above my head as he ground his body against me.
The rattle within him echoed through me as he pulled away, watching me chase his mouth, needing more. His lips curled into a cocky smile as I lifted, writhing against him as everything within me demanded he destroy me.
“Knox,” I whispered huskily, unable to fight the urgency I felt for him with his scent rushing through me, matching mine in red-hot need that threatened violence. My body shuddered fiercely, and his eyes smoldered with knowing heat.
He smirked devilishly, lowering his mouth to my throat, which I bared for him. Warm lips kissed my racing pulse, and his tongue escaped the heat of his mouth as he brushed it over the wildly beating pulse at the hollow column of my throat. I whimpered, feeling his need against my belly, begging to give me what we both craved.
Everything within me demanded he claim my throat. I needed his teeth against my vein like some suicidal idiot wanting to be sacrificed to the beast. Knox dragged his lips across my throat to my shoulder, growling as he kissed the curve of my neck, nipping gently as a violent shudder of desire shot through me.
He growled louder, rubbing his erection against my apex that prepared for his large cock. His nostrils flared as if he scented my need, and then he groaned loudly, teeth scraping over flesh as he gave a silent warning by biting softly against my shoulder, without breaking the skin.
“Submit to me, Aria.”
He craved my willing submission as much. I wanted his domination and to take me by force. I lifted my hips, purring huskily while he turned his head, rubbing his nose against my cheek.
“Give me your submission. The monster inside of me hungers for you, woman. Say the words and I’ll give us what we both crave.”
“No,” I replied in a gasping tone, even though I wanted to beg him to put his mark on me again, needing it against my flesh.
I’d felt lost without his mark after it Taren removed it, violently. I desperately wanted it back, but I would not submit. His hand tightened on mine, staring at me through hooded eyes.
He chuckled against my shoulder as pain erupted, only to become an unbearable pleasure, and I cried out while it ripped me apart. My entire body vibrated with the claiming bite and softly murmured his name, barely above a whisper as the pressure of his bite gathered in my core, clenching hungrily for him to satisfy that need too.
His hand released mine as he pulled back, staring down at me with my blood painting his lips. Knox rolled his hips, watching my reaction to his thickening cock, and the pressure he applied to my clenching sex.
“Knox, please,” I whimpered through the pain created by my desire, rocking my apex against him with wild abandonment.
I couldn’t stop my body from moving, the bite forcing me past the brink of sanity and into the haze of everything I’d fought for months. I struggled with the urge unsuccessfully, rocking my body against Knox and the ground, and his eyes grew hooded. He lowered his mouth, brushing against mine before lifting his head.
Covering my mouth, he pushed his elbow on the ground to lift his body. He grabbed the hem of my skirt, lifting it on my hips, glancing briefly at his men, then back to me.
Slowly, he slid his fingers through my core, and I moaned against his hand. He growled, running his fingers against my opening teasingly. I cried out the moment his finger entered my body, finding it wet with need. He groaned, clenching his teeth audibly while he pushed another finger into my body.
“That’s my good girl, come for me,” he urged huskily, rubbing his thumb against my clitoris, eliciting a throaty moan against his hand, still muffling my cries. Knox’s eyes burned with fire, smoldering until my body combusted from his touch.
The slight penetration, and two more circles of his large thumb, and I exploded violently. Pleasure ripped through me, and I arched my spine into his touch as his nostrils flared with my release. Stars burst in my line of sight, and my legs dropped apart, lifting for him to give me more.
I wanted all of him, every single inch of him, buried so deeply into my body that I became the temple he worshiped. My eyes widened with the force of the orgasm. He continued to rub my clit, tears leaking from my eyes