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“Yes,” I whispered.I’d tried to be strong, to own this side of myself, to pretend it didn’t bother me.But it did, my whole life everyone had let me know how ugly I was when I was like this, and some had cast me aside because of it.“I’m hideous?—”

He pressed his thumb to my lips and growled.“Stop.”He tightened his grip on my chin.“You call yourself hideous again, we’ll have a problem.”He dipped closer, so his mouth was a breath from mine.“You have no idea how much I want you right now, all of you, every fucking version.”

ChapterNineteen

Jagger

Her pretty red eyes widened,and I dragged in a rough breath.

I was trying to hold myself back.Really fucking trying, but then I felt her hand move at my side.She was touching me, setting off really fucking nice tingles down my spine, and maybe I could have maintained my control for a little longer, but then her claws grazed my skin.

“Fuck,” I groaned, a full-on shiver rocking me.“Sutton, baby, I’m struggling here.You need to step back if you don’t want me to claim that hot fucking mouth.”

She blinked up at me, but what she didn’t do was step back.

That was it.The only chance she got from me.With a growl, I hooked her around the waist and hauled her off her feet as I shoved my fingers in her soft hair.It was difficult, but I pressed my forehead to hers and took two seconds to remind myself that although she may look like a demon, she wasn’t as strong as one, and I needed to be careful with her.I needed to be aware of my strength, because hurting her would fucking destroy me.

So instead of slamming my mouth down on hers, I tipped my head to the side and carefully, slowly opened my mouth over hers.Oh fuck.Her warm, soft lips against mine were even better than I remembered.But this time, I slid my tongue inside for a taste.Her little tongue touched mine, and my knees literally went weak.

I tried, I really fucking tried to keep the kiss slow and sweet, but then she tightened her arms around my neck and wrapped her legs around my waist, add to that her wanton little moan, and I lost my mind.

Planting my hand on her round ass, to hold her right the fuck there, I started walking.Every tunnel was imprinted on my mind, every curve and turn and fork.Every crossroad and burning pit.I’d traveled these tunnels for over a thousand years; I didn’t need to look as I strode toward the quarters I kept here.

I wasn’t going to push her for more than she was ready for, I just needed a little more of her, just a little more.

She moaned against my lips as I rounded another corner, and the scent of her hot, slick pussy reached up and grabbed me by the throat.My mouth watered, imagining my first taste.Fuck.

We finally reached my door, and I pressed my hand to it, using my powers to unlock and open it, and carried her inside.She tore her mouth from mine, panting, while I kissed and sucked her slender throat, marking her delicate skin, marking her the only way I could.

What I wanted to do was plant her on the bed on her hands and knees, fist that soft, gorgeous hair, tear her pants off and slam inside her.I wanted to fuck her hard and mark her with my fangs.

I wanted to make her my mate, but Sutton wouldn’t thank me for it.Yes, she was turned the fuck on, as hot for me as I was for her, but I didn’t need all my emotions to know my female was still hurt by the shit I’d said and done.

Maybe I should stop this.Maybe the best thing for me to do would be to slow this down, keep it to just this kiss, but after seeing her in a room with Tarrant, then working on Poe?Yeah, holding myself back had already tested the hell out of my control.Add to that the shit with Kurgan, having to bring Sutton here, seeing her in danger a second time that night, and my newly developing emotions were all over the fucking map.

I needed more.I just needed her—her scent, her touch, the sound of her voice.Only she could calm the storm tearing through me.Only she had the power to do that.

I laid her on the bed.“Let me get you off,” I said as I popped the button of her jeans and slid down the zipper.“Just need a taste of you, sunshine.You gonna give me a taste, baby?”

Something moved through her eyes, and I thought for a moment she was going to say no, but then she lifted her hips so I could tug down her jeans and tossed them aside.I groaned.Fuck me.Her pussy was drenched, soaking her underwear.So much so, they clung to her.Desperate for a look, I hooked my finger through the scrap between her thighs and tugged it aside.

“Fuck, baby.”I leaned in, dragging my nose along her inner thigh, licking, sucking those sexy black veins snaking up her leg, and breathed her in, teasing us both.“So pretty.Gorgeous everywhere.”

I quickly dragged off her underwear.There was no stopping myself, and with a hungry groan, I covered her pussy with my mouth, and finally got a taste of her.

Fucking hell.

The leash slipped, just a little, and my beast’s tongue slid from my mouth on the next lick, elongated, broader, so I could tease and taste her the way I wanted to.It wasn’t something all hounds could do, but I was old and fucking glad I’d mastered the skill when she arched against the bed and thrust her fingers into my hair with a high-pitched cry.

Holding her wide, I dragged my long, broad tongue over her delicate little cunt.The size and the way my beast’s tongue could move meant I was everywhere, the tip teasing her opening while the broader section higher up was pressed to her clit, moving from side to side.

Her thighs shook, and she fisted my hair tighter while her hips churned against the mattress.Wrapping my arm around her back, I lifted her ass off the mattress so I could control her movements and hold her steady.I looked up at her, locked eyes, and slid the full length of my tongue deep inside her.

The red and black of her eyes widened, then fucking rolled back as her mouth fell open on a sexy, dirty-as-fuck whimper.

“Jagger.”She tried to move her hips.

I held her still and started fucking her with my beast’s tongue, moving it in and out of her pussy while the tip rubbed against the spot inside her that I knew would send her fucking wild.