Chapter 209

Zavian shut his eyes tightly for a moment with his jaw clenched as if struggling against some unseen force.

A shuddering sigh slipped past his sensuous lips to caress the delicate shell of her ear as he crushed her body even tighter against his frame.

“I’ve wanted to hold you against my chest ever since I saw you this morning. You have no idea how hard it is to resist claiming you right here and now, little girl,” he rasped in a voice made rough with longing and something far more primal. “My demons are ravenous for your touch, your scent...your complete and utter submission.”

His eyes snapped open once more, black as bottomless obsidian with only a faint ring of lightening silver around the edges.

Emmeline’s breath stalled in her lungs at the intensity of that scorching gaze... the hunger and possession blazing in its depths. The man before her right now was no civilized human - this was something ancient, feral, and utterly captivating.

One of Zavian’