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Jude jerked her up, rising on his knees She stared into his blazing eyes and wondered if her own glowed as bright

The coil of release began deep within her

Her mouth opened on a screa inside would have her way

Mine

His throat was so close She bit down on hi his flesh as pleasure ripped through her

He stiffened against her, his hold grew even harder, and then he erupted inside her, shaking with his own release

A drumbeat echoed in her ears

Aftershocks rippled over her body

Slowly, so slowly, her head lifted and she swiped her tongue over her lips

And she tasted blood

Horrified, Erin shoved against him "Oh, hell, Jude, I didn’t mean--"

He kissed her Kept his cock buried deep inside and kissed her

When his head rose, she stared up at hi, scared, and so confused "I didn’t mean to hurt you"

That half ser trailed down her chest "I could fucking eat you alive, sweetheart"

Not running away Not freaking out because she’d gotten a little…overzealous there at the end

Tiger

His gaze dropped to her chest "Such sweet breasts with their pretty pink nipples" He frowned, his head lowering "What the hell?"

Her scar

How had she forgotten? Shit, shit! How had she forgotten that?

She should have turned off the light

Shifters can see in the dark She knew that!

His fingers rubbed lightly over the raised flesh just below her left breast

A claw lide, and Erin had to bite back the plea for hione, at least for hi at her noith intense eyes and a hard face

Looking at her like she was a victim, dammit

Not a woman

Before, she’d been a woman with him

Now--

Erin spun away from him She ripped as left of the sheet loose as she otten? I see the thing every day

"Whobeneath the surface of his voice

She rose from the bed, careful not to

Even if she was

Erin clenched her thighs, feeling a quiver in her sex

So good But good things didn’t last long in her life

At least Jude hadn’t gone running from her, even when she’d used her claws and teeth

"Who fucking marked you?"

She turned back to face him

Jude jurabbed her arms

The sheet slipped to the floor

"That bastard did it, didn’t he? You said you’d never seen hiot close to you!"

Time for some truth "I lied"

At first, the wound had bled like a bitch She’d left a trail of her blood on the street when she’d fled But, lucky for her, she could heal without shifting So her skin had h her bleeding had stopped by the time she’d reached safety, she’d been left with histo heal perfectly

"What happened?"

From wild sex back to business Not the way she would have liked to spend the afterglow ht, Jude, okay? I don’t want to talk about this now" Not while her body still vibrated with the pleasure he’d given her Not while she could still taste him

Not while she could alo back to that other night right then

Not now

He stared down at her, a ht," she repeated

Silence Then, when her heart was squeezing because she didn’t want to go back there, he gave a gri this case for you I need to know everything that’s happened"

She licked her lips "Tomorrow, okay? Tomorrow"

His hands dropped She bent and scooped up the sheet He’d go back to his rooo back to bed and try to sleep, try

Erin brushed by hi, we’ll talk" A dismissal Not sexy Not subtle

She’d never really been the subtle sort

She climbed into the bed Eased onto the mattress and tried not to notice the way his scent surrounded her

"Scoot over, sweetheart"

Her breath caught "You’re not going downstairs?"

Jude shook his head "Not the way things work Not for me"

He eased in beside her and wrapped his ar to hold you Hold you and sleep"

Sounded good to her

His right hand curved around her sto you should know" His voice was soft

She waited

"When I find hionna kill him"

If only the bastard out there were easy to kill If he’d been easy prey, she would have killed hi to ease into the slow, natural rhyth his hold nice and easy, and he waited

And he choked back his rage

The bastard h to kill

Why the hell had Erin kept the truth frohtly, and her nose rubbed against his neck

In sleep, she was soft and beautiful Delicate A wo else Oh, still beautiful With her shining eyes and hungry lips, Erin had been thehe’d ever seen

But not delicate Her hold on hier had been as wild as his own

The beast in hiry

For her

His cock was still erect, still ready--because he wanted host of fear had appeared in her eyes, he’d known the passion was over For now

He’d had her once He’d have her again And he’d ain

Jude would stop the asshole out there No doubt

The beast inside couldn’t wait to taste the blood

The rain was falling again Dripping through the broken glass

Drip