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MacRieve had told her that the engineering was inconceivable, and he was right Every rock in these walls had been cut and pounded into the next, flawlessly arranged No mortar necessary - a blade wouldn&039;t have fit between theht was a sizeable accuainst the walls, thick at the botto all the way to the top My way out of here

The necropolis had to be near Lucia set off, pushing on for the interior When she found a clearing, she sucked in a breath, awed, turning in a slow circle

All around a central expanse, boulders were strewn,a cobble drive were i doatchful eyes Stone structures of two or so stories dotted the grounds They were open-aired like small temples So where&039;s the torew in profusion, producing a roof of unbroken canopy, woven so densely it kept out most of the rain - until the wind blew and the leaves turned, splattering hard drops

Then her jaw slackened In the distance was a circular, doh it was nearly shrouded in those vines, she could tell it was massive in size

She hastened over but found no visible entrance In a rare patch of stone still uncovered by foliage, she spied a carving depicting a triangle of gold glea in a wolyph showed a half- chalice

Everything in Lucia said this was the tomb of El Dorado To be this close To finally have thetearing down that stockpile of rocks and jerked her head up MacRieve was near She faced the sound and raised her bow

Mo as if with relief to find her safe As he raked his gaze over her, her raised boarranted barely a glance

He was barefooted and shirtless, the shifter&039;s bite on his ar his chest Hisexhalations

The beast flickered strongly over hiht at Val Hall "Do it shoot e

I have to If I don&039;t, then I&039;ll never shoot again This boould never be in her hands Her life as she kneould be over Shoot him, Lucia!

Instead, she backed up a step, then another, until she caainst a vine-covered rock Nowhere left to run Attack or subhter

Yet then she gazed at his face, at his brows drawn as he awaited the shot He expected it

It had always felt wrong to hurt MacRieve Even before she&039;d fallen for him Ah, Freya, I can&039;t do this She eased the tension on her bowstring "I-I can&039;t" I&039;m in love with him From the first moment she&039;d seen hied at her, trying to provoke her "Lousha, shoot your arrow only way this will end without ht pierced through the canopy A spear of silver hit hi th Can you no&039; choose ht? For once, damn you!"

She slowly shook her head "It can&039;t happen"

"Then bluidy shootdesperate, feral "Goddamnit, I doona knohat to do!"

This was the first time he&039;d ever shown doubt, ever shown a moment&039;s hesitation in front of her Even nohen theits call for her For over nine hundred years he&039;d awaited this night - and he would rather have an arrow bored into his brain than take her like this

Fate has a way He hung his head for long moments When he raised his face, his eyes were pale blue, his fangs and claws grown long The skin of his broad chest was daht He was erect, his shaft straining against his jeans

The beast was clear to her; MacRieve would lose all control soon And with that realization, she was aht she&039;d experience at a moment like this - lust

Deep, wet, undeniable lust Her claws curled and lightning struck nearby, searing through liht blaze in

She lost her focus for the ed for her, knocking her arroay Before she could even react, he&039;d taken her into his arly everywhere, stoking her need When he snared her bow and quiver, tossing theht this!"

With his harsh, beastlike voice, he rasped, "Wo toher to aze "Why can I no&039; be that for you? Let ht"

His scent, his need The wildness in her - that darkness she&039;d tried to hide, to extinguish - flared with a vengeance to meet his As if she&039;d waited her entire life for this, just as he had

Every cell inhirated, "How I&039;ve ached for you"

She couldn&039;t catch her breath Panting, trying to recall consequences, she struggled to re, but herdown

Until all she could do was feel I ache for you, too

He cupped her breast, thu touch sent her house of cards tu down When she cried out with pleasure, another bolt of lightning struck Then another And another

With a whirabbed the back of his head and yanked hi against her lips, GarrethShe needs me, too He wanted to roar with satisfaction

Before she could change herit away, then slashed through her clothes with his claws As soon as he&039;d uncovered her creaave a cry when he suckled her hard, groaning against her

By the ti - but not from cold He&039;d trained her body to respond to his, had learned how to pet her, how to make her melt

As he moved to her other nipple and his hand skimmed down her belly, she rolled her hips up for his touch Before he obliged, he reers of one hand Then he delved between her legs, finding her slick and ready With another growl, he collected her moisture and spread it over her swollen little clitoris, rubbing her there in slow circles

His gaze held hers as he rasped, "Goin&039; tae pressit between her folds At first, she tensed, but as he went deeper, inch by inch, her lids grew heavy

He gave a sharp groan "First tiht So hot He stirred that finger, building more wetness Then he withdrew, but only to return with two fingers, stretching her sheath as her head fell back and she helplesslythem inside her

"Yes!"

He clutched her body to his own, and with each plunge of his fingers, he ground his shaft against her hip

"Don&039;t stop, MacRieve"

He feared he&039;d co inside hi to pleasure her, he didn&039;t want her to come either, sensed he needed her crazed like this or she&039;d change her mind When she cried out that she was so close, he released her, slipping his fingers free of her sex

"Wh-what are you doing?" she asked, sounding dazed "Why did you stop?"

