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“You can’t.”

“I’ve never presented myself to a man while in heat,” I said. “I just bear it until it passes.”

“I’m not sure this thing between us will pass,” he replied.

“What do you mean? My heat is affecting you. I know it. Full-bloods crave the pleasure it brings you to mate with a woman while they’re fertile. You’re programmed to reproduce. I may be a lowly jeweler, but I was paying attention in health class. I don’t know what activated my heat, but I know why you want me to stay inside. If I told you to jump on a spaceship, fly to the moon and bring me some moon gems in exchange for taking me as much as you wanted while I was in heat, you’d probably do it.” I chuckled, as it was only partly a joke. My mother once told me that all men thought with their cocks especially when they detected a female in heat.

He smiled. “For you. I’d do it. Yes.” His expression turned serious. “But you aren’t the only one in Dretis in heat, little kitten.”

I stood and put my hands on my hips. “What are you trying to say?”

“You are the only one I want. I think you know this. It’s why you tempt me with your heat.”

“Did it ever occur to you that you might have activated my heat phase when you laid me over your lap and forced me to come for you?” I blurted out.

His eyes blazed with desire and his lips parted. His nostrils flared. “Is that so?”

“Yes, come to think of it, you are the sole reason why I’m in heat like this,” I panted.

He moved fast, closing the distance like a swift breeze. His lips were on mine in seconds, kissing me and sweeping me off my feet. I kissed him back, relishing in the way his lips were soft against mine. Our tongues collided and everything around us faded to black. There was just Khol. And me.

He grabbed me by the waist and then set me back down in the chair. Before I could pull my underdress back down to cover my exposed sex, he lifted both of my legs over the arms of the chair and fell to the floor between my legs.

He hooked his fingers around the elastic band holding my panties to my hips and tore it right off me.

“Oh,” I squealed.

“Then tell me, little kitten. Am I the sole reason you look so wet and delectable?”

A quiver spilled from my lips as he slid his finger through my slit, demonstrating how right he was. I was drenched in my own arousal. From my heat phase. From me needing him. Wanting him.

My legs were parted. My pussy was on full display for him to explore.

“Yes…” I moaned, digging my fingernails into the chair arms as he rubbed my swollen clit with his thumb.

For being such a dominant leader and a formidable warrior, his strokes were gentle.

“Oh my God…” I mewled.

Something delicious was already building inside me, causing electricity to dance beneath my flesh.

“Would you like me to make you come again?” he asked.

I nodded.

“But you must promise me one thing.” He lifted his gaze to mine.

“What?”

“Never run from me ever again.” He pushed a single finger into my sex.

I bit my lip and stiffened. “Okay…” I panted.

“Now when I force you to come for me again, don’t hold back your screams,” he said, just before lowering himself and bringing his mouth down over my sex. He went straight for the center, plunging his tongue into my pussy and lapping at the juices that melted away like honey. His tongue was wide and long, and I watched in delight as it disappeared between the lips of my sex over and over again. He was relentless, whipping his tongue back and forth across my clit causing my building climax to ebb and flow.

“I’m gonna…” I squealed. “Khol.”

He moaned against my clit, added another finger to intensify the thrusts and wrapped his lips around my clit.

I exploded, falling off the cliff, giving myself utterly and completely. I screamed his name as ecstasy flooded through me. When my orgasm subsided, it felt like I was on a cloud of bliss.

My body trembled as he lapped at my essence, taking me all in.

“It is true. You taste of honey and nectar from the gods. I haven’t had enough.” He continued licking me until I was trembling in climax once again.

“Khol, I want you to take me, please.”

He rose his gaze to meet mine. “If I take you now, Visla, there will be no going back. You will be mine. Do you understand?”

I nodded.

“Say it. I want to hear it from your sweet mouth.” He lifted himself to kiss me and I wound my arm around his neck and pulled him closer to me. His lips were sweet. He tasted of my heat and his desire combined into one.

“I’m yours, Khol.”

It felt so natural to surrender myself to him.