I didn’t have a choice. I lost all control as I ignored her soft protest and pressed a kiss on the nightgown hiding her wetness.
I couldn’t explain it. Couldn’t stop it.
Shielding her body with mine, I blocked what I was about to do from the assassin’s view, and ran my hand up her leg.
She gasped as I found no panties. No obstruction. Whoever had dressed us when they’d found us on the mountain had done me a favour.
She swayed against me as I plunged two fingers inside her. Her inner walls clenched greedily around me as I curled them, stroking that perfect spot.
“Oh, God.” Her knees buckled.
Wrapping my arm around her thighs, I held her upright as I latched my mouth back onto her bloody hip and fucked her hard and fast with my fingers.
Hurry, I ordered.Come for me.
Her blood on my tongue and her arousal on my skin—it healed something broken inside me even as her taste flooded my mouth. Her flavour was all wrong, like old ashy pennies—
I went to pull away, but her hand turned fierce, holding my mouth against her.
My heart skipped a beat as her core tightened around my fingers. I growled against her skin, dragging my teeth lightly overthe wound as I took another deep lick, chasing her release, driving her high and fast.
Her breath came in short, choppy whimpers as her hips rocked shamelessly on my hand.
Come,I growled into her mind, sucking harder, begging the rush of healing to wash through me like usual.Right now, Rook.
She shattered.
Her core clamped around my fingers in powerful, rhythmic pulses.
And...something happened.
The combination of her orgasm and blood sent strength and fire roaring through my veins—
“Oi!” a harsh voice barked from the wall. “Keep moving! No stopping!”
Withdrawing my fingers, I used her as a crutch as I staggered to my feet. The fire threatened to splutter out again and pure instinct had me bringing my fingers to lips and sucking off the remnants of her orgasm.
A desperate shudder tore through me as her taste hit me—far more potent than her blood and deliciously powerful.
I groaned a little as my cock begged to copy her and release.
I couldn’t think around the images inside my head. Of mingling our energy through sex and—
“I can’t believe you just did that.” Her cheeks pinked as she wrenched my fingers out of my mouth. “Can’t believe you just mademedo that.”
The urge to rip the nightgown off her body and bury myself inside her right there on the cold ground was fuckingunbearable.
Grabbing Rook’s hand, I yanked her back into a walk, shielding her body with mine as much as possible. Every step sent a sharp jolt of discomfort through my aching erection, but I clenched my jaw and forced myself to keep moving.
Focus.
Kill first, then I could spend as much time as I wanted between her thighs.
Sinking inside myself, I nursed the tiny, fragile flame spluttering and smoking around my heart. It was weak but at least it’d returned—either from Rook’s release or her blood.
Walking down the corridor, I brought my wrist to my mouth and tore open my skin with my teeth.
“What are you doing?” Rook hissed.
