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Spinning, he pinned her to the wall He pumped into her, lost to the sensation of the intimate slide of slick flesh on slick flesh Pleasure whipped at hih He needed to possess her, to have her in every way he could

The thuainst the wall reverberated in the room, all the way to his balls Words came out of hisof, but he no longer operated on a logical level So but follow a natural course

Reaching down, he opened his bedside drawer and fu and writhing and clenching hiet the space between thethem in their oorld as he drew the scalpel across his chest He felt no pain and was powerless to stop hiht her lips to where his blood welled at the thin sea up at him with passion-darkened eyes

"Do it," he whispered "Taste aze, which was erotic as hell, she touched her tongue to a single pearl of blood

Oh, sweet hell Electric whips lashed at hih his entire nervous syste with the energy and hunger A ed up froentle sucking action, he threw back his head and roared

His clax hit hi hi with the force of her release She bucked against hi on his shaft for every last drop of seed

For a , and he had to lock his knees to keep fro to the floor with her His elled Hazy reality filled his mind like smoke, and just as he realized what he’d done, Tayla cried out

A violent spasm hit her with such force that they were propelled away froods, what have I done?" Fear froze his marrow as he laid her on the bed and sank down beside her, one hand on her hip, the other threaded in her hair She writhed, alternately clutching her gut and clawing at her skin "Shade!" Shit He pulled her robe closed and tightened the sash "For fuck’s sake, Shade! Get in here!"

The door crashed open, wood splintering Shade hadn’t bothered with the door handle Wraith was right behind hi in the scene in an instant

"Is her DNA--" Shade sniffed the air "Ah, man, you didn’t"

Tears strea the pillow Her eyes were closed tight against the pain as she huddled in fetal position on the silk comforter

"I did"

Wraith peeked around Shade "Did what?"

"He began the bonding process," Shade said

Wraith let out a lohistle "I knew you were desperate to get around the s’genesis, but I didn’t think you were that desperate Have you lost your fking rowled before he could catch hiet inside her, E"

"I know," he snapped, not wanting anyone, including--or especially--his brothers, to touch the female he wanted as his lifemate

Warily, Shade wrapped his hand around her ankle "Our blood is toxic to humans, you knew that"

Yeah, he knew that, but he hadn’t been thinking, had been too deep in the rut, too driven by pure instinct The argu up, so he stroked her cheek and talked to her as she’d done for hiht he’d taken the va a healing wave into her, figuring it couldn’t hurt, but she still h-pitched cries Her legs scissored back and forth until Shade gripped both ankles and held the on," he said "I think it’s a coested and her body’s reaction to the che put intoon, Tayla" He wrapped his arainst hih, she couldn’t die "Da on Don’t let a de"

Wraith uttered so to leave Tayla for even the five seconds it would take to rah the wall He’d deal with hi voice was h this" He slid a pleading glance at Shade Sedate her

"I can’t Not until she--" he broke off, nodding at her left hand "There It’s happening"

Eidolon bunched the sleeve of her robe up to her biceps and nearly swayed with relief at the beautifulplace A shadowy replica of his tattoo was etching itself onto her ar her as his Gradually, she calainst hiet her soth amazed him, humbled him She was the fire he’d never had, the spark that had lit his calm, measured existence He brushed her hair out of her eyes, an excuse to touch her "How are you feeling?"

"Better," she croaked, as she pushed up on one elbow "Is this a DNA thing? Is it happening? Alass Shade brought "You guys go ht I’ll call you in the rasped her empty hand Gently, he raised her ars

Her hand shook as she set the water on the bedside table and pulled the robe open to get a look at the tattoo that ran froertip to shoulder "This is yours What did you do?"

"I initiated a bonding sequence It’s not complete yet," he finished quickly Gods, shehis first transition "Be mine" Yeah, that was smooth

"Eidolon"

"You don’t have to decide now You have five days, and then the s will fade" Once they disappeared, theof opportunity would close, but by then, he enesis and wouldn’t care, anyway

"But you said your species doesn’tare half-breeds"

"We canwill be full-blooded Se ht and her face, already pale, grew even whiter "Oh, gag I drank your blood Why did I do that? And why do you keep a scalpel in your drawer?" She narrowed her eyes at hiuys keep condoms there"

He bit back a snate anyone yet" Though he vaguely re to plant his seed in Tayla when he’d shapeshifted, so ht now be swelling with his offspring filled hi all his life He could ask Shade to feel for a pregnancy--

"So what’s up with the scalpel?"

Heat flooded his face, probablyhi this

"--I’ve alanted to be prepared in the event that I found a mate"