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He slowly opened his eyes, glowing blue orbs that I swore lit up the entire rooazes stayed locked And for a long second, neither of us moved He stared at me and I at him, and then I forced myself to pull out of the trance I was in

I moved away so quickly I fell off the side of the bed,into full view Here I was, sprawled out, aze latched at the most intimate part of me covered only by a thin layer of cotton

His nostrils flared, that very inhuot wetter

I snapped s closed and crab walked backward until the wall stopped my retreat, then forcederratic I couldn’t move as I watched him stalk around the bed and co the hairs on my arms to stand on end

He stopped when he was a few feet fro intofaster and harder I felt beads of sweat lining aze riveted to the descent I held my breath and tensed when he reached out—his hand, I swore, was as big asthe side ofthat droplet before he pulled his hand back and brought it to his ue to hold off the sh

And when he slipped the digit between his lips, and sucked that salty droplet off, my mouth parted in shock The ruht to the ether,to my folds

He took another step closer, and one more until ere toe-to-toe My head was tipped back and resting against the wall, ly so His hair was short and dark, the strands looking so soft, even though he seeers twitched to rise up and touch those locks, to tangle ers in them and jerk him toward me

I’d never seen aHis shoulders were broad, his chest wide and strong and blocking out everything behind hi around us, I could see hirew drunk off the sight of Cian

I’d never been more sure than in that moment that this man was not wholly human His size, the way he looked, the sounds that ca very deep within hi

“If ye’d just…” he said but trailed off, as if he either couldn’t bring the words out or couldn’t for on his face, and so in me cracked

He lifted his hand again, and I flinched It was an involuntary reaction, and it wasn’t even because I was afraid or thought he’d hurt ht so by the way his square jaw clenched and he curled his fingers into his palm

“I’ll never hurt ye,” he said with so much conviction I felt the words “I’d kill myself, let my body be tortured and torn apart, burned and broken irrevocably, just tae make sure ye’re whole and safe”

A small sound of shock left me

“It’s the truth, my wee lass”

My eyelids fluttered on their own at the way he said my wee lass, as if the words were just as much an endearment as they were a branded stamp that I was his

“I know,” I foundbefore I even realized it, before I even knew if it was my actual truth But as I stared at hi here in front of hi moment for him, I knew this man—Lycan ht

He had his hands on the wall on either side ofme feel small “If ye’d just let me touch ye, hold ye”—he looked down at ht it is tae be together”

His spicy, dark scent h hs My clit throbbed in ti itself for what only he could give me