demolished apartment doorway

rooting her in place as she flicked an unce

pausing to pin her with an inscrutab

ied that same inborn domi

to it - as if he were simply stating imm

somewhere deep in Sophia'

ast a wary loo

d her with hooded eyes glint

his lips, heightening the arrogan

aiden. We'll have our

spine at the somehow charg

unholy temptation more intoxicati

hrough his broad chest with a resonance that be

the lifeless bodies strewn about - Sophia swallowed hard and d

ven more horrifying. Gouged bulkhea

man and monster alike

, and rage clogged the air with

's gullet as she clapped a hand over h

er a look over his shoulder - forging ahead

ained unruffled by t

behind. The past

gaze kept snapping back to the

ignorant bliss of the true n

odies and mangled limbs scattered in ab

her, his presence large and implacable. "C

wed thick lashes to flutter shut so she cou

f his body beside her and the sound of

e shore, they gave her a focal point to dead

careful grip providing a stabilizing count

raw power to the gentle surety of his touc

s made increasingly less sens

her to simply follow al

th an archway where the sounds of night

rs away for how abruptly the world nar

loose debris, Jonathan's v

r insid

rm as Marcus maneuvered her, guiding her to duck low b

f enveloped by lush black leathe

, jaw taut as he whipped the vehicle

t of acceleration, nearly toppling into Marcus w

m the dash - drinking in the sharp contours and sheer ma

and slid purposefully from her shoulder, down her back in a slow c

ed Sophia'

er yearned to press closer rather than

he shelter of his sculpted

she shifted and opene

nch, never once taking his eyes off the

ve ques

ing out to wet her lips before daring to speak. "Yes, well..

sensations his searing proximity sparked within her. "Exiled

the wearied severity of one accustomed to war. "A diseased wretch who craves di

hift closer to the overwhelming Marcus, seeking his presence as an anchor

ble emanated from the titan

ords with care. "Let us say we embrace a more...primordial side o

t under

s remained glued to the road. "One doesn't simply wake up a mytho

d clarification, but Jonathan ba

w mirror, meeting hers with simmering intensity. "Mikhail knows you've awakened as the Moon Maiden, the one female fated to fo

ng metal gates yawning open to allow them entry to a pristi

ttention flanking the roadw

he hand on Sophia's hip squeezi

uckles whitening on the steeri

shifted infinitesimally closer, his eart

o question the inexplicable rightness o

ying, beauti

pacious motor court outside

ith piercingly bright haloes, cast

ively shrank from the illumination, pressing

thing purr that seemed to vib

of his wrist. Silence reigned for a long

s seat to pin Sophia with

nning of your new li