Ashes of Chaos (Legacy of the Nine Realms #2) - Amelia Hutchins Page 0,115

combust into flames.

The only sound in the tent was the fire and my muffled noises while Knox slowly brought my body to a teetering edge. He refused to let me reach the precipice of pleasure that danced right beyond my reach.

Walking me to the bed, he lifted my leg to place my foot against the soft mattress, giving himself more access to my body as he prepared me to accommodate his thickening cock.

“You’re so fucking hot, woman,” he hissed, nicking my shoulder with his sharp teeth. He ignored my panties, pushing them aside as he plunged two fingers into my body until I was clenching against the pain and pleasure they created. “I want to throw you down, and bury my cock so deep within you, that you feel me in your soul.”

“No,” I replied, fighting the fog of lust he’d forced into me.

“No?” he laughed darkly against my throat, kissing his way down it as he lifted my arms from over his head, pushing me forward onto the bed.

He followed, watching as I struggled to get upright only to grab my legs, parting them as he settled behind me. He kissed my hip, and purring sounded from him, slowing my rapid pulse as if he sensed my unease, and instinctively sought to calm me.

I whimpered, balancing on my elbows as he grabbed the edges of my panties, ripping them from my body as a scream escaped my lips.

“I said, no!” I turned to look at him, falling on my side with tears threatening to spill.

“Shall I wake Brander and tell him you prefer whoever wins the use of your tight cunt tonight?” Standing, Knox walked to the table to pour another shot of whiskey.

“No, but I am not fucking you either, Knox. Find another way to get your scent into my body. You’re not fucking me tonight or ever again, asshole.”

He sat, staring at my naked body with heat and anger burning in his eyes. I sat up, glaring at him in defiance. He lowered his gaze to the tight, hard nipples that were begging to be kissed and tasted. Arousal coated my apex, glistening from the light of the brazier as a small flame burned. In the soft glow, his eyes narrowed to slits of anger as he snorted.

“I’m the fucking King, Aria.”

“I don’t give a shit that you are the king, Knox. Unless you intend to force me and rape me, you’re not fucking me. I said no.”

“I could easily make you want me.”

“It wouldn’t matter how you achieved it,” I whispered thickly, fighting angry tears. “I said no, and I meant it. No matter what my body does, I don’t want to fuck you.” I wasn’t ready to have sex with anyone, not even him.

“You’re not leaving this tent without my scent on your flesh. You are in a breeding cycle, and every male within fifty miles of you can smell your dripping cunt screaming its need to fuck. The only way to prevent you from being raped is to place my scent on your flesh.” His eyes searched mine, and he grunted, slowly taking a long drink of the whiskey before placing it on the table, steepling his fingers in front of him. “I’m trying to prevent someone else from forcing you to do what your body willingly wants to do to sate its needs. I’m trying to protect you, Aria.”

“Can you just tell them I’m not some feral bitch in heat? Tell them you forbid them from raping me like one! You are, after all, the fucking King, aren’t you?”

“You are a feral bitch in heat. Every man here is under my protection. I am their king and have vowed them my protection. You, on the other hand, are a prisoner of war. One I have not offered to protect from my men, nor will I offer it. Not unless you’re mine in all aspects of the word.”

“Then find another way to make it happen, Knox,” I whispered, standing to move to the cup he’d refilled.

His heated stare slid down my naked body, feasting on every inch before sliding back to my face. I moved to the table, lifting the mug between my hands to drink as he observed me. The intensity in his gaze sent my ravens soaring into flight. Every part of my soul wanted to cave to the baser needs his smoldering look promised—all of me except for, of course, my heart.

“You think it is that easy?”

“You just need your come