MALCOLM
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"If you're a virgin, then explain how you got Rylan."
I watch the colour bleach from her face. She does that thing where she opens her mouth and closes it countless times. Then she settles on a curt, "I don't have to explain anything to you."
Oh yeah?
I abandon the sink, drawing closer to where she's perched on a stool. I notice how her robe parts to reveal creamy flesh. My canines throb with the consuming urge to mark her, it worsens when I scent the lingering musk of her orgasm. I want in on my tongue.
Patience, I tell myself. There is apt time for that.
I lean over the table. While she doesn't pull away, I notice the flush spreading around her cheeks. My little minx is just as attracted to me as I am to her.
"You're curious about me," I say. Her guard lowers and I catch the look of contempl
GWEN__Malcolm prepares a sweet dish of lasagna. When I take the first spoon, a moan leaves my mouth and I realize how hungry I am. He watches me eat and it is then it occurs to me he's waiting for a review of his cooking. I stiffle a smile.He's so adorable.Odd. Adorable is never a word I'll use to describe Malcolm. He is too intense. The raw edge radiating from that mountainous body would give anyone a pause... But as he stood there, elbows on the counter, steel grey eyes watching me expectantly, I can't stop a part of my heart from melting."This is so good," I say around a full mouth.
Malcolm's lips are at my neck while his fingers make slow caresses up and down my sides.He'd toweled us off and taken me straight to the bed without any clothes. Once my back made contact with the soft sheets, he covered me with his body, pressing languid kisses anywhere he could find.It was like he couldn't stop touching me.Like I would disappear if his hands weren't on me.And I've... never felt so wanted.My eyes suddenly heat and I feel a sob threaten to spill. So attuned to me, he notices. Lifting his head, he peers at my face, eyes hardening.A tear dribbles down and he cups my face, his gaze darkening. "Why?"I snort a watery chuckle. "Nothing. I'm just an emotional f*ck, I guess.""But we haven't even f*cked."I laugh long and hard. A smile cracks Malcolm's face and he leans down and kisses my tears. "I love the sound of your laughter.""And is that all you love?" the question comes out of nowhere and my face flames, my breaths stilling for a moment.He gives it a serious t
MALCOLM__I come awake once I feel Gwen moving in my arms. She's trying to get out.My arms clamp around her on reflex and I growl. She giggles and slaps my arm. "Come on, let go. I have to get ready."F*ck. Our dateReluctantly I let go and soon I hear her light footsteps fade across the room. Then the drapes come open and I wince. I drag myself up to a sitting position and immediately locate Gwen. She's pushing the second drape open. When she secures it, sunlight washes over her naked form, making the yellows of her hair gleam gold.My chest tightens. She's beautiful.
GWEN__I bite my lip to keep from smiling.We're in Malcolm's car now. As he drives, his eyes stray to me at least every other second. And the expression in them never changes.It's a mixture of awe and open disbelief. I can almost hear the 'what the f*ck?' like it'd been whispered into my mind."You like it?" I say, tucking the burnished red strands behind my ear.He looks at me long, a ring of blue darkening his pupils. In a low baritone that has shivers playing down my spine, he says, "I think I have a favorite colour now."
The yatch is empty save for the few men handling the rig. The whole place is sparse and luxurious and I can't help beaming at Malcolm every time I see something beautiful. Which means I smile at him all the time.We are above deck and the sails are up, billowing in the wind as we set a smooth glide forward. Gentle waves beat against the hull, the fresh air sending locks of my hair into my face. I smile wide, a light feeling in my chest.Awareness sizzles down my spine and I know Malcolm has just walked in. He doesn't approach me. I turn to see he's stood on the open patio, observing me. There's a possessive glint in his eyes.I smile and wave him over. "Come on. You're just in time for the sunset."
MALCOLM__I awake to feather-light kisses on my chest. I hiss out a breath when she swirls her tongue around a nipple. She continues her tortuous exploration down, hooking her fingers in the band of my briefs. I feel her hesitate.Then making a decision, she pulls down my briefs. I slant my eyes open to see my engorged dick spring forward to her shocked expression. I almost smile."A man can wake to this every morning," I say, voice hoarse.She jumps, her eyes shooting to mine. When her cheeks colour, I cup her face lightly and pass my thumb over her silky skin.Her eyes
GWEN__When I awake, the first thing I become aware of is a parched throat, then slowly other details unblur into focus. A freezing room, harsh leather strapped to my wrists and ankles. A metal enclosure with large, transparent tubes dotting a corner of the room.I look forward and still.In a glass pool, a man--no, an animal?-- floats suspended in a body of liquid.Tearing my eyes from the haunting sight, I drag in a breath, the smell of formalin strong in my nose. I peer up at the metal ceiling and the memories come rushing back, Malcolm's expressionless face as I was dragged away, Ivar's cruel smile, the prick of a niddle at my
That cruel smirk is in place. "Hope the traitor isn't giving you any trouble, Trehan?"He shakes his head, drawing away from me quickly like being caught with me was a felony. "No, sir.""Good," Ivar says. "I don't want to have to go through the stress of breaking her and bending her to my will," he concludes in a bored tone.When he's nearer, I strain against my bonds without thinking, frustration bubbling within me at being unable to claw at his face. He notices my dilemma and laughs. His tone is pitying. "Poor thing. Even now I can still hear wedding bells in that thick skill of yours. I mean, what did you think? That a Shifter, not just any Shifter--but one of the most powerful in the world, was going to mate with you? A pathetic human? He'd be a lau