s burning her alive. Areli shuddered,

ng. Through the haze of his fading madness, he spotted Doyle on the bank, stripped of his own dry outer lay

uttered, grabbing it. The hide smelled like him-pi

given the aphrodisiac already in her system. A moan slipped

m to catch her. Then he stopped, his hand gripp

gasped, clutching the hid

led, his eyes flashing red ag

stand. And the fire inside

tist. If she was going to die, i

will help you. Not because I'm forc

voice pierced the fog of his madness. The r

rough the freezing water toward him. Every inch closer amplified th

wered over her, his chest heaving,

bling hand pressed flat a

powder. Hudson let out a

inst him. He pinned her against a bou

as a claim. Rough, des

this world, but she knew how bodies processed alkaloids. She imagined the toxin as heavy macromolecular proteins, utilizing the extreme temperature differential between the freezing river and their burning skin to force a rapid ph

t between them was a furnace. The purple veins o

he taste of his lips, and the primal rhythm of

was ragged but steady. The red was go

ing she felt was his strong arms wrapping around her,