the marble behind her.
Her eyes went stark once more. Why couldnât she have been of his kind? If she had, she would have been clawing him to fill her, begging . She would have fed him into her body and sighed with relief when he rocked into her. The mental image of this creature doing that made him groan in misery at his loss. He wanted her willing. But heâd take what fate had given.
âIâm going tae be inside you tonight. Best relax.â
She gazed up at him with her brows drawn as though with despair. âYou said you wouldnât hurt me. You p-promised.â
Did the witch think that promise would be enough to save her? He gripped his cock, dragged her leg up to his hip . . . .
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âBut you said,â she whispered, devastated that sheâd believed him. She hated being lied to, especially since she could never lie back. âYou said . . . .â
He stilled. With a deep growl, he released her leg and hitthe wall again. Her eyes widened when he grabbed her and turned her around. Right when she was about to scratch him, bite him, he pulled her into his arms again, her back against his chest. He shoved her hand to his erection, inhaling sharply at the first touch. His voice gone guttural, he said, âStroke me.â
Glad for the reprieve, she tentatively held him, in no way able to fit her palm around him. When she didnât begin at once, he bucked his hips. She finally ran her hand over him in long strokes, looking away.
âHarder.â She tightened her fingers, face hot with embarrassment. Was it so apparent that she had no idea what she was doing?
As if reading her mind, he rasped, âThatâs it, lass.â He was kneading her breast, his mouth against her neck, broken sounds coming from his chest. She could feel his muscles tensing. His arm tightened around her until she didnât think she could breathe. His other hand dipped down to cup her sex.
He growled, âGoing tae come.â Then, with a raw groan that drew her gaze back to the sight, his seed came, pumping out into the shower. âAh, God, yes.â He pawed her breast, but she scarcely felt it, her eyes widening as it continued on and on.
When heâd finished, she realized she was dazedly continuing to stroke him. He stayed her hand as he shuddered, the muscles of his torso rippling.
She was losing her mind. She should be appalled, yet she recognized her body was aching. For him? For the firm hand heâd removed from between her legs?
He pushed her back against the unmarred wall under the showerhead. Leaning his chest against her, he placed hischin on her head and his palms by her face to box her in. âTouch me.â
âWh-where?â Was that her voice sounding so . . . husky?
âDoona care.â
She began rubbing his back, and as she did so he kissed the top of her head, absently, as if he didnât realize he was being kind to her.
His shoulders were broad and, like the rest of him, hard and thick with muscle. Seemingly of their own accord, her hands glided over him more sensually than she would have liked. Each movement brushed her achy nipples against the ridges of his torso. The golden hair on his chest tickled her lips, and despite herself, she imagined kissing that tanned skin. Her sex still throbbed for the semi-erect penis pressed high against her belly, yearned for it even though sheâd seen how huge it had grown.
Just when she thought he was about to fall asleep, he murmured in her ear, âI can scent youâre still aroused. Deeply so.â
She sucked in a breath. What exactly was he? âY-you say these things just to shock me.â She thought he spoke so bluntly because heâd quickly determined how uncomfortable it made herâand she resented him for it.
âAsk me to make you come.â
She tensed. She might be a coward, without accomplishment or talent. But right now she
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