Once Rejected Then Desired
lt his stare like a weight on my skin. Intense, assessing,
ou?" he fin
t
h
n angry. Offend
didn't hav
spered. "Whatever I w
said you were half-Lycan, but that.." he waved a hand toward the space betw
reply. I
dy was a breath away from mine. I co
t too," he
n't d
ips, lingering for a breath too long. "T
tened. "And th
ropped into a gro
grieving Ronan. She was responding to Lucian. Not in the way mates
then stopped short. His fingers hovered
hat?"
ed the
e, as if testing the limits. The warmth of his skin ignited something deep inside me, somet
voice low, dangerous, and dangerously clos
lips touched my skin, it was as if everything I'd ever
in my throat as the heat of h
d, his lips brushing against
laim him as she claimed me, as my magic swirled and pulsed around us, thicken
ed as he fought against whatever demon of control that raged ins
his touch, his scent, the electricity that sparked between us. But when I o
ed you to p
against my ear. "The question is, Selene, what will you do w
lity of his words hit me. He wasn'
ing. A startled gasp left me, but it died in my throat as my back hit the mattress behind us. He fol
cia
neck, grazing the edge of my collarb
stomach. My shirt rose with the motion, exposing skin that tingled under his touch. He moved with
ing me," he said
the part of me that always fought the part t
y pants, I finally caught his wrist. "Lucian," I
es locked onto mi
he said. "Not unle
awline. My grip on
e," he murmured. "A
r sweet, it was raw, full of hunger and heat. My fingers tangled in his shi
ed under his touch. The way my
l, he di
t the hard line of his control fraying. I could feel the weight of his body above mine, the
uld m
w. One bite, and eve
lingered too long against the sensitive
his chest, but it wasn't strength beh
ural. His pupils were blown
n't get it. The more I touch
my head,
I said, voice shaking. "I don't w
ot throug
lowered his head, resting
ight," he said hoarsely.
d toward him, the way my wolf whispered yes in t
ear o
ould happen if
d, voice trembling. "I
st of a kiss, his teeth grazing da
it ha
shoulder, blinding, searing and
ing away from me.
ht flared against my skin. I twisted, just e
in silver flame where his
e, stunned and shaken.