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Contact He hit al the way to the spine

On and on the lethal dance continued He was bleeding profusely but stil energized He inning He even roans and whi abounded But by the tith fast

He was also grinning

He had done it He had won

"Who’s your daddy, bitches?"

Defeat chortled inside his head, ju in the victory Heat fil ed his veins, pu of every slice, the rest of his energy gone, but for now, he felt invincible

"Strider?" Kaia stepped into his line of sight Firelight licked at her, il u her beautiful skin The limmered with every color of the rainbow

In seconds, his cock was painful y hard It’s just the sexual high, he told himself You don’t want her

Not real y Gods, her skin…his mouth watered for a taste

Concentrate, he had to concentrate He hadn’t seen her fight, but he had heard the results Now her hair was in tangles, and blood was splattered over her cheeks and ar at his waspish tone, she gestured behind her He wanted to curse when he spied the pile of men she’d defeated He didn’t have to count to know she’d won their chal enge His stohtened with dread as he waited for his knees to buckle and acid to fil his veins, destroying the pleasure

Onehappened

"I didn’t kil any ofher claws "I just knocked them out So feel free to do the honors yourself"

Wait What? She’d let hi an apple pie with ingredients she’d purchased--with money she’d actual y earned "Kaia