The Hidden Hybrid’s Redemption
He didn't look up, but his large, calloused hand slid violently across the glass, his thick fingers locking onto my hip, digging hard into the leather of my trousers to drag my hips flush against his iron flank.
"They aren't sailing standard warships, Lyra," Killian growled, his deep, chest-vibrating voice dropping into a register that made the loose iron markers on the table rattle. His amber eyes were dark, dangerous slits tracking the black-wax seals on the map. He leaned closer, his hot breath brushing my ear, his lips grazing the raw, purple mating mark at the side of my neck. "The eastern sea-wolves have spent three decades breeding their packs in the sulfur trenches of the deep shelf.