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Wickeder than dreams

Addictive

When it finally subsided, she had to push his head away, shivering as he growled, "I taste it, baby I fuckin' taste you"

She lay dazed, dimly aware that she was nakd in the woods with a Scottish sex god-one who still needed to co thighs His big hand squeezed his engorged length as he uy's erection could be so delectable-looking-thick, hot, pulsating Again caazed up fro biceps The straining tendons in his neck protruded His expression was agonized with the need to come-but it was still MacRieve

"You didn't hurt me You stayed with me"

He stroked faster, faster "Wanted tae see you cofrom her taste? "I'm soon tae join you How do you want it, love?"

She didn't understand "U his hand over her neck-not squeezing, just e that said, Lie back and stay "I want ritted teeth "I want my seed on you,tae"

At his words, she helplessly arched up to be , a brows-drawn vulnerability Whatever he needed, she was ready to give

Her surrender? For this briefin tier, but he only looked wilder Savagely seductive

He growled, "Feel me Take it upon your flesh"

She squirave a bellow of pleasure when the first jet erupted fro nipple He aiasped, stunned by how hot his semn was How heavily those crea violently at his fist, he threw his head back to roar, "Chloe!" On and on it continued while he yelled to the sky, his hps jerking above her

When he was finally spent, he surveyed her She sensed a fierce masculine satisfaction in hione tae war in the clover As ging with a smile

Before he collapsed next to her and pulled her to his chest, she thought she'd seen his eyes misted wet

Chapter Nineteen

"Food"

With MacRieve's one word, their interlude earlier this afternoon had been sidetracked

Before that, he'd leisurely-and proudly?-wiped her off with his shirt so she could get dressed Then he'd lain back with a crooked ar-of-the-castle and doht've been e for clothes, but his look of utter content the process

He'd all but grunted "Leaain, and it'd sunk in that she was his-for at least a week

Yet then he'd suddenly sprung up like an anie of attack "I sher close "And, gods, for the first tiot an appetite that canna be denied," he'd said with a playful slap on her ass, a slap that made her breath catch for some reason

By the tiinning to shine Sure enough, the othera feast, Lykae-style In an i ribs and bone-in filets the size of soccer balls

"It's a celebration to welcome you to the clan," MacRieve had told her

So she'd showered and changed into a clean blouse, a skirt, and heels, dressing up a little,an effort to show her appreciation Skirts and heels, for the record, sucked

Once she and MacRieve had returned to the group, she'd gotten the impression that the festivity was also the Lykae's way of thu the co outside the wall

Chloe's offers to help with preparation had all been declined The clan members only wanted her to relax, enjoy, and eat Over the course of the ed the first two

As soon as they'd finished, MacRieve dragged her into his lap, in front of everyone at the long banquet table No one blinked an eye

She'd noticed that alleach other, feeding each other According to the Book of Lore, Lykae needed-really needed-to touch

For the last hour, MacRieve had only reh to cut his steak

"I could barely coax you to eat anything," MacRieve told her, adding in a murmur, "An arse like yours does no' maintain itself, Chloe"

He seemed obsessed with her ass Actually, with all parts of her Under the cherry tree, he'd kissed across her nose, across her freckles, telling her, "I'll count every one"

"I think I've filled up on barley and hops," she answered When she'd admitted earlier that she'd never drunk alcohol, MacRieve had been aghast

"No' even a taste?" he'd said "That's criminal, lass" While almost all of the adults drank whiskey, MacRieve had provided beer for himself and her

She'd looked at the label "Voodoo Beer?"

"In honor of Loa and Boa for chasing away death"

"That was a big snake, wasn't it?"

"It was a seriously large snake"

Despite her lack of appetite, the dinner had been truly enjoyable Everyone in the clan had proved welco and funny There was no way Chloe would sit back and accept that these warmhearted people were all evil and needed to be destroyed by any Order

"I canna get you to eat ood" To change the subject, she said, "So how many times did I breach Lykae etiquette?" She'd learned that couples were expected to share one big trencher She'd been looking for her own plate, earning a grin from MacRieve

"Only a couple of tiot the finer points of hly Then all through dinner, you looked atto say the exact sah She suddenly sensed all eyes on the in his lap didn't earn a raised brow, but MacRieve laughing did?

He leaned in again to say at her ear, "I like your fire, lass I like that you surrender it for me to tend to when you're needful And only then You were heaven-sent for me" He nipped her earlobe, and she sucked in a breath "All that beautiful fight becomesnoise about a rugby rematch MacRieve tensed, but didn't join thes in Gaelic, their tones taunting, she asked, "Are they trash-talking you?"

"Oh, aye According to them, I'o lower the booain "Fierce wee creature You'll have me in brawls for eternity"

He clearly didn't want to leave her side, but she was feeling a little overwhel Had she really promised seven days of her life to this man? Worst decision ever? Best decision? She wouldn't h the day

Besides, she wanted to see if he had any lint in her eye, she said, "Reot"

He transferred her from his lap back to the bench, then shot to his feet "Prepare to be awed"