Shadow Pact
he admitted, his voice raw.
He looked so vulnerable.
It gave her pause that a man so powerful, so dominant, would look at her with such emotion; as if he was lost without her.
"I'm fine," she whispered. "We both have a lot to learn about the blood bonds. But we can worry about it later. For now," she leaned back in his arms and pulled her shirt over her head, determined to redirect his attention.
Her sentence went unfinished. Before her shirt even touched the cold stone floor, William bent low and captured a bare breast in his lips to tug and tease the peak. His tongue rolled across her hardened nipple and she gasped, throwing her head back in abandon.