What a complete A-hole! Rude, bossy, bullying, jerk! Out of all the Vulfans to fall in lust with, why did it have to be this one?
He grabbed her by the arm and started walking. She kicked him in the shins, hard, and then punched him in the arm. Then she winced. “Ouch.” Then she kicked him again.
“You son of a bitch!” she shouted.
“Ah, you have heard tell of my mother.” He didn’t look the least bit offended. He kept walking, and she swung her leg around and hooked it behind his knee, causing him to momentarily stumble. She yanked her arm from his grasp.
“Shall I carry you?” His eyes had a wicked twinkle to them. “I would enjoy that.”
“Why, given that I’m not your true mate?”
“But you are very attractive. If you were interested, I would very much enjoy…getting to know you better.”
She tried not to let his words distract her from how angry she was, but it was hard. As was he – she could see the outline of his hardened cock straining against the cloth of his leggings. She ignored the trickle of moisture in her panties and the urge to climb him like a tree, licking him every inch of the way.
“And I would very much enjoy pushing you off a cliff,” she said. “How could you even think of leaving the Eeplings here?”
He shrugged. “My pack survives because I always put their welfare first. I cannot protect the entire galaxy. Do the Eeplings provide any diplomatic or strategic advantage to us? No, they do not. Therefore it benefits me nothing to extend my protection to them.”
“You are a horrible person.”
“True, but I am an excellent leader.”
“Well, I’m not a member of your pack, so how does it benefit you to protect me?”
He seemed to consider that. “I… Well…I do not want anything to happen to you. You said that you like me. I like you too. And therefore I do not wish you to be harmed.”
“Youlikeme, do you?” She hadn’t meant for it to come out as bitter as it did.
A more serious look crossed his face, and he tore his gaze from her, staring off into the distance at the mountains. “It is more than that. You are the first female I have been attracted to in…I can’t remember how long. I wish to take you back to my bedchamber and pleasure you for weeks on end. I wish that I could tell you that you were my true mate, but I cannot. I had a true mate once, and she died.”
Violet didn’t know whether the swift pain in her heart was for him, or for herself.
