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He grunts, momentarily loosening his grip. Her panther seizes the opportunity, pushing herself free. Sides heaving, she staggers to her paws, blood dripping from her wounds. She locks eyes with Vance, a fire burning within her.
There is no room for doubt now. Her panther charges forward, fueled by sheer willpower. Her claws fly, each strike propelled by a burning desire to survive.
The crowd's cheers blend into a distant roar. Lilly’s panther, in a macabre dance, removes bits and pieces from Vance. His muffled begging falls on deaf ears. All that remains of Lilly is pain. Her need to purge the world of this man is single-minded, and she fights through with her battered and bruised body.
Lilly pours everything she has into a final strike. She leaps into the air and clamps her jaws around his neck. With a sickening crunch, she crushes his throat with her powerful jaws. Her fangs sink deep, and with a frenzied shake, her canines work their way through sinew, muscle, and bone until Vance’s head is removed from his body.
Bloodied and battered, she emerges as the victor, her spirit unbroken. Shifting back into her human form, Gage rushes to her and gently wraps his arms around her. Kissing her forehead, there’s an intensity in his eyes as he lifts her off her feet.
“I knew you had it in you. Now, let’s get Doc to take a look at those wounds. The rest of them can take out the trash,” he says, kicking Vance’s head out of the way.
Chapter thirty
“Didyouwantthisbox in the truck or your Jeep?” Gage asks Lilly from the doorway of her house, his muscles bulging with the weight of it.
“My books! Definitely in the Jeep. It took me years to collect those, and I’ll be damned if they’ll sit in a truck bed and get wet if it rains,” she scolds him.
Gage shakes his head. “How one person has so many—”
She walks over and grabs a handful off the top of the box. “See this one?” She holds up a book with the lower half of the woman’s face showing on the cover. “This series had my heart racing with suspense from page one. And this one?” She flashes a book with a motorcycle and a bright logo on it. “This series made me laugh, cry, and all the good in between.”
Gage tries to step back, but Lilly is on a roll, waving a red and black paperback. “This one? Tiberius is my book boyfriend.”
Snapping the last one out of her hand, he places it back in the box that he has sat on the floor with the rest. His eyes narrow, and he stalks toward her. Reaching out, he grabs her and flings her over his broad shoulder and smacks her ass. “I’m theonlyman you need in your life,” he growls.
Lilly giggles at his caveman tactics. “Jealous of a guy in a book, are you? Ohhh, you should read some other works from that author. It’s like a ‘how to please your mate in bed’ manual.”
Entering the bedroom, he drops her on the bare mattress and glares down at her. “You think I need a manual?” he purrs, yanking his t-shirt over his head and dropping it to the floor.
Revelling in his bare chest, a flush sweeps across Lilly’s skin. His broad shoulders taper down to a set of abs that are down-right lickable. Continuing on her journey, her mouth waters at the indent of muscles peeking out just above the waistband of his shorts. Hooking his thumbs in said waistband, he removes the offensive item and stands before her in his naked glory.
Scooting to the edge of the bed, she palms his impressive length, heavy in her hand. She leans forward to lick the tip, her eyes never straying from his intense stare.
“Now Gage?” she hums, then laves her tongue around the sensitive area just below the head. “Would Iever—” She draws the head into her mouth, stretching her lips wide to accommodate him and sucks once, pulling back with a pop. “—want to replace the perfection I have in front of me?” She gives him an impish grin before she cups his balls and draws him back into her mouth.
Gage’s fingers curl into her long hair, holding her firm. His hips seem to buck of their own accord, and he lets out a grunt as she widens her mouth and takes him to the back of her throat. Pulling back she flattens her tongue, then uses the rougher part about midway on the sensitive area just under the tip. His sharp intake of breath tells her she’s hitting just the right spot. Paying extra attention to the area with her mouth, she uses her hand to firmly grip his shaft and sets a rhythm between the two. Stroke down, three passes of her flattened tongue. Stroke up, nip, and suck at his balls.
His smooth length tightens, and he becomes harder under her ministrations. On the next down stroke, she takes all of him deep into her throat and swallows, using the muscles at the back to tighten around him.
Gage tugs at her hair. “No. I want to be inside you when I cum,” he growls. Pulling her off of him, he drops to his knees and quickly removes her shorts, his palms spreading her thighs wide. He swipes his talented tongue along her seam and hums. His lips circle her clit as his thick finger gradually works its way into her channel.
Lilly’s body is on fire. Her legs are shaking with need, and her wetness is soaking the bed below. It never ceases to amaze her at how fast he can take her body from zero to one hundred on the pleasure scale. He palms his cock and lines it up to her core. In a desperate whisper, he breathes, “I need inside you, now.”
With a quick surge forward, his thick length stretches her to her limit, but fuck, it hurts so good. He hauls her hips to meet his punishing pace with his firm hands and shifts his angle causing him to hit her bundle of nerves inside with every stroke. Grinding against her clit with his pelvis, Lilly’s breath leaves her, her lungs forgetting their purpose amidst the storm of sensations Gage is creating within her. As his strokes become frantic, he yanks her tank top up and draws her tightened nipple into his mouth. Sucking hard, electric shocks zing through her body as she barely holds on at the precipice of her desire. After two more strokes, his teeth graze her nipple before he firmly bites down as he grinds once more against her clit. Lilly can’t help the high, keening wail that escapes her as she tumbles into the abyss. All sense of thought eludes her. Gage’s hands tighten on her hips just as he lets out his roar of release.
They stay connected, their breathing heavy as he finally gives her a sweet kiss on the lips. Staring into her eyes, he smirks. “Still need this Tiberius guy?”
She chuckles, reaching up to cup the back of his neck and bring his lips to hers. “You’re all I’ll ever need. I love you.”
A stunned look crosses Gage’s face as he pulls back, his eyes searching hers. “You love me?”
“Of course, I do, you beautiful idiot.” She rolls her eyes at him.
“That’s the first time you've said the words,” comes his quiet reply as he gathers her in his arms and spoons her on the bed.
Lilly’s mind reels.Is it really the first time?Her mind wanders back over the last few weeks. So much has happened.
Once word got out about the defeat of Vance and his men, they were surprised by the amount of support from the human communities who came forward to help rebuild the farm. Oh, Matt kept a close eye on anyone who showed up–they all did–but what they hadn’t known was how far-reaching his reign of terror onthe humanshad been. They had lived in fear of him and his men for a long time. The overall consensus had been ‘good riddance’, and they were grateful that the Homani had taken him out. It was a tentative but promising start to possibly building a relationship between the two groups.
