**Mikel Diego**
I tried to stop myself, but all to no avail. Her voice, her body—everything about her was igniting a flame within me, and my thirst to claim her kept rising.
I had locked the passage entrance door, and I was so sure that none would dare knock or disturb me.
Even though my window was still left ajar, it had iron protective bars, and I was confident that if I thrust into her cave and deflowered her, no one would be able to rescue her from my grasp—not even my mother, sister, or my mate, Zuri.
I wanted her to get in the mood with me; I wanted to make love to her, not force myself upon her.
I was already attracted to her. I knew we had just met and shouldn't rush into things, but I couldn't help but want her.
I really wanted her badly, and it annoyed me that she was still
