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Drawing a sharp breath, she stepped away from him, and he braced himself for a refusal So he was shocked as shit when she stepped inside the stone circle and shed her coat, dropping it onto the wet grass Before he even had ti, she peeled off her sweater

But it hen she dropped her bra on the ground, revealing creamy, strawberry-tipped brsts, that he understood just how difficult this quest was going to be Screw the challenges and the danger and the de that Aylin was the true menace to his future

Aylin had been nad in front of males before, but only for punishment, and none of the at her In the past, she’d seen only conteer

Hunter’s gaze was as hot as the air was cold, scorching her as he scanned her body Theher tummy flutter and her knees wobble It also made her bold

Back then, Hunter had believed she was Rasha This time, there was no confusion This ti at

And it was Aylin who had put the extree behind the fly of his jeans

Confidence swelled, and she shilances in Hunter’s direction, and what she saw took her breath away

He wasn’t stripping She should have been horrified that she was nad and he was fully clothed, but the way he was looking at her, his eyes dark, his teeth clenched, his hands balled into fists… it was as if he was mesmerized

Aylin’s confidence bloomed even more, and suddenly, she knehat her sister felt like when she alking through Shadon’s halls in her ski with extra flair when a

Until she re was But Hunter didn’t focus on her leg His gaze was locked on hers, holding her in place as he shed his own clothes

She didn’t feel the cold air swirling around her or the snowflakes that began to fall All she could feel was heat spreading through her ht now, she’d love for an arctic wind to scream out of the north and ease the hot ache that throbbed in her pelvis

The pile of clothes at Hunter’s feet grew larger as he stripped off his weapons harness, his black sweatshirt andslowness, he shoved his jeans to his ankles and stepped out of thehtened At his full height, he towered over her, and his broad shoulders blocked out the scenery behind him His bare chest rippled with hard-cut ed for her touch He was so beautifully ed out here in the wilderness, as bound to the forest as the wolves and the deer

She knew she shouldn’t look lower, but she only had sohills and valleys of his abs, she let out another whi upward in a dusky, thick colu veins

Her throat closed, and her brsts ached, and suddenly, she could picture herself taking him into her mouth Of all the sexual acts she’d witnessed in the close confines of clan life, that was the one she’d found incredibly distasteful, especially the way males seemed to use it to dominate females Pleasure and power seemed decidedly one-sided, but as Hunter stood there, a proud warrior with a rock-hard exterior, she understood that for a willing female, the power could be all hers

"Are you ready?" The velvety purr of his voice was a stroke of pure ecstasy

"Yes," she breathed And it didn’t evenif she was ready for He could have been asking if she was ready to have her throat slit, and she was too far gone with lust to care

Naked and fully erect, he caerly that she trembled

He stepped inside the circle and stopped abut so close a feather wouldn’t fit between theaze

His pal pressure built under her skin Good Lord, if he could do that to her with a simple caress on her face, ould happen to her if he touched her intilint in his eyes that didn’t match the sensual undercurrent in his voice "Before I put our lives on the line, I need to know if your offer to coenuine, or if this is part of a Shadon plot"

Her first instinct was to get angry at the accusation, but almost instantly, she realized that his suspicion arranted Shadon didn’t play by the rules, and they never had She could be the enemy, one MoonBound would least suspect

"On my honor," she said softly, "I only want to help"

His dark gaze searched her face, and she shivered at the cold resolve she saw lurking there She was suddenly very glad she was telling the truth, because she had no doubt that crossing this male could end very badly for her And worse for Rasha

Finally, he nodded "Then thank you, Aylin," he razed her ear, drawing a shudder of pure desire from her "You’re as beautiful inside as you are on the outside"

A sob fored there by Hunter’s fangs as they sank deep into her neck

She gasped at the searing pleasure, her fangs punching down hard with an intense hunger that ue over the pleasure glands at the top of her fangs and opened her mouth over his shoulder Warroaned and arched against her, pressing his erection into her belly

Fluid heat unfurled between her legs and spread outward in electric tingles It was as if her entire body was plugged into a giant erotic battery Every cell vibrated and pulsed in a coordinated wave of euphoria that started at her scalp and ended at her curled toes Was this ould have happened with Hunter back at the cabin if they hadn’t stopped?

Great Spirit, now she understood the obsession with sex If this hat it was like, she’d want it all the tirip, she wrapped herself around Hunter, her bodyeven h she wasn’t sure what asm, was it not?

Hunter’s hand dropped to her ass and lifted her so his shaft slid between her folds He didn’t penetrate her, but in herover places so sensitive that she jerked with every delicious stroke