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His hands wrapped around her hips when she stepped close enough for the blanket to fall from her shoulders.

His eyes locked on hers.

His long, lean, fingered grip found her waist, and with a grunt, he pulled her onto his lap.

Their faces were close, their breath tangling, his cheroot smokiness enveloping her.

Savvine’s breath caught when he traced the neckline of her silk top with one calloused finger.

The material was so light that it scorched through the fabric when he trailed that finger down.

‘I need you to know that among us lycan shifters, pleasure is centered on a spectral fire that engulfs you.’

Savvine trembled as the skin under the heat of his touch bloomed, the hair on her arms on end as he tracked his fingers down her arms. ‘Every square inch of your skin hides onethousand nerves, each one that I can control and light up. Are you ready for that kind of inferno?’

His voice was rough, guttural.

Savvine nodded as he chuckled and dropped his chin so his breath puffed hot on her nape. Then he leaned in, kissed her soft neck, and suckled with a growl that sent heat shattering all over her. Then he tugged her skin with his teeth.

Her breath caught. Closing her eyes, she tilted her head back to the side to give him better access.

A timbred rumble began in his chest, heating her in fiery trails, as he dragged his touch back up her arm, taking his time driving her wild.

She glanced down and swore she saw flashes of amethyst and gold energy, flashing from his fingertips, setting her alight.

‘No need to fret,mi reina. I will flame you in pleasure, but it’ll only bring you closer to ecstasy, not hurt you,’ he rasped.

His touch worked up her arms, shoulders, and traced the lines of her collarbones.

When her breath hitched, Xander slid a sinewed finger under her chin and lifted it, so her gaze met his.

His stunning, violet gold eyes glowed with such heat she felt doused in their blaze. ‘No need to fear,belleza, but I’ll have you know you can’t stop me once I start.’

‘I won’t,’ Savvine whispered. ‘I’ve no plans to.’

He shuddered then, his eyes closing for a moment, and his chin dropped. His nose went into her nape, scenting her, and he took deep, long inhales.

‘You smell of wildflowers, vanilla, and spice, so heady and intoxicating.’

With a low growl, his hands slid down, kissing the side of her neck with gentle pressure, but his breath was getting faster, and she gasped at the steel of him against her thigh.

‘Surrender to us, Savvine, and I will guide you into a dimension of pleasure, one that’ll slay you with such bliss you’ll never return to what you know now.’

His fingers slid under the hem of her silk shorts and swiped the wetness between her legs. Her breath ratcheted up, goosebumps pebbling her back and raising the hair on her arms again.

Savvine was past reason, past the niggling doubt and voice of caution in her head. Past the condemnation of her clan, past Helena’s warnings.

She didn’t give afokkanymore.She had to be with this man.

‘I surrender,’ she murmured. ‘Slay me, Alexandr-Alexandr Levine Roman.’

He groaned like he’d been struck and leaned into her, his scorching heat washed over her feet to the tips of her hair.

‘Then it is time,mi cielo. Brace,’ he rasped. ‘From now on, you’re going to be only mine.’

His lips were just centimeters apart. ‘May I kiss you,belleza?’

Pulse racing, her thighs shaking, she nodded, not wanting to think it through.