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"Shh I kneas so like that I don't like that he's tied you to him, but you aren't his You were never meant to be his"

She shook her head, trying to deny it

"Don't" He pressed her close to hiainst his bare skin "I don't want you to lie to me I'd rather you didn't answer"

Thathonest and she wasn't "Yes No I'm married, but" That's why the attack didn'tundying love Treating her like he did, which was good, and then telling his fatherShe pressed her knuckles to hershe didn't understand? And then add the little part about thesters

"You had to run from him"

She nodded, her heart beating out of control His voice was so low, so hypnotic, she had to answer his she tried not to think about--they hurt too much

"The fiery crash into the ocean Gatita showed Shadow?" he pressed

She took a breath Nodded again Her heart hurt Her lungs burned She was terrified she ht have a panic attack

"Why are you uncertain whether you're married or not?"

He wasn't going to drop it, but then they'd had more than a week of crazy, spectacular, fireworks-and-rockets-going-off sex He obviously didn't want to be with aShe knew it He knew it But she wasn't married in her heart Even if her husband had lied to his father, they'd tried to kill her Did thatfree of hi away

"I overheard the to me, told my husband that one didn't ot rid of thehed and said thehe would end it My father-in-law then said, 'You know you have to kill her,' and my husband said, 'Of course'" She looked at him "So there you have , I"

He didn't let her finish He moved so fast he was a blur, on her in a quarter of a second, his hands on her upper arentle "We wereThere's a difference I've never fucked you I never will My leopard marked you I marked you You're mine My mate We are tied for life You don't see other et tired of you, and you aren't going to get tired of me This man who so carelessly was ready to throw you away is an idiot, and I'o through ht to you claimed you"

He pulled her up tighter against hiht up on her toes "Look at me, Sonia"

He waited until her gaze lifted to his It was an effort Every word he said gave her hope, gave her the burn of tears, so that little voice in the back of her head reet their as pushed back further When her lashes ca into that crystalline blue Dark green swirled through the blue, a turbulent sea He was angry, and that scared her a little

"I' to put a bomb in your car You're mine to protect and treasure I didn't think I had a chance in hell of finding you, and believe me, I searched the world for you For Shadow to find Gatita right next door was a miracle I don't throay my miracles"

"You could be killed for being close to me, Joshua I know you work for Drake Donovan and you think you're invincible, but not fro else, because I won't be responsible for getting you killed" She had to give him every out She was certain everyone believed her dead, but if they didn't, if they were looking, she had to warn hi ere first-class killers

"Fair enough But I do need to know if he's leopard"

"I don't know if he is I didn't knoas until Gatita saved ed I had several shocks that day" She had nightht, but quite a few She was trauoone to pieces He'd taken such good care of her She'd been barely eighteen and had no idea what to do He'd sorted her life out for her and she'd believed in him

"I've taken control ofhim to understand "I didn't kno to live before I was barely eighteen when ed her funeral and cremation He helpedfor me When I ran, I didn't kno to take care of myself Now I do"

He kissed the top of her head "And you do it very well When I le person I talked to said to go to Jerry, that he had a brilliant carpenter, an artist with restoration, and they named you"

"My father was a carpenter He liked to ood I don't kno he gotfar too comfortable with Joshua

"My male needs to see your female for a little while Are you coether If you're not too tired?"

That was so perfect She wouldn't have to think and Gatita would be happy She wanted her little female to be happy Sonia nodded

He caught the he is so damned sexy I can barely think when I look at you"

Sasha had rarely had sex with her Only when she'd initiated it He had always been gentle, almost reverent, the opposite of Joshua's wild, out-of-control, rough sex She responded to Joshua's way of touching her The way he talked to her He'd given her an orgasuilty over that, she didn't know Sasha had tried to kill her She had no reason to feel guilty because she liked the way Joshua touched her

She watched as he carefully folded the little top and put it on the table He hooked his thumbs in the boy shorts and started to slide theht her left breast in his ht her nipple between his teeth and tugged

She cried out as white lightning ripped through her body, shocking her The things he did should have hurt, but the bite was a sweet ache that fueled the darker desires of her body His tongue licked gently, a velvet rasp that sent h her She fisted one hand in his hair and with the other cupped her breast, guiding his head to that side for equal attention

He obliged, hisover the soft ainst her breasts and midriff sensitized her skincurves,her the way his otten as his hand slid down herto find her entrance

She threw her head back and keened, a long, loail of pure pleasure escaping her throat His , one hand curling at her nape, pressing until she obediently leaned over it She found herself looking down fro in and out of her

"You're so tight, baby So fucking tight I can barely get e to take my cock, I don't know"

She didn't know either, but she did know she needed hiet inside me"

She should have known the way he would respond, slowly drawing down her lace panties so she could step out of them She knew hi his way She didn't mind because she reaped the benefits, but soet where she knew he needed to be She caught the railing and held tight while he began his slow torture Soft touches A fiery lick of his tongue The edge of his teeth raking her clit Over and over, sned to

drive her out of her

Her breasts werewith every ainst the twisted metalwork the next She heard herself sob, plead, her hips squir even ain and then his ht where she needed it She pushed back, and he was gone She cried out in protest

"You want me?"

"Yes" She hissed her answer "Hurry"

She felt the head of his cock, so broad, so velvet soft and hard at the sa her that burn she craved She held herself still, knowing if sheHe liked to play Liked to make her body hum and vibrate He loved her pleas, or the cries she couldn't suppress She knew that, because he told her he did Sprawled on top of her, he had confessed he loved her need of his struggled for air when she was desperate to co her doith his body, gliding gently in her

He pushed deeper So slowly The burn scorched her Took every bit of air With hiive way for his invasion and then stretch to acco more than they ever had It was brutal It was perfection It was them He seeht all along and she'd been born for him Created just for him The wind ruffled the Spanish ht iron

"Do you feel your beauty right now? The lorious skin" He stroked his hand down her back "I love your skin" His hand slid over her right cheek "Your sweet ass is red with my marks Do you like them as much as I do? You can't see them, but can you feel them?" He rubbed at the marks, and when she didn't answer, he added another one

She cried out, and he felt the hot liquid surround hi hiet him to fill her

He laughed softly "Yes The answer is yes, my little cat Say it Say you kno beautiful you are with my marks on you"

"I love them," she admitted "Every one of them, and I especially love how you put theood Now please, please, please, stop teasing me"

"I' love to you, baby Don't you feel that?" He smacked her left cheek this time, leaned forward and licked down her spine with that velvet rasp

Her inner roaned "So fuckin' hot, Sonia You give this to me every time" He slipped in another slow inch