Kevin's POV I was lost the second my mouth merged into hers and groaned as I slipped my tongue into hers. I loved how she responded easily and eagerly, her tongue dueling with mine with passion as her mouth sucked lightly on it. The world before me faded away—it didn't matter that we were in a haunted jungle and had pissed off a cannibal giant who was on our trail with probably his friends or more and neither was the absence of my men pricking my mind like it was minutes ago, not that I wasn't worried about them still but my worries have been pushed to the back of my mind. It was Ella, only Ella at this moment and she was the only one that mattered. Kiss me, Kevin. I had almost lost it at the time she said that and wondered where I had gotten the restraint to ask her if she was sure of what she was saying because there was no going back for me again and I wasn't going to play any more push and pull game we've been having. I could sense her arousal, the sweetness of it filled my no

Ella's POV"Did you hear that?" I asked as I turned to Kevin."I didn't hear that." He said and shook his head.I smiled. I didn't think he heard me. He was busy staring at my face and smiling that I was wondering if he would fall down flat on his face any moment from now. So far, all was well as he hadn't fallen on his face but I didn't need him to be distracted.I knew that he loved that we were here but we were still in the jungle with dangers all around us and we needed our wits with us."You need to be focused, Kevin." I sighed."I am focused." He replied.I shook my head and snorted. "You need to be focused on the journey and not on me."He grinned. "How can I focus on anything else when I have you by my side?"I shook my head. "Focus, Kevin. You are not being funny.""I am not?" He chuckled. "I am not but you smiled.""Did I?" I chuckled, my tongue in the crook of my cheek. "I don't think I did."He snorted. "You definitely know you did."I was about to reply when I heard the s

Ella's POVWe did it. We all cheered, slapping one another on the back as we climbed down the final tree where the snakes couldn't get to us and walked to the Arok tree.I glanced back at the spot where the snakes were and felt like flipping them all the bird. They had thought they could stop us but we were smarter than they were.I placed my hand on my chest, forcing my heart rate to calm down. I had thought I would die there being on top of trees. It hadn't been easy climbing and not look down. It was as if the snakes knew that there was food above them and were uncurling and creating space in their midst like they were eager to have us slip our legs on the trees and drop into their midst."Ella,"I jumped as I heard the sound of my name and looked around, wondering who had called me. I had been so far gone in my thoughts that I couldn't identify who had called me by my name.The men snickered as they looked at one another. "Where are you at?" Kevin asked."I was lost in thought, I

Kevin's POV "Ella! Ella! Ella!" I shouted as I watched her slip into unconsciousness. My hand with which I was rubbing on her mark fell from her wrist and I grabbed her, shaking her to wake up but she was as stiff as a rock. What was wrong with her? "Ella!" I called out again. Liam placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him with tear-stained eyes, probably looking as helpless as I felt. "You have to keep on cleaning the mark." "She fainted from the pain." Liam nodded to show me he understood my pain but his stare didn't soften. "You have to keep on rubbing the sap on her skin if you want to help her." How could I be helping her by running more of that on her body when it had been the reason she had been in pain and fainted? My hands were scalded from the heat and I couldn't imagine how hot it would be in her blood. She was a strong woman who had to have been in a lot of pain to make her faint. I didn't want to rub anything on her body again. I wanted to scoop her in

Kevin's POVIt was a fierce battle, tougher than the one we had with him and his family but I didn't for once think that we wouldn't win. I wasn't afraid and was ready to give it all that I've got to send this huge bastard to his grave or he wouldn't let me rest.I believed in war that once I believed that I would lose, it was highly likely that I would lose the battle as my body would want to follow the path that my mind believed in. I couldn't have any smear of failure. Not at all. That was why I always stayed in high spirits and confidence even if the opponent was bigger and stronger than I was.I doubted that the cannibals could exist outside the jungle or they would have gone to the village to wreck havoc on the people there and avenge the death of his family. It was likely their only chance of getting their revenge was here while we were still in the jungle. If we could wound them enough to escape from here, we would be free of them.I raised myself on my hind leg, latching on t