The Lycan King and his Dark Temptation novel Chapter 349

THERON

Her body twisted under my muscles, and I had to pull my muzzle back so I wouldn’t get a nasty bite from those fierce jaws.

"GET A GRIP, DAMN IT!"

My roar made her go rigid.

Through the temporary mark I knew perfectly well she could hear me even if she wasn’t my race.

Her erratic pupils locked onto my wolven ones.

"I’m going to let you go and we’re going to talk, but if you try to run again… know that my patience has a limit."

My rough hand dropped to give her lioness ass a good shake.

She growled, pissed, but held back from attacking.

I lowered her slowly and, the second I loosened my grip, she slipped free with a quick jump back.

Her wariness toward me, that prickly state, had nothing to do with the seductive female from hours ago.

What happened here?

"Why did you leave like that? Why were you running from your mate?!" I tried to keep control, but my temper was breaking the surface.

"My… my mate? Are you really?" A feminine voice filtered into my thoughts.

If it weren’t for how tense this was, I would’ve growled with pleasure at her invading my mind.

"Of course I am, I thought… you knew that. My mark is on your nape."

"I didn’t imagine… did you really mark me?" Panic bled into her voice, making my muzzle crease.

"Are you messing with me? You were the first to recognize me in that cave. We made love and I marked you… don’t you remember?"

Suddenly that possibility hit me.

I mean, everything about her had been strange from the start.

I started analyzing things and quit acting like a brainless idiot.

The hesitation in her words didn’t sound fake.

Could it be from the hit she took to the head?

"I… remember it, but I was… confused," she admitted all of a sudden.

"You fell into a trap and hit your temple… do you remember who you are?"

I tried to take a step toward her, and she backed away.

Something clenched in my chest, but I fought the urge to touch her.

"I remember I was wandering through the forest, running, and suddenly there was a green explosion under the ground that collapsed and made me fall…"

Her sweet voice narrated it, woven with wavering memories.

Looks like she went through the same thing we did.

That corrupt magic spun out of control and must have opened the physical passage between the two continents.

"What’s your name, little one?" I had a thousand questions, but I needed to know her name.

"Zaraphina," she answered, looking at me with those honey feline eyes.

Under the trees and with dawn almost breaking, we had this odd introduction.

My brown hair fell messily over my forehead.

My other hand planted, tense, beside her lioness head.

"I don’t care if you don’t remember your past or whatever. From right now you’re my woman, and next time I fuck you I’m going to mark you permanent, no matter what."

I savored the shock in her pupils.

Something told me this wild female had never been handled like this.

Well, she’d just met her perfect match in a damn bad way, because I could be a complete tyrant if needed.

All the more if the goal was keeping her by my side.

"And what if I tell you I’m not leaving my home? That you have to come live with me…"

She spoke suddenly, after a few seconds of silence.

I thought it through. My fingers stroked affectionately along her sensitive whiskers.

"Well, my love… then I’ll have to kidnap you from your home. I’m sorry, but there’s no option… you’re only coming on vacation."

I practically laid on top of her and kissed her soft muzzle, sliding my hands under the collar at her furry neck and caressing her.

Saying she went stiff would be putting it kindly.

But fear wasn’t one of the feelings that showed up in her, and the intense scent of her sex had me believing she was getting turned on by my commands.

I almost let a smile slip at the corner of my mouth, but that would’ve wrecked my authoritarian façade.

«I’m sorry, my little lioness, but you walked right into the wolf’s jaws, and now… he’s going to devour you completely.»