till trembling slightly. "Do you..
n f
mouth twitched upward into the faintest ghost of a smile. The heat
voice thick with a heavy, solemn vow. "I w
e flip. It wasn't fear. It was something else. She knew she ha
a small,
ing grace, closing the distance between them. He bent down and
uddy ground as easily a
re skin was burning hot. It didn't feel like a cold-blooded reptile at all. Th
chest. A second later, the bli
was no longer in a man's arms. She was sitting high off the
ts golden eye checking on he
ake moved like a shadow, carrying her dee
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