The riotous beating inside his chest, clogging his ears, was like a drum encouraging Rían to sink his teeth into Jenaveve’s neck. His beast riled inside him to make it happen, to take her as his mate. His heady lust demanded that he hoist her out of this bathtub, bend her over the side of it and make her his completely.
Even with his teeth primed with saliva, ready to pierce her neck and seal the deal, he couldn’t follow through. As his hot breath panted against her neck, this moment’s hesitation allowed a sliver of reason to invade his thoughts.
His ideal had always been to wait for his kamará, his soulmate. That also meant choosing a life partner as well as having s*x. But yet here he was, ready to take Jenaveve as his chosen mate, someone he didn’t even know, throwing away his chanc
