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“What are you?” I asked suspiciously. He sure as hell wasn’t from the Realm, and it wasn’t like he’d brought me to some secret camp or hideout full of others like him. He seemed utterly at home here in the wilderness and yet hopelessly lost all at once. “Something the world forgot and time left behind.”
“Perhaps if you were on your knees, you wouldn’t block the sun so much,” I replied, gesturing to his towering height.
“There is nothing in this world which will ever see me on my knees,” he replied in a rough tone that rushed right through to my core.
“They will not take you, Callie,” he swore, the use of my name stalling the rush of thoughts which had been clamouring in my mind. “You are under my protection, and I won’t allow them to lay a hand on you. I give you my word that I will keep you safe and out of their clutches.”
“In your chest beats the heart of a warrior. You will fight for your life, and you will win,” he said fiercely.
“Perhaps you’re the one who needs a good fuck, drakaina hjarta, you harbour a lot of anger in your soul.”
“The fates guided you to my door, drakaina hjarta. I won’t let them call you from me so easily.”
“Ask me to take that pretty mouth of yours and quiet the lashing of your tongue.” “And how would you do that?” I asked, my fingers moving to encircle his wrist while his grip remained tight on my jaw, the heat in his expression making it all too clear what he meant. “Ask me, and perhaps I’ll show you,” he taunted.
“I don't want another human,” Erik said. “I have every intention of keeping the one I chose.”
“Go home, Valentina. The human stays. One more fucking word about dismissing her and you’ll be the one I cut loose.”
“And my cravings do not end at blood.” He shoved to his feet, and I stood too, refusing to let him walk out on me and get the final word. “Then where do they end?” “Right now?” He prowled toward me, and I inhaled a shaken breath at the carnality to his expression. “They end with you.” He leaned down, his mouth capturing mine in a sinful kiss, his hands tugging me flush against him in an instant, almost lifting me from my feet.
