Page 132 of Lost in the Dark

In my head, I heard the wordsgood girland felt that urgency return with a vengeance.I focused on the feel of him and closed my eyes. “I don’t ever want this to end.”

“That can be arranged.”

Just like that…to belong—to be wanted—to be consumed.This fantasy made promises that would fade the moment I opened my eyes. Still, right now, this waseverything.His cock pushed in, inch by mammoth inch. I moaned with the sensation and the sound vibrated against his wings.

“Again,” he demanded.

I did, unleashing that bestial sound once more. He lowered his hands to grip my hips, releasing a snarl of his own. One hard thrust, and he filled me. “No other mate, female. No other. You’re mine now.”

Mine…

Claimed by his body and his words. Blood hummed in my veins as his body surged into mine. I couldn’t stop him, even if I'd wanted to…

And I didn’t want to.

Dregon

Ikissed her neck, pinning her against my body as she stretched around me. Fuck she was tight…so goddamn tight.“That’s the way,” I urged.

My mortal.

She was darkness.

She was…home.

I closed my eyes as those words reached deeper. That’s what she felt like.Home. I licked my lips, still tasting her. My wings cradled her, cloaking the ridges of her ribs and the softness of her stomach. “Mother Night.” I thrust, giving over to that rush as her breaths raced and she moaned, her pulse thundering.

She was close…

So close.

Then in the distance, I heard a male call her name. “Violet!”

The word made me savage. I clenched my jaw, my lips curling as I bared my teeth. And still I held her gaze as it widened.

No. She is mine…

“Holy shit,” she whispered. “This is one wild fucking dream.”

“No dream, Violet.” I stamped my claim. “Touch me, and know that this is real.”

Her hands tightened around my arms and slid down as I gave one last thrust and felt her body spasm and pulse around me. The salty scent of her desire bloomed in my nose.

She is mine…I warned, baring my teeth as she cried out.“Oh God…”

She called for another as her body and her heart became mine. I couldn’t stop it, nor the anger as that male called her name in the distance. My cock twitched, my balls tightened, and the trillion fine hairs that covered my body shuddered with the sensation of her. I came with a growl. My cock twitched, the vein underneath throbbing as I invaded her body with my seed.

She imprinted on me. Her scent, her feel. I sucked in hard breaths, and now I imprinted on her as well. She will feel me, sense me. She will know in this moment what true devotion feels like. I sucked in heaving breaths and lifted my head, my gaze moving to hers.

Her eyes were wide, her breaths…still. There’s a scowl on her face as realization hit. “This isn’t a dream…is it?”

I become aware of the sounds of the forest around us.

Thesnapof a twig ignites something savage inside me. Her panic pushed to the surface. “No, Violet. This is no dream.”

She cried out and shoved to her feet, her body leaving mine in an instant. I didn’t like it. Not the absence of her skin or the bitter tang of fear that invaded my nostrils. High above on the ridge, I heard them. Two males and a female called out her name. I drove out my wings, fighting the need to take this female and carry her far from here, away from the male who gave her away so recklessly, and every other mortal who posed a threat. Right now, that waseveryone.

I focused on her as she shook her head. “No…no…”

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