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"I’m sorry," Brielle whispered, then ar’s cheek, turning in his arleamed in his eyes And a desperate determination

"We have to rowl

"It’s going to work" Her hand on his cheek began to curl as the darkness inside her clamored for blood She snatched it away before she could score his flesh

Kougar grabbed her, sweeping her into his arms With fast, purposeful strides, he carried her down the stairs and into the arden Alhly, he put her on her feet, hauled her into his are of violence And she reveled in it, the darkness egging her on

As her tongue twisted with his, she gripped his shoulders, her fingernails digging into his flesh through his shirt Against her will, her grip tightened until she felt the slickness of blood against her fingertips

Kougar grabbed her wrists and jerked her hands away froive in to it!"

She stared at hi Soladly rip Hookeye li so would destroy everything she sought to protect But all thatthe poison so she could turn to mist

Mage eyes rose in herthe poison is a foolish idea, Queen of the Ilinas

"Tough Shit" She shivered with revulsion

Kougar lifted a brow

"Hookeye," she explained

Kougar grasped both her wrists in one hand and grabbed her jaith the other, hauling her close "Focus on me! The flowers The waterfall Sh" In the blink of an eye, he released her and pulled her gown up and over her head, tossing it aside As she reached for hirab for his buckle or rake her fingernails down his face, he lifted her and tossed her onto the pillows

When she tried to get up, he flipped her onto her sto her doith a knee to the sar"

"Feel"

And she did Goddess A ainst her hip, sliding over her buttocks and down her thigh A soft, lush sensation in direct counterpoint to the violence struggling inside her Even as she fought to get up, she shivered from the sensual pleasure of the blooers around her thigh and pulled her leg away fro her to the touch of his flower The petals slid along her sensitive flesh, drawing a moan of pleasure and need froer and fury

Without pulling the flower fro his knee in the small of her back A , scratching with his teeth as if he longed to take a bite and resistedbarely Excites growing daan to rock as he drew the flesh into his ers dove inside her, hard, in and out, in and out She bucked wildly, gasping, then screaasar released her Moving with his innate agility, he slid onto his back between her thighs and lifted her hips Wrenching her wide, he pressed her down onto hisit over her clit until she spiraled into another screaasm

The pleasure was almost er

She tried to push up, tried to kick free, her hands fisting until she felt the slick daernails "I need to hurt you! Hurther back down on the pillows, pinning her with his knee as she heard the rustle of fabric and watched his shirt sail to the ground out of reach The sound of a belt being unfastened met her ears followed quickly by the slide of a zipper A moment later the pressure at her back disappeared

But as she pushed up on all fours, strong hands gripped her hips She screaar took her fro himself deep

This hat she needed! "Stay inside me Stay Inside"

He thrust deeper, harder, over and over, then slid an ar her up until she was on her knees Even as his hips pounded against her, his htly then raked his tongue over the spot and bit her again

She was out of herwith the sainst his hard thrusts, his hand closed around her breast, pinching her nipple nearly to the point of pain She arched into his hold, wantingneedingmore

The battle between pleasure and pain escalated into full-out war Barely conscious of what she was doing, she reached for his face, feeling her nails sink into his cheek before he grasped her wrist and yanked her hand away

Kougar flipped her around and pushed her back on the pilloithout gentleness or care, understanding her need for pain Then he fell on her, taking her roughly, pounding into her harder, deeper, with every thrust

Her fingers dove into his hair, too hard, holding hiaze In those pale eyes, she saw savage excite tenderness In those pale eyes, she saw the o

Inside her, another orgasher than any that had coer, a seven-headed ripped her with his gaze, held her together as the war inside her threatened to rip her apart

As the orgaslory of it Then cried out with horror as she felt the bonds she’d locked around the poison all these centuries snap free

As she turned to ar in a blinding release, his and Ariana’s conificent, brilliant perfection as he sank into her, their bodiesburst of pleasure he hadn’t felt in

Realization hit hi blow She’d turned toone But Ariana’s horror rushed at hi bond, and he knew

They’d lost

The cry that tore frouish, part fury, and she fled froar leaped to his feet as Ariana’s mistlike form, rimmed in blood red, whirled on hi open in her hand And he understood Hookeye’s controller spell had been set free

"Do you belong to hi inside

"The poison is trying to control , not lost Not coh she was mist, he knew she could turn to flesh in adeadly just as fast