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He bared his teeth at her "Just because it's never been done before? Tonight, I'll do whatever it takes"

"You gamble with her life"

"First of all, it's our lives If she dies, I'll follow her Second of all, you've never seen a Lykae with entle with his mate" As he tenderly collected her in his arret

What had happened when she'd been out?

"Mother, you're not considering this?" Nieve's hand landed ona sword hilt? "Your brothers will be furious" She moved to block the door

"I believe your people owe et out of the bluidy way"

Undaunted, Nieve said, "Chloe needs to decide" In a flash ofit at him "This is her life, her decision"

"Aye It is" He drew Chloe close to his warazed down at her, it sped up His eyes were gold and filled with an emotion she'd never seen in hioddae Let me do this"

"But my venom You'll have to take it this time"

"Listen to me, mo chridhe I crave any bond with you, will scour this earth for more I want my body bound to yours, my soul chained to yours Any tie I can find, I'll bind us even tighter We'll have e, bairns, a new line between us!" In a hoarse voice, he said, "I can do this For us, I can I' with you, lass Believe in me?"

Chapter Forty-Eight

Will charged past the incubi guards with his barely conscious h the portal to hit the ground running in the Woods

Chloe had trusted hied by panic, he would howl to the world about such a female

-SAVE HER!- Hundreds of years ago, his Instinct had commanded hiazed down at Chloe's limp body "Just hold on, love!"

As he ran for Conall, the an filtering through the treetops If he was going to be the first Lykae to deny his beast on the night of a full ed bea ray of sensation

Just get to the keep Gisela had given him a potion for Chloe that would alleviate the worst of her pain, but only for a briefGet her to the keep, use the potion

Then h he never had before

When she moaned with pain, he doubted hi He'd known he was somehow to blauiding him to destroy Ruelle's memory, before Will destroyed his mate with his own poison

Even now, he scented the lingering se The next rain would wash that stench away

Right before he shot froht he smelled another scent-the faintest hint ofthe Old Ones, far in the distance Not died out? They would hold no menace for Will or his mate-if she was claimed and marked with Will's bite

Soon

The keep was in sight He'd have to cross the fields under the light Could he prevent hirass?

So theclouds "We're almost there, Chloe"

He bolted through the doorway, up the stairs with one great leap In their room, he laid her on the bed, then dashed to the s Those bays were positioned to catch the moon's rise and set

As he stretched out his arht blasted hiht

He shuddered, his beast stirring Will snatched the curtains closed, shaking his head hard No, no' tonight! Stay in your goddae!

Back to hisoff his own, then grabbed the potion bottle

Her shakes were groorse, her teeth beginning to chatter "MacRieve, it hurts so bad"

"I know, baby, I know exactly Here" He opened the bottle "You need tae get this down" He cupped the back of her head, raising her to drink Some spilled down her lips His chest twisted as he tenderly brushed the liquid away

Noaiting

"What happened while I was out?" she asked in a hushed voice "You're sodifferent"

He brushed her hair from her forehead "I'll explain it all tomorrow For now, just know that Ifrom you"

Her eyes grew a touch brighter "But how can you forget what I am? Once I feel better, surely I'll strew-"

He cut her off with a quick kiss "You doona have that ability A wee cambion like you has no control over me You never did"

"What?"

"I on your strew Ah, lass, I've so ht" Just let me be her mate

"Can you truly keep the beast caged?"

"I've avoided the moon as much as possible I can do this for you, Chloe For us"

"The pain's lessening I feel a little stronger" The first move she made was to stroke his cheek Heaven

He'd fallen head over heels; he began to hope he could claim her heart as well

If he could save her Re to her brsts "This first time must be quick, before the potion wears off" All he had to do was be quick, yet gentle, and keep his beast at bay

What could possibly go wrong?

As he took a nipple between his lips and started to suck, he dipped his hand between her thighs to sink a finger inside her Gods, her silken sheath was so hot as it clenched his finger Even in his panic, his cck went rock-hard for that tightness,atop the crown

By the tier inside, she was rocking her hips, riding his fingers Responding so perfectly

"Is this better, lass?"

She nodded "I'm ready I think"

He would've liked to prepare her e They had no tiainst her opening With a shallow roll of his hips, he began inching his length inside her "A you?"

Her eyes widened "No, but so's different" She bit her bottoot a hint of what's to come, so to speak"

His pruine those hints are no' in short supply Even now, you've got me crazed for you"

She et hier than I've ever known"

Because it's no longer tainted Pressing wet kisses to her swollen brsts, he rocked between her taut thighs When Chloe gripped his shoulders and loried in her wellness and wanted its turn inside her This was the first full ht

And the beast wanted its due

Will refused it He skiers down Chloe's side, then reached between theroaned to find that little bud so firm and sensitive

Sheher hps for more touch, for more of his shaft

"Ah, your eyes are glowing!"