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He grins, and I spy his fangs again. “My horns, touch one, you have been staring at them since we met.”
I search his eyes, but he seems serious, so I lift my pale hand. He nods his head in encouragement, leaning farther down so I don’t have to stretch. Licking my lips, I gently lay my hand on his left horn, almost jumping at the smooth texture. I expected them to be rough, but they are like silk, so I drag my hand up to the curved tip and back down, stroking it. He groans, and I freeze. His voice comes out slow and deep, his citrus-scented breath wafting across my ear. “Our horns are sensitive, like your little nipples I see poking through your shirt. Keep doing that, and I might just impale you on one or let you hold them while you ride me.”
I jerk back, and he watches me with hunger. “People don’t speak to me like that.”
“Then they are fools. They also probably think it but dare not say it to you. You strike me as the quick to act type.” He winks and leans back, proudly displaying the huge bulge tenting the leather fabric tied around his lithe hips. “I told you I like to shock you, but nothing I say to you is untrue.”
“What do you fear?” I blurt out, trying to change the subject as my cheeks heat and my dirty, traitorous mind drifts to the very things he just described. What would it be like to fuck this monster?
Moreover, why do I even want to know?
I spent my life being told stories of the monsters over the wall. I feared them and saw the effects of the war, seeing their marks on this abandoned city, and now here I am, sitting in front of one, wondering what he looks like under that leather.
More sharp bits? Is he even a man? Fuck, concentrate, Aria. When I meet his gaze again, he smirks wider, but luckily, he doesn’t mention my gawking. Thank god, I can’t blush anymore.
“Fear?” he asks.
“Don’t say nothing like some cocky idiot,” I mutter.
“Everyone fears something, little one, even the monsters.” He sobers, dragging his thumb along his lips, and for some reason, it makes my thighs clench. “I fear…solitude. I fear my people being locked down here forever for simply existing. I fear what the truth would bring. I fear what will happen when they finally decide to cross that wall.” Leaning in, he captures my chin and pulls me closer, our lips almost touching. “But right now, I fear why I crave this fiery, wild little human sitting before me so intently, I can barely breathe past my lust.”
“Akuji.” I sigh.
“Don’t say my name like that, not now when all I can think about is tasting those tempting little lips or burying my head between your clenched thighs that do nothing to disguise the sultry scent of your desire.”
I don’t know where his sudden braveness has come from. I didn’t even think he thought like that, which was foolish. He’s a male, even if he is a monster, yet the things he’s saying have me shivering, and not in fear.
What is happening to me?
THIRTEEN
AKUJI
Iexpect to taste her terror as she stares right back at me, but instead, her eyes flare with interest, confusion, and desire, making me groan. My tail snakes around her body, stroking down her back and bringing her closer before caressing her thigh. She jumps and looks at it before her gaze comes back to me.
My eyes drop to her very human lips, wondering not for the first time what they taste like. I never understood the human obsession with lips meeting until I saw her, and then all I could think about was touching them, tasting them, and licking them like I had seen other humans do back in the labs when they thought they were stealing moments from everyone else.
I wonder if she would let me.
She isn’t leaning away or running, even as my tail holds her to me, yet it’s not close enough. I’ve wanted this little human for so long, watching and aching for her from afar. My people would call it wrong, because humans are the enemy…but how could we be enemies when she feels so perfect and right?
Just as I am about to test it, to see if she would run, a yawn splits her lips. Her cheeks blush as she covers it, mumbling an apology.
“You’re tired. Come, little human, you need rest,” I murmur softly, reaching for her again. I wrap her in my arms, taking liberties. Either she is too tired to care, or she isn’t afraid as I lay us down in my nest, flicking my tail at the cat’s meow. I place my back to the door to protect her in case of an attack and wrap my seven-foot frame around her tiny one. She feels small and soft against me, which has my possessiveness roaring its head. How can such a little thing be so fierce and strong?
Still, I stiffen, unsure what to do, but my human has no such qualms.
She snuggles into my chest like I am a comfort for her, claiming me with her body until every inch of me is hers, and I would die a thousand deaths just to stay here with her in my arms.
My heart beats rapidly as her tiny hands curl into my chest. Tilting my head, I look down at her in wonder. Never has anything felt like this before, as if I would rather cut off my arm than move her. It’s an honour she is bestowing upon me—trust. That’s what this is, trust, as she sighs and slowly falls asleep. Tiny, adorable snores fill the air, and I still do not dare move an inch in case I disturb her, in case she moves away, remembering I am the monster she was warned about.
Yet in my heart, I know I’m not just a monster. I’m her monster now.
I belong to this little human, and when she goes back over the wall, my heart will follow her.
The cat snores loudly, and I know he feels the same. This little human came over the wall to escape her people, but she will go back to where she belongs and leave us here, wondering how we ever lived before her.
“Do not leave, little human. Stay here with the monsters…with me. I promise I will protect you like they never did. You will never be hungry or scared again. Stay,” I beg, knowing she cannot hear me.
