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The realization made me dizzy. I was standing in front of a member of the royal family and possibly the heir to King Rhys’s realm. My breath caught, and I stumbled forward.
Beth had waited for this. She stepped back and slapped me so hard across the face that my head flew sideways, and my cheek burned as if she had whipped me with nettles. “Don’t you dare to ever, and I meanever,try to do this again. Stay out of my fucking brain, you hear?”
Her anger colored her skin red, and her eyes shone like an angry blue moon in a black night sky. Her human heritage was trying to assert itself. The effect was so mesmerizing that I barely caught her hand as it moved in for another slap. Her wrist was fragile, bird bones in my much larger palm.
Deftly, I turned her arm against her back and pulled her flush with me. She had to tilt her head to stare up at me, and the heat in her eyes made me lose all reason.
She was mine. Mine to tame, mine to save, mine to love.
My mouth crushed against hers, and I tasted metal where her teeth cut my lip. I did not care. My blood boiled for this little half-human. I let go of her arm and, with my hands under her behind, I hoisted her up so I could kiss her better. Her thighs wrapped around my waist, and her linen shroud fell away, exposing her naked body to my gaze.
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BETH
One minute, I was leaning into him, feeling his tongue caress mine, drowning in his juniper scent. The next, my world tumbled upside down, and I found myself on my back on top of the mattress.
I wanted to protest, still angry at his intrusion, but then our gazes met. His eyes had turned into pools of molten silver, shining with an unnatural brightness. The words died on my lips, and my breath stuck in my throat as he leaned over me like a predator, ready to pounce.
Without taking his gaze off my face, he tugged on my linen shrug. It parted, exposing my body. It had been so long for anybody to see me naked, I should have been embarrassed.
I swept the thought away. It didn’t matter, not when he looked at me like I was the best thing he’d ever seen. I stayed where I was, trembling, as he traced my outline with his hungry eyes.
My body reacted even though he wasn’t touching me. My nipples tightened, and a shudder ran through my belly, tightening to a sweet ache between my thighs.
Still contemplating me, he braced his arms next to my head, his lower body pressing against mine. On a sigh, I dropped open my legs, craving the feeling of his hard length against my core.
His kiss began as a gentle touch against my lips. “I have wanted to do this since I first met you.”
Then his mouth trailed a path from my earlobe down along my neck. Dragging his teeth lightly past my breasts and belly, he didn’t stop until he reached the apex of my thighs.
I panted, watching with fascination. His long hair was still tied with leather strands, and I wanted to reach out and pull it free. But then he nipped me hard on my hip bone, and I hissed in protest.
He lifted his head and smiled at me, his face transformed from its usual seriousness. There was a tiny voice in the back of my mind, whispering that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. Maybe, after everything I knew about Bleddyn, I shouldn’t get too close to him.
But then he moved back up, his hardness under the rough fabric dragging across the top of my pussy until I could barely see straight. He closed his lips around my nipple, and his tongue drew tantalizing circles over the skin.
His large hand cupped one breast, rolling the bud between his fingers, while his mouth was busy on the other side. All my thoughts burned up in the fire he was lighting. I threw my head back, moaning loudly as he blew on the sensitive skin.
Then he lowered his head and nibbled gently, the tiny pangs of pain setting off fireworks between my thighs. I couldn’t move with his weight pinning me to the bed. But I could tilt my lower body against his. He raised himself on his arms, grinning at me with blazing eyes.
“Patience,” he whispered.
I shivered at the promise of the one word.
Soon, he was on the move again. Sliding down my body, he slipped lower, his tongue leading the way. When he kneeled before the bed, he stared at my open pussy with such reverence, my chest clenched.
What was going on? Why wasn’t he moving? I felt so exposed to his gaze that I struggled to hide myself, but he gripped my knees firmly. “I want to see you, little human. Have no fear. You are beautiful.”
His tone was soothing, as if he were gentling a wild animal. Any other time, I would’ve taken offense, but then he bent lower and licked a strip across my slit. Somehow, after that, I didn’t want to talk anymore.
He took his time, his tongue drawing figures of eight across my clit and dipping into my wet pussy. Then he pulled back and blew on the damp skin as he had done to my nipples. The sensation was so intense, I groaned loudly.
I could feel the muscles tighten as my body prepared itself to let go.
But Bleddyn had other ideas. He slipped a finger into me, firmly stroking my walls until I was aching with frustration. It felt so incredibly good, so different from anything I’d experienced before, but he didn’t speed up. I couldn’t come like that.
“Please, Bleddyn. Please…” My voice trailed off in an embarrassing whimper.
