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Emotionally, too. I reveled in giving up control to Hunter, surrendering my body and heart to him. Because I was always in control, and it felt great to let go of it, even if only for a little while.

Every time his name slipped from my lips, he groaned and pounded harder and harder until the wave rose so high, it finally crashed around me.

“Hunter!” I screamed.

He growled like an animal and pounded into me, watching my face as he rode every wave of my orgasm.

Before roaring from one of his own, stilling on top of me.

Breathless, he kissed me, but this time, it was gentle, and when he pulled back, he had a softened expression, smiling slightly as he released the belt from around my arms.

This was the Hunter I recognized.

But what about his other part? Could it ever be tamed? Did he want to tame it?

I let him pull my head onto his chest, listening to the beating of his heart.

“Hunter?” I started, trailing my fingertip along his toned stomach.

His fingers trailed along my hair. “Yes, Little Leopard?”

Nerves tangled around my words. “Do youwantto stop being the Vigilante?”

CHAPTER34

Luna

He froze beneath me for several beats of our hearts.Eventually, he murmured in a tone riddled with emotion, “What doyouwant, Little Leopard?”

I wasn’t sure if I could choose him, be with him fully, but…

“I want you to give up this lifestyle.”

“Because you can’t be with a killer.”

I wasn’t sure that was true. Somehow, in the music of our time together, the beats of understanding created a melody of trust. I trusted Hunter would never hurt me, never hurt anyone I loved. The only people in danger from him were killers.

Hunter held my chin between his finger and thumb and tilted my head up to meet his stare.

“Do you still love me? Despite everything I’ve done?”

The weight of my feelings almost choked me, but I managed to whisper, “I love you so much, it scares me.”

His lips brushed mine softly, teasing out my fears. “How so?”

I rested my ear on his chest again, looking at the window’s cloudless sky.

“Because you being a killer doesn’t scare me for therightreasons.”

He let me collect my thoughts, dragging his fingertips through my hair.

“I should be afraid of you,” I said. “I should be afraid of the lives you would take if you continued being the Vigilante.” That was the moral thing to fear. Yet, while I didn’t condone his actions… “When I look deep, that’s not what I’m most afraid of.”

Hunter kissed the top of my head and asked gently, “And what is it that scares you the most?”

I placed the palm of my hand on his warm skin, feeling the ridges of his chest muscles.

“This Vigilante life has two outcomes: prison or death. I don’t want that for you, and selfishly, the thought of another person I love being in prison forever…” My lip quivered.

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