mark will have to do, at least until I can have someone else replace it. Dimitri offered, and honestly, I think he’s more akin to my needs.”
“You’re mine, Aria. I’m going to fuck you so hard, and sink so fucking deep inside of you, that you’ll never be able to work me out from under your skin, ever.” I swallowed, studying the conviction burning in his eyes.
His hand lifted, capturing my jaw, and he applied pressure until my mouth opened, tipping it up and forcing my stare to lock with his in a silent battle.
“I am not yours!” I snapped, shuddering violently with need. His eyes sparkled with the knowledge that my body was a spring preparing to uncoil violently.
“You. Are. Mine. And by the time I am finished marking you, you won’t want me to ever leave your body. That’s the difference between that mutt and me. When I claim something, I mark it on a level so deeply embedded within the soul, that no one could erase it.” Knox leaned forward, biting my bottom lip before he growled, smiling as he pulled back with victory shining in his eyes. “That’s the difference between a monster and a man. I mark to kill or own, and I want to fucking own you, Little Creature. You and I both know you were built to be savaged by me and me alone. Now, be a good girl for me and shut that bratty mouth before I fuck it to silence your taunts.”
Chapter Thirty-Three
Brander tied the rope around my thighs, and then around Knox, securing it onto us like a harness, forcing my body flush against the male who was enjoying the situation entirely too much. Brander finished his task while Knox held me up, rubbing small circles into the back of my thighs, listening to his men while studying me carefully.
Done with his task, Brander joined the other men and started ascending the cliff. Knox waited, watching their path up the cliff as they chose the safest route to the top. His attention slid back to me, and I swallowed, noting the heat burning in his eyes, my body tightening with an awareness of just how exposed I was to him. His devilish grin told me he had realized the same, as he stepped closer to the cliff face, resting my rear on a rock.
“If you do anything to hinder the climb, I’ll push your perky ass against the nearest rock and fuck you into submission. Do you understand me?” he asked, dropping his stare to my tongue, which had darted out, wetting my lips.
“Perfectly,” I whispered, hating that his scent was rendering me stupid.
I understood I wasn’t human, but responding to Knox’s enticingly male scent how I did, was for the birds. Everything within me wanted him, and while I realized it was my basic instincts working against me, I knew that if we started, we wouldn’t stop anytime soon. My body rubbed his, and I closed my eyes against the feel of his warmth heating me.
Hands cradled my face moments before soft lips brushed against mine, forcing my eyes to open. Knox stared into my eyes before lifting his head to the men scaling the cliff. I could feel his need against my apex. His thickness pulsed as his scent drifted to me, removing all reasonable thought from my mind.
“The moment we get inside a tent, I’m fixing that issue you’re having. You’ll end up forcing me to fight my entire army with your scent.”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m fucking you, end of discussion.”
“That isn’t happening,” I argued, glaring at him as he grinned like it was cute, and as though I didn’t have an opinion. “I’m not sleeping with you, Knox. End of discussion.”
“You want me, woman.”
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t, but it changes nothing. I am your enemy, and you’re mine. We’re not lovers. We’re not even friends. I’m your hostage, which means my vagina is out of your coverage area.”
“Out of my coverage area?” he asked, narrowing his eyes as they sparkled with amusement.
“Yes, exactly.” I nodded, glaring at him as his lips curved further, revealing his sexy-as-fuck dimple that pissed me off. “If I were a map, I’d be the spot marked out of boundaries for you. Consider it unobtainable territories, and so far beyond your reach, you can never conquer it. If I were a palace, you’d never breach its walls, or get through its gates.”
“You seem to forget, Little Monster. I’ve already laid