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into hers.
    “You missed me,” he finally spoke. There was no smugness in his voice. He was merely stating what he had found when he used their bond and she didn’t deny it.
    “Yes,” she told him.
    “Why did you not seek me out?”
    Peri’s lips parted but no words came out. What was she supposed to say? I’m too proud to admit that I need you, that I want you near me? And even as she thought the words, she realized they were true, and she felt so very ugly in that moment. Standing there in the arms of a man ready and willing to be whatever she needed of him and she hadn’t even had the courage to ask him how he was when all she had done was think of him nonstop.
    “I don’t know how to do this,” she finally blurted out. She tried to look away but his hand held her captive.
    “Do what?” He asked gently.
    “This,” she indicated with her hand between them. “I don’t know how to be a mate. I’ve been numb er one in my life for centuries, and now suddenly there is someone else who has feelings I should consider.”
    “So you are saying that you are selfish?” A slight smile danced on his full lips. “We all are, but the beauty of having a mate is that they will love you regardless. I want you, even with all of your selfishness. With all of your centuries of baggage, I want you. Do you want me? I know that you are unsure about doing the blood rites, and completing the bond, but in this moment looking at me, can you say that you want to be with me?”
    “Yes,” Peri didn’t hesitate, what would be the point? She couldn’t lie to herself any longer and she was sick of denying the ache inside of her chest. She wanted Lucian. She didn’t know where it would go from here or how quickly she would let it progress, but she was done pushing him away.
    He closed his eyes and let out a low, possessive growl as his arm around her pulled her more tightly against him , her body flush against his igniting a flame of desire in her that no other ever had, and she knew without a doubt ever would. “Finally.” His eyes snapped open and then his mouth was pressed to hers. Peri swore she could hear all of nature shouting, a chorus of angels singing and quite possibly even that Elvis guy from the grave singing that falling in love song, as Lucian, her mate claimed her lips, her heart and her soul. He deepened the kiss as he tilted her head to the side and her lips parted without a conscious thought. The sensuous stroke of his tongue on her own woke urges that she didn’t even realize she had. Peri felt her arms raise and her hands wrap around his neck, her fingers tunneling through the hair on the back of his head drawing a deep moan from him. She lost herself in him. All rational thoughts flew out the proverbial window as his hands gripped her hips, holy hell when had his hands made it there, she asked herself. He lifted her and she automatically wrapped her legs around his waist as he walked until her back was pressed to the wall.
    Lucian pressed closer to his female, holding her effortlessly against the wall as he drank from her lips. Her scent was swirling around him calling to his wolf. He felt his canines lengthen and he had to be careful not to cut her as he kissed her. He needed to get control of himself, but as he felt her thighs tighten around him he felt his resolve for that control slipping. He could have her here, now, she would give herself to him, he could feel it in her mind and his wolf urged him to claim her. Bite her, his wolf growled in his mind, she is ours, she should bear our mark . Lucian’s lips slid from hers down her jaw and neck to the tender place below her ear. He licked her and kissed her several times until Peri’s head fell back and she submitted to him. He stared at the spot calling out to him through a haze of lust, need, want and instinct. He felt a snarl rising in him as he fought his wolf for control as the thoughts of the man broke through. Not like this , he told the wolf.
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