lt his stare like a weight on my skin. Intense, assessing,

ou?" he fin

t

h

n angry. Offend

didn't hav

spered. "Whatever I w

said you were half-Lycan, but that.." he waved a hand toward the space betw

reply. I

dy was a breath away from mine. I co

t too," he

n't d

ips, lingering for a breath too long. "T

tened. "And th

ropped into a gro

grieving Ronan. She was responding to Lucian. Not in the way mates

then stopped short. His fingers hovered

hat?"

ed the

e, as if testing the limits. The warmth of his skin ignited something deep inside me, somet

voice low, dangerous, and dangerously clos

lips touched my skin, it was as if everything I'd ever

in my throat as the heat of h

d, his lips brushing against

laim him as she claimed me, as my magic swirled and pulsed around us, thicken

ed as he fought against whatever demon of control that raged ins

his touch, his scent, the electricity that sparked between us. But when I o

ed you to p

against my ear. "The question is, Selene, what will you do w

lity of his words hit me. He wasn'

ing. A startled gasp left me, but it died in my throat as my back hit the mattress behind us. He fol

cia

neck, grazing the edge of my collarb

stomach. My shirt rose with the motion, exposing skin that tingled under his touch. He moved with

ing me," he said

the part of me that always fought the part t

y pants, I finally caught his wrist. "Lucian," I

es locked onto mi

he said. "Not unle

awline. My grip on

e," he murmured. "A

r sweet, it was raw, full of hunger and heat. My fingers tangled in his shi

ed under his touch. The way my

l, he di

t the hard line of his control fraying. I could feel the weight of his body above mine, the

uld m

w. One bite, and eve

lingered too long against the sensitive

his chest, but it wasn't strength beh

ural. His pupils were blown

n't get it. The more I touch

my head,

I said, voice shaking. "I don't w

ot throug

lowered his head, resting

ight," he said hoarsely.

d toward him, the way my wolf whispered yes in t

ear o

ould happen if

d, voice trembling. "I

st of a kiss, his teeth grazing da

it ha

shoulder, blinding, searing and

ing away from me.

ht flared against my skin. I twisted, just e

in silver flame where his

e, stunned and shaken.