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But only barely.
She tasted like what her scent had promised, sweet strawberries tinged with a hint of blood, and the combination was more intoxicating than the richest wine. The beast side of me would never get enough.
Neither would the man.
Growling, I lifted her, never letting her lips leave my own, and like the good girl she was, she came to me so willingly. Her legs wrapped around me, her hands raked into my hair, and she opened to me, letting me delve into her taste as deeply as I wished.
Gods, how had I resisted her this long?
I hadn’t, that was the truth. Not fully. I’d only been a fool who hadn’t dared to imagine such a gift as this could ever be set before him.
But now…
I growled as I kissed her, and to my amazement, the rich scent of her arousal grew stronger at the sound. She wanted that. This. Me.
Fuck, how was this possible? Even with everything I’d learned of her time with the others, for her to be turned on by me…
Shudders rolled through me as my beast clamored to strip her down and thrust into her now, and gods, my control was slipping fast. I knew the other men were out there, likely worried and wondering whether I’d found her. If she was safe and if I was too. It wasn’t fair to keep them in suspense.
But they were still miles away from here, and the instinct to have her in every possible way was stronger than any guilt could hope to overcome.
She was my treluria. My mate.
And I’d delayed claiming her for too long.
She moaned as I gripped her ass tightly, holding her in place. The strength of her vampire side was clear in how she clung to me, in how she kissed me back every bit as strongly as I kissed her. There was a ferocity to her passion that only served to stoke the flames of my own, a need that made her seem like every bit as wild a creature as me. She devoured my mouth even as I did the same to her, and in a desperately instinctive motion, she rocked her hips against me as if she was already seeking her release in my arms.
But it wasn’t time for that yet.
With my magic, I searched the terrain around us, checking for any threat that would impede what I wanted to do. But there was nothing. No humans. No predators of any kind.
Except us.
Roughly, I broke away from her, and breathlessly, she stared at me. Her pupils were blown out by desire, and her red lips were swollen from how hard I’d kissed her.
I’d leave more marks still.
“You won’t shift,” I told her, my voice thick with the growl of my beast. “I want you in this form when I catch you. Shift against my orders and I won’t fuck you when I find you. Do you understand?”
Her eyes widened, but she nodded. “Yes, sir.”
My cock grew even harder at that delicious obedience. “Good girl.” I set her down on her feet again, a cold, hungry grin twisting across my face. “Now run.”
She gasped, but in only another heartbeat, she spun and took off, sprinting out of the cave and toward the forest.
My cock ached, and I braced a hand on the wall, fighting the way my beast surged within me, demanding I go after her immediately. I could feel her on the earth, her small feet darting this way and that as she raced through the woods. My gifts hardly made it a fair chase, and someday when the world was safe for her and the Voidborn were gone, I would let my princess shift when I went after her for a true hunt. But right now, I wanted her where I could get some glimpse of whether she was safe.
Yet it wouldn’t be much of a pursuit if I didn’t at least give her a tiny head start.
I grinned as I felt how she veered to one side only to double back as if laying a false trail. Gods, she was marvelous. A predator playing at being prey, all in the hope I would fuck her every bit as savagely as I’d told her I wanted to.
Marvelous didn’t come close. She was a damned goddess, and I couldn’t wait any longer.
I took off after my mate.
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GWYNEIRA
