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His gaze turned stormy, sight stars buzzing as they stroked down my face, settling on my mouth.
“Oh, and what would you do with my heart, then?” I sputtered. His words had thrown me off balance.
He swallowed, his thick throat visibly bobbing before he whispered, “Cherish it.”
I gawked at him. Before I could fully recover from that statement, he swept my hands into his own. Shocked at the unexpected contact, I stared down at my hands, looking so small and pale in his huge clawed ones.
“Come with me,” he said, his voice so harsh it almost sounded like a groan. “Come with me, back to my mountains.” His words came faster and faster, spilling out of his mouth in a fervent tumble. “Let me lavish every luxury upon you. Let me make you my Gahnala. Let me show you everything the Deep Sky has to offer. ThatIhave to offer.”
His words came to a halt, his breath shuddering out of him as the rough, warm pad of his thumb brushed the sensitive skin of my inner wrist.
Despite the heat, I shivered as electric sensation ran under my skin. My pulse leaped against his touch.
I snatched my hands away. I crossed my arms and stuffed my hands under my armpits, keeping them out of sight and out of reach. For the briefest moment, his skin on mine had felt... Well, not nice, exactly, but...
Stimulating.
And I did not want to repeat the experience. It made things too confusing.
“And what exactly is that, then?” I said. “What do you have to offer?”
Confusion wracked his handsome features. If he weren’t so obnoxious, it would have been cute.
“I... I have already shown you my strength. You saw me with that boulder, did you not?”
“I did,” I said, nodding once, my tone clipped.
His confused frown deepened.
“So... Strength?” He sounded unsure, now. I had a feeling he wasn’t used to that. Being unsure of himself.
“Plus, I am Gahn! Ruler of my tribe. Frankly, I am the best out of both Gahns of the Deep Sky. Which means I am the best Gahn out of all of them.”
Oh boy. Here we go again with the ego.
“Literally none of that stuff matters to me,” I said. “You can’t just swagger in here, say you’re better than everyone, and act like that fact should sweep me off my feet!”
“I don’t know what your feet have to do with anything,” he hissed, his sight stars two vibrating pulses of intensity, “but I do know that Iambetter than any other man I have ever met.”
I gave a bitter laugh at that.
“Not from where I stand,” I shot back.
He moved to stand at my side, his back to the stone wall like mine. His huge arm brushed the sleeve of my jacket. Even with the fabric separating us, another annoying jolt of sensation flew down my arm.
“No,” he said after a moment. “It is still the same from over here, where you stand. I remain the best.”
Jesus fucking Christ.
He glanced down sideways at me. When he saw that his arguments weren’t getting him anywhere, his confusion turned to exasperation. He stepped back into his previous place, standing in front of me, sunlight rippling down every hard line of muscle. “Any woman would rejoice at the chance to be my mate!” he cried, slamming a huge fist into his own chest.
“Yeah, well, I’m not any woman,” I said, unconvinced that what he’d said was even true.
He let his hand fall back to his side as he regarded me critically, his jaw working.
“Clearly,” he said after a long tense silence.
We stared each other down, tension crackling between us.
