Total pages in book: 33
Estimated words: 29882 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 149(@200wpm)___ 120(@250wpm)___ 100(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 29882 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 149(@200wpm)___ 120(@250wpm)___ 100(@300wpm)
“Tell me about what?” Danika tried to sound stronger, she really did, but her voice came out soft and weak, and so vulnerable. It was exactly how she felt right now.
He looked down at her split lip, and this low animalistic sound left him. “If I’d been there I would have killed him for even looking at you, Danika.” Damien slowly shifted his gaze to hers once more, and
his pupils dilated and contracted as his animal pushed forward. She could see the wild beast in his expression, in the way Damien was clearly trying to keep it at bay.
“I don’t know what’s happening right now, why I’m feeling this way toward you, and why I can’t seem to make sense of it all.” She hadn’t meant to say any of this, but her emotions felt raw right now.
And she needed to feel someone close to her, holding her, and telling her that things weren’t as shitty as they always ended up being.
“I know, Danika.” He lifted his hand and brushed the side of her mouth. She felt the sting of his touch, but also the heat that moved slowly through her, starting in her belly and claiming every part of her. “You’re mine though, only mine, and I knew from the moment I saw you four years ago.” Damien spoke softly, and although she should have been afraid of the seriousness of his words, all she felt was the connection she already had simmering inside of her grow to a blistering level. “I imprinted on you four years ago, but it started as my lion waiting to protect you, and nothing more. And then you came into your maturity, and I was intent on having you, claiming you, Danika.” His face was so close, his mouth right next to hers. Damien’s breath was warm, soft on her face, and she wanted to kiss him.
This was ludicrous, but it felt so right. It was crazy right in the intensity of it all.
“This is so crazy, Damien.” She hadn’t meant to say that either, but hell, it seemed when she was around this man she couldn’t control herself.
“I know it is for you, but for me, since the moment I saw you, there hasn’t been a time I wasn’t thinking about this moment.” He lowered his gaze back down to her lips. “You’re my mate, and my lion wants you, Danika. I want to claim you, but I know as a human this is all every strange and new to you.”
And when she shifted on her feet, moving slightly back, maybe trying to grapple for leverage, her belly brushed against his body. She almost gasped out at the feel of the very big, and very hard, erection he sported.
“And I’m sorry about that,” he responded, as if he could read her mind, and knew that she was stunned by the size of him. “But my body knows what it wants, and that is you.”
“This is all so crazy.” She licked her lips, felt his chest move with hers every time she breathed, and knew that she wouldn’t stop
this. Danika couldn’t. Damien was so much older than she was. She was only twenty, and he was thirty-nine, but even that wasn’t the big issue here.
He was her father’s friend, and surely being with him, actually allowing herself to experience what this lion shifter was tempting her with, was wrong on some level. Her father might see it as a betrayal, as a sick coupling that went against nature.
“Even four years ago, when I saw you in the hallway and all I wanted to do was make sure you were safe, I could see the connection you had with me.” He spoke softer this time. “Just admit that you feel the pull now, that you want this of your own free will because you’re an adult and can finally feel the sexual chemistry between us.”
She started breathing heavier, like she couldn’t stop herself, couldn’t control her own body. Danika was so wet between her thighs, and she felt her nipples harden beneath her shirt.
Yes, she was a twenty year old virgin, but even though she may not be experienced that way, illicit and dirty images of being under Damien filled her mind. She could picture his big, hard, and muscular body straining over hers, that massive erection between his legs thrusting in and out of her body.
It would hurt, that was for sure, but she had a feeling that even if she wasn’t a virgin it still would have felt like he was splitting her in two. She may not be an expert on cock size, but God, Damien had to have broken the mold with that thing.
He inhaled deeply, and he closed his eyes for a second as his nostrils flared out slightly. “I might not be able to know what you’re thinking, but from the desire pouring off of you I can guess, Danika.” He opened his eyes, his pupils still contracting and dilating as his lion flashed across his face. “I won’t push you into anything. I’d never force your hand, but you also have to know, because I’ll never lie to you, that I can’t walk away.” He cupped the side of her face, his fingers strong, warm, and slightly calloused. “I walked away, gave you the space you deserved and needed, but only because you were too young. You needed to experience life first, and my sexual desire to claim you didn’t happen until years after I found you.”