Page 39 of Tempting Her Grumpy Protector (Kindred Tales Spicy Shorts #7)

SUNNY

Sunny twisted against Summerville’s grip, her stomach lurching with a sick mixture of fear and the strange, pulsing heat still simmering in her veins from the Bonding Fruit .

“Come on, sweetheart,” he coaxed, pressing her back against the smooth trunk of a great, purple-barked tree. His hand twisted her breast again, roughly, like he was trying to twist her nipple right off . “ You’ve been giving me looks all night. Don’t play shy now.”

“I have not been giving you looks!” Sunny snapped, shoving against his chest. He was bigger than she’d thought, heavier too, his breath reeking of Woo . “ Let me go!”

But the more she struggled, the tighter he clamped down.

Why had she taken off her Think -me? If she still had it on, she could have called Kat for help.

But there was no one around the far side of the Sacred Grove but herself and groping George .

And worse—the need rolling through her body made it hard to think straight, harder still to fight him off.

Her body whispered things she didn’t want to hear.

Greer… if only Greer were here…

Her heart thudded painfully. George’s grubby fingers twisted harder and his knee came up between her thighs, forcing them open.

Sunny drew in a breath to scream?—

And froze.

A low, savage roar split the air like thunder, echoing through the trees of the Sacred Grove .

“Get your fucking hands off my woman!”

Sunny’s head whipped around. Her heart nearly burst with relief. But at the same time, she felt a surge of fright.

Greer was there, storming toward them like a predator unleashed, pale eyes blazing red with Rage and fangs bared.

She had never seen him look so angry…or so utterly terrifying.