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Ignoring her, Nathair gently brushed the spider into his palm, and it walked on willingly.

“Nathair,” she whined, cringing through another shudder. “Put it back.”

She didn’t want him to kill it, even if it made her skin crawl. It deserved to live, but just... not anywhere near her.

To her disgust, he slithered over to show her it, as if telling her not to be afraid. Linh squealed. She shot to her feet and backed up, throwing her hands up to ward him anditaway.

From what she could tell, Nathair held his breath, since his chest was unmoving. She bet she smelt of mild fear.

He came forward again, so she backed up a little more.

“I really don’t like bugs.” Even if he’d been holding a butterfly, she would have wanted to hurl.

Nathair let out a dark, morbid, andevillittle chuckle. Her face drained of heat at what that could possibly mean. He wiggled the hand holding the spider at her, as he came ever closer and looked as though he was about to put it in her hair.

Linh, realising what he was up to, nearly burst into tears when she ran. He fucking chased her with it! Considering he was usually lightning fast and didn’t catch up to her right away, he was letting her be a few feet in front of him, but still...

His chuckle was cruel, the game mean.

That was until he wrapped his arm around her midsection. She kicked and bashed at his forearm, even when she watched him free the poor spider by letting it crawl onto a random tree trunk. Then he turned her to him.

“You’re a jerk,” she bit out when she finally calmed – since fighting him was pointless. She folded her arms and threw her head away.

He forcibly turned her face back to his, and his bright-yellow orbs glowed with joy. He let out a snicker.

“It’s not funny. I’m really angry with you.”

He circled his hand over the left side of his chest.

“You’re not sorry. Don’t lie.”

His snicker deepened!

When she refused to soften her glare, he shot forward. A wet, forked limb swiped across her neck, just below her jaw, and her skin instantly prickled. She gasped and cupped her neck, her pulse fluttering faster under her palm.

He licked me.

Nathair then held the side of her face, staring down at her, and his yellow orbs seemed to say a thousand silent words. His chuckles morphed into a purr. She realised he was holding her, hugging her so they were torso to torso, and that she’d instinctually wrapped her legs around his waist.

He slowly leaned forward to lick her again, but down her cheek. The swipe ended at the corner of her lips, and the fork of his tongue ensured it was wide. His maw lingered near her mouth, and she dabbed her tongue at the seam of her lips, unsure if she wanted him to lick across them or not.

She was mad at him, and she knew the ‘kiss’ would be unfamiliar. She was also kind of... curious.

Deciding the betrayal of him chasing her with a spider wasn’t as terrible as what hecouldhave done with it, Linh nodded, hoping his lack of movement was a question. She wanted a proper kiss, and not just her giving him a bunch of them against his skull like that one morning.

When he slipped his tongue across her lips, Linh knew she’d made the right decision. She instantly melted for it.It’s so firm.

In case he only intended to give her one, she panted as she whispered, “Again?”

Nathair groaned and held her tighter as he did it a second time. She opened for him so he could dip it into the crevice of her mouth. Her stomach instantly tightened and clenched as her pussy quivered in delight at the strangeness that greeted her. His tongue split over the top of hers, and its roughness felt weird – which meant it wasperfect.

Thrumming with arousal, she wound her arms around his neck and drew him closer with her ankles. The rumble in his chest vibrated against her breasts, making her nipples harden further. His hands spanned over her side and the back of her opposing shoulder as he pressed her tightly against him.

Linh fought his tongue to dance around each fork. It was messy and uncontrolled, but tingled her lips with each back-and-forth stroke.More,she thought with a moan, her pussy spasming in welcome of the foreign sensation.

He pulled away too soon, leaving her panting and buzzing with want. His tongue flickered into the air, tasting her as his purr deepened. With orbs purple, he set her down. Yet, her stomach flipped to sucker punch her heart when he cupped the side of her face and caressed her cheek with a clawed thumb.

Linh knew he was pushing her boundaries on purpose. He was being patient, but he wasn’t willing to wait for her to take eachstep on her own – especially as she’d shown she found it difficult to take those leaps.