ked through the compou

tch burned. My body was not ready. He did not care. A broken sound tore out of my throat as he bottomed

ts exploded. Rapid fire. Shouts. Th

en. One hand stayed locked around both my wrists above my head. The oth

tever is happening out there can

sheets. The metal rings on the headboard rattled. My body clenched around him on pure instinc

gh the night. Closer this time. Someo

His jaw was tight. Every muscle in his arms stood out as he held me down and took what he wanted. The partial knot at the base of

out there,

hip to my throat again. Not c

gravel between thrusts. No one touch

s shook. Pleasure and pain twisted together until I could not tell them apart. Kael wat

nst me. That is five years of rage. Five years of hunting. Five ye

. A raw cry ripped from my throat as the thick swelling locked behind my pubic bone and began to expand further. Kael's entire

I am about to pump into you. The bond nee

ing his seed in place. The mate bond flared between us like a live wire. Pain and heat and something

ence slammed down over the compound. Only the sound of Kael's rough breathi

llway. A heavy fist slamm

e. Rough. Urgent.

l coming in slow thick waves. He rolled his hips once, grinding the knot deep

red without rai

ed professional even though he had to know exactly what was happening in this room

still. The hand on my th

t n

the people who kept her alive these past five years. He said if yo

lethal gold. His knot throbbed inside me again, forcing another

mies to my door

red. They followed the scent o

re tore a sharp cry from my throat. He swallowed the sound with his mouth, kissing m

cleared his thro

Double the guard on the boy. No one enters this wing. No one leaves. I

, A

down the hall. S

ked tight. Seed leaked around the seal in slow white rivulets. H

thief and black market healer who touched your life while you were gone. And you are going to

on my throat. Outside, somewhere in the compou

ld cr

s

r, edged with pain. The incomplete bond between us flared

e more time, still feeding seed into me, still locking

t because of the enemies you dragged here, I will finish what the elders sta

turned in

de me. We were locked. Trapped. Helpless for the next several minutes whil

d through the compou

ed to force his still locked knot deeper anyway, as

andle began to tur

ignored the

was co