Prideful Savage (A Warrior's Redemption #1) - Miranda Bridges Page 0,40

more than physical; it’s a reconciliation.

I grab his horns at the bases, clenching my fists, and Bravik shudders, every muscle in his massive frame strained. After that, I yank his head back while trying to find my thoughts, since they are nowhere to be found with his cock slamming into me again and again.

“It’s yours, Bravik, and only yours.”

He briefly closes his eyes as though my words are heaven itself, and then he’s pumping into me faster than before while teasing my clit. “Come for me, mate.” His voice is nothing more than a rasp, but it sends me over the edge.

With a scream, my orgasm hits me, rendering me useless as I cling to him for support, both emotional and physical. Tears stream down my face, and they are immediately warmed by Bravik’s ragged breaths. He chants in the language of his kind and then roars as his release comes over him. With his cock still inside me, he plants both palms to the wall on either side of me, and his head drops while he sucks in large breaths. I lie on his shoulder with my eyes closed and my lashes stuck together because of the dampness coating them.

When Bravik finally lifts his gaze to mine, there is none of the rage or skepticism from before. In their place is a peace I’ve never seen, and I smile at the joy of it.

He quirks a brow at me. “Something amuses you?” I slowly shake my head, and he frowns. His palm whips across my ass, and I jerk in his arms, my sex spasming around his cock. He groans while I blink in shock. “That was for lying to me,” he says with a grin. Another swat to my backside has us both moaning. “And that was for endangering yourself with the human soldiers in order to protect me. It is my responsibility to care for you, not the other way around.”

I open my mouth and promptly shut it at the stern expression that takes over his features. He may not agree, but I plan on always watching out for him.

“And lastly,” he says, raising his hand, “this is for denying your attraction to me.”

Even though I brace myself for the sting, it still surprises me. Just as much as Bravik’s cock growing hard. I blink at him, still bewildered by the fact he’s ready to have sex again when I can barely keep my head up.

He winks at me. “You have a lot to learn about the Incarus and their sexual appetites.”

Whatever I was going to say disappears when he begins to move inside me.

This time he’s slow and deliberate as though he wants to take his time, to cherish me. To love me. I can’t lie to myself and say he actually feels that way about me, but with every caress of my skin and stroke to my sex, I’m confident he cares for me on some deep level. This time, my orgasm is slow to build and only because I suppress it as much as I can, in order to savor this moment in his arms because I have no idea if this is forever or goodbye. However, I climax sooner than I’d like, and when I do, my eyes fill with emotion. He follows me into bliss for a second time, and I keep my gaze locked onto Bravik’s beautiful face, made more attractive as he comes.

His eyes snap open to find me watching him. “What is it, Ella?” he asks, his breaths uneven. “Don’t tell me I’ve met my match in the form of a tiny human?”

I smile up at him, blinking the moisture from my eyes. “I can never keep up with you, but I’m willing to try.”

He brushes back the tendrils of hair resting on my cheek. “Then I am the most fortunate of males.”

On impulse I pull him to me and seize his lips, kissing him with everything I have. Little does he know I’m the fortunate one. Bravik has awakened me from a deep sleep, born of survival and nothing else. Since then, I’ve been able to see what I’ve been missing, but I can also see what I want to fight for. It’s not just the freedom of my people; it’s the freedom to love.

And hopefully, one day, be loved.

Bravik

Ella’s small, trembling hand pauses before the security lock, and she takes a sharp inhale of nervous breath. Before we enter the interrogation room, I place my hands on