Page 81 of Savage Fate

“Fane!” I jerked against him, and my legs widened, welcoming him inside.

His rough chuckle had my eyes rolling in the back of my head.“I’m just getting started, little rebel.”

My body became a fiery temple he worshiped at, lavishing attention on me. My frantic breaths fogged the air, and soon, steam would rise from us. I hoped no one was awake in the house, because they could probably feel the thick waves of desire crashing around us.

A low growl vibrated Fane’s chest, and his real hand slipped under my tank top, stroking my stomach. His talons dragged along my flesh, making me quiver.

“Feels so good,” I murmured, my head falling back, gazing up at the multitude of stars. Electric bolts crackled over me, hitting my core. My legs opened farther, wanting Fane to take me right on the damn table. “Don’t stop.”

His teeth dragged up my throat while those talons scraped across my ribs. Sharp stings registered as Fane’s claws pressed hard enough to draw blood.

I hissed. “Careful. I think?—”

Fane’s lethal canines pushed into my throat, and even though he’d bitten me plenty of times before while we were intimate, something felt different about this.

For one thing, it hurt, and as I whimpered, those claws and teeth dug deeper.

Panic washed over me, and I tried to shove him off, but he wouldn’t budge. “Fane, stop!”

His vicious snarl had every hair lifting. “I’ll stop when you’re dead.”

A shudder ran through me, fear scraping along every vertebra as I realized Fane was no longer in control. The spell had taken over.

I gathered my strength and gripped the hair above his nape, yanking him back. A violet haze consumed his irises.

Fane didn’t see me. He saw the creature he was enchanted to kill.

“Snap out of it, Maverick.”

His talons burrowed in, and pain erupted in my abdomen as hot blood leaked out, staining my tank top. “Kill you.”

Son of a bitch.

The bloodlust soaking the air had me trembling. All he had to do was apply a little more pressure, and he’d shred my flesh to ribbons.

“Fane, stop. Please.”I spoke into his mind, hoping our connection would loosen the spell’s grip.“You don’t want to do this.”

He either couldn’t hear me, or he was ignoring my pleas. A terrifying, savage grin pulled his lips apart, my blood coating his teeth.

I couldn’t let him do this. Obviously, I didn’t want to die, but I couldn’t let him suffer the consequences of killing his mate. The bond would wreck Fane after I was gone.

It would do the same to me if he was torn from this world.

When I slammed my fist into his temple, it barely fazed him. “Fane, don’t do this!”

His lips curled back to reveal more of those deadly teeth. “Youwilldie.”

As he arched forward to tear into my throat, I angled to the side so he fell toward the table.

Fane wasn’t the only one with super-fast reflexes.

I rolled backward to untangle myself from him and landed on all fours on the table. Adrenaline and fear poured through my veins as I faced off with a beast.

My talons dug into the wood, and my senses sharpened as my shifter side emerged.

If only you had me, we could incapacitate him in seconds.

I wanted to hurl a slew of curses at the voice haunting me. “Don’t make me hurt you, Maverick.”

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