The Alien's Claim (Warriors of Luxiria, #8)

by Zoey Draven

“You could cut my throat right now, rixella, and I would let you. When my only ambition in life has been to survive. That is the power of this.”

And looking at them both, I thought, why did everyone doubt they loved each other? It doesn’t even have to be romantic love. If they said they felt love in that moment, then they did. Everyone has this grand idea of love, that it can’t be something unless it’s a specific, intense feeling. But you can love someone for a short period of time and it doesn’t make it any less real. If you love someone in a single moment, then that feeling is valid, isn’t it?”

“If you left right now, I would tear this planet apart searching for you,” he threatened, descending into his anger once more, his eyes burning with it.

“What would you have done then?” His jaw hardened, his voice unyielding as he rasped, “Mated you on the earth like a beast. So you never forget what this is.” He thumped his chest, his eyes still wild. “So you never forget me! Us.”

Do something bad to me. I know you want to

“Your purpose?” she whispered, hearing the soft anguish in his voice. “To protect you, to cherish you, to love you,”