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“Crystal clear.” I rocked my hips, trying to take what he denied.

“So greedy,” he groaned against my lips, and then finally…

Finally.

He thrust.

Lost to sensation, I threw back my head, crying out, “Yes!”

“Sweet sorceress, I warned you I’d make you scream. Fates save me, but you feel too good.”

He thrust again, and his grip on my throat threatened to cut off my breath. “Tell me who owns you.”

My brain floated in a lust-filled haze. Goddess, but I needed release!

“You,” I rasp, and he thrust again.

“Louder,” he ordered, hitting a spot deep inside of me that had my walls clenching.

“You. You own me.”

As my reward, he struck a pounding rhythm. My breasts bounced, my mind spinning.

“Who?”

“Victor,” I groaned.

“Scream it.” His hips slammed into mine, our flesh slapping.

Stars spark in my vision. “Victor!” I exclaimed, my nails raking his flesh.

“Good girl. Now, come with me.”

Lightning crackled through my nerve endings, and Iexploded. Sparks detonated. My entire body tensed, bowing off the mattress.

My vampire was out of control, thrusting wildly. I hooked my ankles around his back, savoring every stroke. My soul soared somewhere beyond my physical self. If this was the afterlife, I didn’t want to live. Starlight sparkled behind my eyes, and a brilliant flash burned through my eyelids. By the goddess, Victor had made me climax so hard he’d blinded me.

“You are mine.”

Victor’s roar rang in my ears, and I smiled, panting through the ripples of pleasure pounding my flesh. His hand on my throat turned scorching, his touch one of pleasure and pain. I loved every second of it.

Regrettably, I returned to my body.

Once I’d landed, I snorted a laugh, blinking my blurry eyes. “That was…”

I gave up. As he’d said to me at the ball, there were no words.

Despite my lack of vocabulary, Victor rolled on his side and pulled me close, tucking my face beneath his chin.

“I know,” he stated, arrogance in his tone.

I could feel him smiling against my hair and prayed he didn’t say something demeaning to ruin the moment.

Instead, he held me in a protective embrace. “Sleep, pet. I will keep the monsters at bay.”

And I did, drifting to sleep.

Chapter Twenty-Four