"A killer's mercy can be more terrifying than his blade…"
Ryker narrowed his eyes at the snow scattered roughly in front of his tent. He pushed back the tent's wall and stepped inside, only to see Adrianna laid out exactly where he had left her, still fast asleep.
His boots crunched loudly against the snow as he slowly approached her. The closer he got, the stronger her scent became, driving his thoughts back and pushing his desires forward.
He got on one knee next to her, picked up a log from the fire and raised it over her, illuminating the intruder's face. Ryker's eyes drank in her features, he brought his head in closer, while keeping his eyes fixed on her pink plump lips.
Just inches away from placing his on hers, Adrianna opened her eyes. A look of pure horror and shock painted on her gaze.
"Fuck." Ryker breathed, pulling back.
"What were you doing just now??" Adrianna demanded, sitting up and crossing her arms across her chest.
Ryker got up and turned away from her. "Don't cloud your head with stupid thoughts, I look at you no differently than I do the horses outside."
Adrianna hissed. "Do you always try to kiss horses in their sleep?"
Ryker sighed, "Don't flatter yourself. Even with the mate bond, I don't hold any carnal thoughts towards you." He tossed the wood to the fire, then began inspecting his maps.
He went on. "Seeing how fast your heart is racing, it seems you were hoping I would."
Adrianna gasped. 'How deep has the bond gotten that he can already hear my heartbeat?'
Standing up she snapped, "I don't know what the goddess was thinking making us mates. But this is clearly a mistake. My fated person cannot be a…" she looked him up to down then shrugged her shoulders, "Murderer."
Ryker's hand suspended in the air. A dry chuckle escaped his lips.
Adrianna went on. "So ready me a horse so that I can head out and search the mountain for my sister."
Ryker dropped the maps, he turned around, but just looking at the intruder made him hardened in-between his legs. He made a mental note to ask the seamstress to make some adjustments to his pants the next morning.
In turn, Adrianna used the sound of the cackling fire to distract herself from the thoughts plaguing her mind.
'How would it have felt? To have him kiss me?' she thanked the goddess they hadn't been bonded to the point of hearing each others thoughts.
It would mortify her if the savage man knew of the carnal thoughts she harbored.
"I don't take orders from prissy intruders." He took large steps towards her, "Furthermore, what makes you think that I won't just kill you here and now?"
Adrianna rolled her eyes, "Can you really?"
Ryker reached to the side of his pants and pulled out a curved dagger strapped to the side. "Why don't you try me?"
A cold shiver ran down her spine as Ryker spun the dagger in his hand. "I-I'm your mate! You can't possibly harm me-" her words were cut short when Ryker threw the blade at her face!
Eira sat paralyzed as the Lycan king moved his lips against hers. She tried to push him away, but he pinned her hands over her head, and spread her legs with his knee.
She widened her eyes when he slid his burning tongue into her mouth, and ran his other hand up her side, caressing her skin through the fabric.
She whimpered when his fingers glided across the swells of her breasts, massaging them in a surprisingly slow and gentle manner.
She had seen Kieran kiss his conquests before, granted he had tried to do the same to her. But she could tell that what the king was doing must've looked and felt ten times better than anything Arin's son did.
"Haa…Hah…" Eira panted when Kael pulled away, catching her breath.
The king sneered as he watched the omega puff her chest in and out, struggling to breathe.
'How pathetic. Just that and she's already out of breath? Humph!' he scoffed inwardly, 'And yet she dared to mock me?!' he balled his fists, his anger consuming him.
He turned to the princess, his eyes sharpened into a tight glare and his face contorted into a scowl.
"You bitch-"
Kael widened his eyes when her hands fell to the back of her neck and she brought her lips to his in a kiss!
Before he could react, she slid her tongue into his mouth, and ran her frail hands up his chest, tracing her fingers against his tight fitted fabric.
Kael was enraged! The wolf had dared to kiss him without his permission!
And what was worse…he did not seem to mind it!
Kael reached for the back of her head, but the princess cut him off when she crawled on top of his thighs, straddling him, all without breaking their lip lock.
Eira moaned and bucked her hips, exploring this uncharted territory. Her hands searched for an opening in his shirt, she wanted to feel the warmth from touching his skin again.
Kael's large hands ran down the sides of her back. His touch sent warm shivers throughout her body, which centered in-between her legs.
She wanted more.
And she could tell he did too.
Just as her fingers found the entrance to his shirt, the Lycan king held her by both wrists and pinned her to the bed.
He narrowed his eyes at the panting woman underneath him. He gulped when the princess stuck her tongue out and licked across her bottom lip, her gaze pointed strictly at him.
"Haa." The corners of his mouth lifted, and his eyes widened with intrigue.
"Who would've guessed," He scoffed in amusement, "That the princess of Moonstone was this audacious." He retracted his grip, then crawled off the bed.
Eira sharply got up to follow, 'I have to do more, or else he'll get bored of me and send me back.' She panicked as she watched him head for the door.
Kael halted at the door, he pictured the wanting look of desire on the princess' face in his mind, a quiet smile played on his lips.
"It seems I underestimated you. Princess." He announced, then walked out the door.