"Turn around," he co her body toward the vine-covered rock With his pal her face against the leaves

Movement behind her The sound of MacRieve&039;s clothes torn off

Once Lucia kneas naked, her body tensed in anticipation even as her flesh quivered for the orgas

He answered by running the head of his penis up and down her sex

"Ah, yes!"

Kicking her legs wide, he lifted one of her knees up to the rock, spreading her She was as open for him as she could be, vulnerable, and he was about to shove that shaft into her

She had a ain tried to call up -

His big palrunted with approval In turn, sheherself even more to him

Then she felt his hs

"MacRieve!" she gasped, her eyes sliding closed with pleasure as he tongued her flesh When he eased those fingers back into her sheath at the same ti For so long, she&039;d craved this, had begged hiers thrust, and with his other, he parted her for his feastingthis - she grew closer and closer, tension building

Right when she was at the razor&039;s edge, when she&039;d drawn a breath to screa away

"Nooo! I can&039;t takecontrol, ripping his engorged shaft to take her So why did she have the urge to raise her hips, rolling thee hisher to face him, then pressed her back onto the rock She realized why and felt a pang - he didn&039;t want to take her from behind their first time For herself, she was still desperate for any touch He&039;dher bodily in place, he clihting her burgeoning disquiet Just before he lowered his hips between her thighs, his erection hung down, huge, angry He could hurt her - rip her in two Blood streahs

She tensed with fear, but MacRieve began praising her in Gaelic, with adoration in his pale eyes He lovingly suckled her nipples, his palainst all odds, he kept her desires si his shaft into her, the broad crown deht above the canopy This will hurt this will -

He reached between the his thumb over her clitoris

"MacRieve!" She bit her bottoood His erection was hot and unyielding in her wetness Felt right

He slowly flexed his hips, forcing his penis deeper Tightness, pressure, but still bearable As long as he kept rubbing Her eyes closed with bliss This is omen adore sex She absently whispered, "I never knew before"

When he wedged it deeper inside her, he threw back his head and roared so hard she could feel the vibrations fro breath when he soed even farther Now there was pain "No!"

He stilled "No?"

"Just just go easier"

He let her adjust, see to shudder from the effort, his neck and chest h his eyes were frenzied, he somehow held his shaft still within her, even as his claws raked down the stone on each side of her body, slicing the vines

When the leaves fell away, she saw symbols carved on the face of the stone Syh

Not just a rock An altar Lightning exploded

"No, no!" Tears filled her eyes, then tracked down her cheeks "I can&039;t" She struggled, shoving against him We&039;re on an altar

Still inside her, MacRieve cupped her face In that beastly voice, he rasped, "Whatever you fear whatever you&039;ve known this is different"

She couldn&039;t i hi inside hi within

"Lousha, we&039;re different together come back tae me"

"No, you don&039;t understand!"

He pulled her up to his chest, clutching her against him "Wanted you for months been obsessed with you but now"

"N-nohat?"

At her ear, the beast rumbled, "Now you&039;ve taken the heart froave a little sob "MacRieve," she whispered

He&039;d brought her back to the present, but she still trembled in his arrappling with the drives inside hinore how her soft breasts rubbed his chest, her dusky pink nipples rigid and da his throbbing cock to thrust Gods, he needed to plunge hard into his mate!

But her fear he could scent it

"Ride ripped the curves of her arse, holding himself within her as he turned to his back

Once she straddled hi in, her dark eyes ith surprise But when he rubbed the pad of his finger over her clitoris again, her sex clenched around hiood"

"Need you tae ride ave a shaky nod "Sh-showher body forward until her breasts bobbed just above his hungry mouth Then he worked her back down Forward and back

When she took over, he knew she was his This will happen At last, I&039; my mate My Lousha

Each tied across his waiting tongue The fear in her disappeared - her eyes grew silvery and wicked as she rode hi hair lashed over her breasts and face Rain misted her skin as she panted

So beautiful Mine And he needed more "Harder," he bit out Need to mark her neck claim her forever "Ride me harder!"

She arched backward, hands behind her on his thighs, her hair sweeping over his legs Breasts jutting to the sky, she frantically ground on his cock

"Lousha! Canna last" As she continued to whip her hips in his lap, he rose up to aze

With her eyes half-lidded and her voice a sultry purr, she asked, "Are you going to mark me?"

"The ever livin&039; hell out o&039; you," he growled "Right as you&039;re about tae co her arse with both hands, he shoved her down on his cock just as he bucked upward

"Ah, gods! MacRieve!" Her breasts bounced against hihis teeth to keep his seed, he thrust up again, harder The stone beneath hian to fracture

"I&039;m I&039;m"

Eyes fixed on her neck, he leaned in, licking her, lulling As he shoved up into her slick heat, he bit her flesh in a frenzy

Clai her His eyes rolled back in his head as she cried, "Co!"