Page 59 of Claim

I let her get as close as possible before I turn on my heel and sprint.

“Not so fast.”

I flinch as her nails dig into my neck. It burns from the scratch.

“Damn.” I run my hand on my skin, slowing up.

In that time, she leaps onto my back, her arms tight around my throat, legs bracing on either side, her breath warm against my ear.

I spin round, trying to shake her off. I lose my balance, my fingers scraping against the bark of a tree as she tightens her deadly grip around my neck.

“Told you I’d catch you, big man.”

“Couldn’t resist the lake, could you? You like shiny things.”

A low growl rumbles in my chest as I reach around, yanking her off me by her puffy, snow-dusted coat. She falls to her ass and I grin, towering over her.

She shuffles back on her butt until she bashes into the tree behind.

“Who is winning now, pretty girl?”

I lean down, fingers tightening around her throat, yanking her to her feet, and slamming her roughly against the tree.

Her breath hitches, nostrils flaring, betraying her emotions in wide, startled eyes. Every single time. She always says she can read me by my eyes, and I can with her too.

My naughty princess is hungry for more.

“Nothing to say, iskorka?”

I firmly grasp her thigh and guide it upward, positioning myself between her legs. She claws at my jacket, fumbling for the zipper. I watch her with amusement as she yanks it down.

“Fuck. Me,” she pants out. “Take me, make me yours.”

How I want to rip my mask off and crash my lips over hers.

Letting go of her throat, I run my hand up her body and tear open her coat as she leans in, sinking her teeth into my neck.

“Fuck,” I groan.

My cock aches to be inside her.

The trickle of warm blood down my collar is accompanied by a metallic scent that fills my nostrils. I swipe it away from my neck and look at the crimson coating my fingers.

With a smirk, I push her mouth open and shove them in.

“Clean up your mess.”

Her nose wrinkles, but she does as she’s told, sucking them clean.

She grins at me as I remove them, her white teeth now stained red.

“Your blood tastes good. Did I forget to mention I’m a vampire?” She winks.

I hold in my laugh. Fucking hell, this woman’s sass.

Leaning in, I lower my voice.

“Does it make me one too, if I eat your pretty little cunt out when you’re on your period?”

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