A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)

by Elise Kova

“Are you sure you want to bed a man such as me?” I study him, searching those haunted eyes for an explanation I know I will not find. It’s too closely guarded. The facts have been muddled to obscure the picture. “You are what I want.” Even with all the unknowns that surround him, even with fear and doubt trying to cut through my resolve, those words ring true. “When you are near, thoughts of you eclipse all others. Only you can make the world melt away to nothingness. I want you to ravage my body until I can’t think. There will be nothing for Conri to claim if I allow you to destroy it.” His smirk turns into a grin. Satisfied and triumphant. I wonder if he is gloating to himself that he will take the woman Conri claimed. Let him, if it ends the talking. “Good. For I have dreamed of feeling you under me since the first moment I laid eyes on you.” He kisses me again and unfastens the clasp of my cape with a single hand. That hand moves from my collarbones to my chest, grazing over my breasts, to the bottom of my shirt, where it slips underneath the hem and reaches back up. He grabs my bare breast, gently, caressing and grazing over every sensitive spot. Then, firmer. Evander lets out a low growl into my ear. “But I should warn you, Faelyn. I might not be the monster that Conri is, but I cannot promise I am a gentle lover. If you tell me to ravage your body, then that is what I shall do.” “I don’t need you to be gentle.” I surprise even myself by saying so. But it’s true. I’v...