PEARLThe air in the room is heavy, tasting of woodsmoke and a clean, sharp musk that makes my head spin. Everything is dark, save for the moonlight cutting a silver jagged line across the bed. He is a shadow, a solid, terrifying weight that has me anchored to the mattress. He pins my hands above my head with one of his, his grip unyielding, like a collar of warm iron. I’m gasping, my back arching off the sheets as his chest, wide and solid, brushes against my nipples, sending a jolt of electricity straight to my core.I can’t see his face, not fully, just the glint of those almond eyes that seem to track every hitch in my breath. As he moves, the ink on his chest catches the light. It’s a massive lion, its golden-outlined jaws snapping shut right over his heart, the beast seeming to ripple and roar with every flex of his muscle."Mine," he growls, the sound a low, jagged vibration that I feel in my teeth.His free hand is sliding into my pants, the rough friction of his palm dragging
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