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He swept his tongue between my lips, owning and consuming, before reaching down to grip the backs of my thighs and lift me into the air. A waterfall poured around us as I wrapped my legs around his waist, held high above the surface of the stream.
His hard cock throbbed between us, pressing against my center, making me writhe for more friction—more pressure.He moved his mouth to cover my breast, sucking one nipple into his mouth and pulling hard enough that I felt it deep in my core.
“What are we doing?” I gasped—more rhetorical than anything else.
He let my nipple go with a grin, giving it a small lick before he moved his eyes back up to mine. “I told you, I can’t make fire right now.”
It took a moment for his implication to sink in, but when it did, my eyes widened. “Is that how that works?”
“I don’t know, but I know there must be a way.”
Understanding dawned on me—he knew there was a way because of what Ambrose told me. Bael’s parents were mates, and no one died. Equally, or possibly more importantly, his father’s name was Gancanagh. Like the dust.
I should have asked more about why he knew that. I knew I should have, but I couldn’t bring myself to stop and ask questions. Not now.
I ground against him, twining my arms around his neck as if I could fuse myself to him. “What are you waiting for, then?”
He slammed his mouth back down on mine, kissing me hard enough to bruise. I felt his cock twitch again, hard and ready, and ground shamelessly against him as he devoured my mouth, our tongues and teeth misaligning in our frenzy to get closer.
Then, abruptly, he pulled back. His eyes were wild—almost glowing in the darkness. No trace of the male left there, no humanity—only that barely contained beast in its human skin, shaking the bars of its bone prison.
“Run,” he growled at me.
“What?” I murmured, my hands still twined around his neck.
He pushed me roughly back, and I splashed against the cold water, only just managing to catch myself before I fell. A terrible, growling, roaring sound came from within him, and this time, I knew I wasn’t imagining it. His eyes truly did flash with…something.
“Run.”
I stumbled out of the water, splashing up on the shore, and glanced around for my clothing for the briefest moment before realizing it was a lost cause.
Bael wouldn’t hurt me. I knew that. Yet, a spark of true fear shot through me. My heart raced, and my hands trembled as I sprinted over the grassy bank and toward the trees.
The darkness seemed to press in around me, and the trees loomed taller, the space between them shrinking to near-nothing.
I glanced back, sure that Bael was already behind me, and the tiniest hint of excitement skittered up my spine.
The cool air nipped at my skin, my damp hair, and felt strange and freeing on my naked body. A prickling awareness traveled over me, lingering in my core. I could never outrun him…so what would happen when I was caught?
I ran faster, faster, my breath heaving as I leapt over roots and around low-slung bushes. Branches whipped out at me, and my vision blurred.
I looked back again. He was gaining on me.
Awareness and anticipation heated my center, and then, suddenly, he was there.
A loud shriek escaped my lungs as a heavy body came crashing down on me, too warm, the scent of smoke and mulled wine surrounding me.
My breath left me in a woosh as Bael pressed me down into the ground, grinding his hips into my ass, forcing my face against the dirt.
I whimpered, the pain bringing wetness to my core.
He flipped me over onto my back, and I looked up at his hungry, jewel-bright eyes. His fingers wrapped around my throat, hard enough to cut off the moans I would no doubt have let out at the brutality of it.
I already knew before we’d even gotten started that sex alone wasn’t going to be enough. This was too much, too overwhelming, and still my teeth ached, my chest felt too full. I needed more, now, something just out of reach.
My knees fell open, and he rubbed the tip of his cock against my bare center, teasing, taunting, making me writhe with the need to impale myself on him.
“Didn’t I promise I would always catch you, little monster?”
