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Her eyes narrowed. “They didn’t care about the warriors. The reapers want to eliminate your ability to produce more weapons, but why Darren?”

“We already have maps of their compound, so there is something else they don’t wish us to have access to. They have something brewing. That they would sacrifice twenty-four reapers to assassinate Lorne and Darren is a concern.”

Dannika blinked. “We killed twenty-four reapers?”

“The sound that knocked you out is a reaper’s death scream. It was the first of many. The other blade bearers killed a dozen more reapers, but you were unconscious for their deaths.”

She shuddered, remembering the sound. “Yeah, that’s an experience I would like to forgo in the future.”

“You’re a blade bearer, so that is impossible, but it gets easier. Every time you kill a reaper, you become more accustomed to the sound. It’s unlikely it will render you unconscious in the future.”

She put her hands over her eyes. “How do you get used to that?”

Raine chuckled. “I never said we get used to it. Every time I kill a reaper, I check my ears to see if they are bleeding.”

She chewed the inside of her cheek. “Jacob was a skilled teacher. If it wasn’t for him, I would’ve died years ago, but I was slow. That reaper had my number. He would’ve taken me down if it wasn’t for the blade.”

Raine kissed her temple. “I’m grateful to your military foster father. Your moves differ from ours, and that will be an asset in the field. I will train you to use your shadow gifts to enhance the training you received as a child. You will be an exceptional warrior. We will need your skills in the upcoming war. You and I will make a phenomenal team.”

She smiled. “I like the idea of being a team, at least with you.” She winked. “And Darren.”

Raine fell back on the bed, pulling her to him. “It seems I will have to double my efforts to keep your attention off of our cartographer.”

She laughed, snuggling closer to him. “What happened with the trials? I thought Maddock would be looking for me by now?”

Raine traced her cheek with his finger. “He was, but Darren feigned a breakdown. He was a sensitive child and though he hadn’t had an episode in years, Maddock can’t afford to lose Darren’s skills. He had Steele oversee the trials while he was absent. By the time Maddock was convinced Darren’s panic attack had subsided, we were under attack from the reapers.”

She winked at him. “See why I love the cartographer so much.”

His kiss removed every sane thought from her mind.

A shiver ran up Dannika’s spine. There was an echo of voices as men passed in the hallway, but they were alone. Raine made her feel beautiful and exotic. A rare jewel handcrafted for him alone. For a woman who’d grown up without such niceties, it surprised Dannika how much she liked the attention

She leaned into him when he removed his shirt. His fingers caressed her sensitized skin as he rolled her onto her back.

His eyes twinkled with blue fire, reflecting the desire and need that burned for her alone. His low growl as he ripped the shirt from her body so he could lavish attention on her nipples produced a ripple of fear. Squeezing her chest, making her gasp for breath. She wasn’t afraid he would hurt her; she was afraid she’d become addicted to him. He was wild, gorgeous, and sexy. She didn’t want a tame shadow wolf. She wanted one with an out-of-control appetite. One that hungered for her alone.

She pushed his jeans from his hips. His smile was slight, a predator that had ensnared its prey. She wanted that look forever. The devotion. The love. The need to consume her and bring her insatiable pleasure over and over. She knew what he wanted, and she would fulfill every fantasy.

His head bent to her breast. She arched back as he sucked her erect nipple into his mouth. Her body heated with each powerful pull of his lips. His other hand pinched her other nipple, applying enough pressure to send a rush of liquid between her legs. Her legs moved restlessly, trying to reach the erotic sensation. He took her to the brink of orgasm before he lifted his head.

The fire in his eyes connected with the beast within her. Raine caught her with the intensity of his gaze as if his eyes alone could entrap her. At that moment, she believed they could. Her skin was sensitive as his eyes roamed her body, claiming every inch as his. He put a hand on her stomach as he moved over her body.

Her breath came in ragged bursts that barely sustained her. Raine held her on the apex of insanity, her body begging for the pleasure his eyes promised. She moaned when he bent down, kissing her inner thigh.

A tentative nip made her squeeze her knees against his shoulders. The first lick between her slick folds had her arching off the bed, but his firm hands held her pinned. She was his personal banquet, and he was preparing to feast. His tongue flicked and stabbed at the sensitive flesh between her legs, bringing her closer and closer to the erotic sensation she craved.

He thrust his fingers inside her as he sucked her hard bud into his mouth. She was riding his fingers, pressing against him with all her strength, yet he kept her on the brink, unable to fall. She gasped when he increased his tempo. His hand worked in tandem with his mouth, creating a firestorm of sensation. He was attuned with her body, playing it like a fine instrument. A maestro of erotic madness.

She came hard, clamping down on his fingers, screaming out his name in wild abandon. He didn’t allow the sensation to end. He knelt over her, fisting his cock at her entrance before he entered her. His thick shaft parted the sensitized tissue. A whirlwind of sensation filled her, her body his slave as he pumped inside her, building the pressure once more.

Black mist rose from their bodies, intertwining in the air above them, a dark erotic dance as powerful and seductive as Raine and Dannika. Every molecule, every particle of their souls, wound together, tighter and tighter, a spinning web of desire and destiny. Bonding for all time in the darkest seduction.

Raine grabbed her hips. His fingers bit into her skin, ratcheting up the pain and pleasure. She basked in a fiery thrall as he continued to thrust deeper and deeper into her heated flesh. Every nerve ending was on fire, begging for him to ease the burden. The erotic pain of hovering on that ancient precipice consumed her. She screamed, feeling like she had broken in a million pieces, a puzzle only he could comprehend.

He growled low in her ear when he came, coating her inner walls with his seed. She closed her eyes, praying this perfect moment wasn’t a dream.

“Is this really my life?” Her voice held a sense of wonder.

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