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No other male had touched her. The primitive part of him reveled in that. He wanted to take her, long and hard. Imprint himself on her so that she’d always remember him.

But he also wanted to take care of her. Show her how special she was. Caress her. Love her.

He was a hard man, some would say a cold-blooded killer. But he’d done what he had to, survived when a softer man wouldn’t have—and saved his clan besides. For Rosana, though, he’d dredge up whatever tenderness he could.

They exited the beach and stopped to put on their boots.

The wind had picked up. It whistled through the dunes, whipped Rosana’s long black curls across her face. She captured them in one hand and beamed at him, her irises a deep sapphire in the fading light.

“Race you back to the B&B.” She took off down the street, surprisingly agile in the high-heeled boots.

He blinked, and with a predatory grin, loped after her. His cougar loved a chase.

He stayed behind her until they were almost to the B&B, because hey, watching that ripe, pretty ass wasn’t a hardship. Then he lunged, grabbing her waist and swinging her into the air.

She gave a shriek of laughter and grabbed his shoulders. Long legs wrapped around his hips.

“Beat you.” He gently closed his teeth on her full lower lip and continued walking. “What do I win?” He nibbled his way down her neck.

“No fair.” She angled her head so he could taste the tender underside of her jaw. “We didn’t agree to anything for the winner.”

He reached around her to open the door to the B&B. The stairwell was silent, his animal-enhanced senses telling him they were alone in the building. He headed up to the second floor with Rosana wrapped around him like a sexy vine.

He let his cat into his smile. “Where the fuck did you get the idea I play fair?”

Chapter 5

Adric set Rosana on the floor and reached behind him to lock the door. She had time for a single sharp inhale, and then he had a hand fisted in her hair. He tugged her head back, exposing her throat.

It was a very male, very dominant move. And damn, it turned her on.

Her pussy clenched. Her knees turned to jelly.

I’m going to tease you first… Make you beg a little.

Goddess, he’d almost made her come right then with those hot, dirty words rasped against her throat.

She set her hands on his chest. His face was still chilled from the cold, but the rest of him was all hot, tensile strength, his scent a mix of earth and the winter wind.

He fastened his mouth to her throat above the collarbone and sucked hard. Leaving a love-bite she’d have to hide, but right now, she just didn’t care.

Heat shot from her breasts to her womb, pooled between her thighs. Her skin felt too tight. She moaned and gripped his shoulders.

Releasing her hair, he bent her over an arm and kissed his way down her neck to her breasts. Her nipples beaded against the thin barrier of her chemise and the cotton shirt. He pushed up the shirt and traced a finger down the V of the neckline to her cleavage.

“Pretty.” He placed his mouth on the ivory material over one tightly furled bud and sucked.

Her lungs jerked. She dug her fingers into his shoulders and rasped his name.

“Mm.” He swirled his tongue around her nipple through the silky cloth and then moved to her other breast. “I want to lick you all over.”

Need twisted through her. “Right back at you.”

That earned her a deep kiss. When he lifted his head, he pulled her shirt the rest of the way off so that she stood before him in just the chemise, jeans and boots.

His gaze locked on the wet fabric over her breasts. She glanced down to see her nipples dark against the pale material.

“Yeah,” he said hoarsely, “I’m going to lick you all over. And maybe bite a little.”

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