It’s crazy that I’ve already fucked her three times today, and I’m already looking for an excuse to get in her pants again.
She eyes me mischievously and rolls more to her side, which squishes her tits together and reveals her tantalizing cleavage. “See something you like?”
My cock hardens, and I chuckle. “Better watch what you say woman, or I’ll have you flat on your back before you can blink.”
She flutters her eyelashes. “Is that a threat or a promise?”
I shake my head, my chest rumbling with laughter. My mate is proving to be quite an entertaining little vixen. “Come here, you,” I say and dip a finger into her shirt to pull down her top more. The thin material isn’t showing nearly enough of her delectable breasts.
She leans closer to me, her eyes already closing in anticipation of my kiss.
I’m less than an inch away from devouring her mouth when the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
Before her lids can fully close, I’m standing with my hands fisted at my sides. I inhale deeply, and my stomach turns to ice when a familiar scent taints the breeze.
No!
I haul Brianna up and off the blanket just as the rogue strolls into the clearing. A menacing gleam coats his eyes, and a grin splits across his face.
“Well, well, well. What do we have here?” He laughs, the sound both deranged and filled with glee.
I don’t respond since I’ve already flown from the picnic area with Brianna in my arms. I have her locked in the car before she can scream.
“Start the car, Brianna, and get out of here!”
But her eyes stay wide, and she frantically shakes her head.
“Go!” I yell. I’ve taught her how to hotwire the hatchback, but it’s not until my second bellow that she scoots under the dash and gets to work.
I’ve already wasted too much time. The rogue is only ten feet away, and he cackles when the car stutters but refuses to start.
“She must be something, that luscious human you’ve found.” He cranes his head to try and see around me, but I’ve blocked Brianna from view since I’m standing at the car’s edge. “Does she taste as good as she smells? Oh wait, you wouldn’t know since you’re keeping her for a pet, although I imagine you’ve tasted what’s between her legs. Perhaps I’ll start there before I rip into her flesh.”
Rage explodes inside me. The beast lunges against his restraints, but I force him down. I have to keep the rogue talking. I can’t fight him until Brianna escapes.
“How did you find us?”
He chuckles. “It wasn’t easy. I had to, how shall I put it?” He taps his chin. “Coerce a seer to help me. Good thing I plucked a strand of your human’s hair for the seer to use.” His eyes flash, and that crazy gleam returns.
The car stutters again, then starts. My heart surges with hope, but in the next instant the engine dies.
Fuck!
The rogue takes another step my way. I bristle, readying myself for what will inevitably come. I know that the seer he consulted is dead, just as I know Brianna will be, too, if I don’t kill the old rogue first.
The beast snarls and rages again. He desperately wants to be let loose. Fiery power rolls through me, and my magic swells like a tsunami. I’m seconds away from my control snapping.
“You don’t touch her,” I say through gritted teeth.
The old rogue grins wickedly. “We’ll see about that.”
He springs into the air and shifts instantaneously, but I’m just as fast. I unleash the beast, giving into his need for bloodlust.
We clash in mid-air, and Brianna screams. A part of me knows that she hasn’t gotten away, but it’s too late to stall him any longer.
Magic erupts in the clearing as the old rogue goes for my throat. He may be old and powerful, but I’m an alpha by birthright, and the beast has only made me stronger. I deflect his jaws by ducking my head and twisting. My unmerciful need to protect my mate infuses speed into my already blurred attack.
I will die before he touches her.
Snarls tear around us. Instinct takes over. My beast lunges, bites, rips, and tears at the rogue. He comes at us just as fast, his jaws snapping and slashing while high-pitched growls reverberate from his chest.
Blood pores from his wounds. Skin flaps by my leg. Only seconds have passed yet we’re both