were originating and he frankly didn’t give a damn. Their desires were entwined, spiraling quickly out of control.
“No, you don’t.” Athena removed her nightgown with her magic.
Hunter groaned as he felt the ecstasy of their fiery skin meeting without barriers, and dropped his head on her shoulder in agony. “You’re a virgin.” Visions of his dreams were still haunting him, visions of him hurting her.
“You won’t hurt me, Hunter. The pain of not being with you is worse than anything I’ll experience if you take my virginity. I know you don’t want a permanent radiant , but I don’t want to go to the Elysian Fields never knowing what real pleasure is like. Show me just once what it would feel like,” she said urgently.
Her words were like a siren’s call to Hunter, and he couldn’t leave the beckoning unanswered. “You’ll hate me,” he warned her, knowing that there was going to be some pain.
To his surprise, she broke his hold on her wrists easily and speared her hands through his hair. Twining her fingers in the strands, her eyes turning stormy with unspent passion, she tugged his head down. “I could never hate you.” Her statement was as strong as a vow.
Hunter wanted to question her certainty, but he never had a chance. Once she tugged his mouth down to hers, he knew he was completely and utterly lost.
A thena recognized the exact instant that Hunter lost all mastery of his mind. Thoughts he’d been successfully guarding suddenly flooded her brain and her soul.
I’m a drunk, a no-good asshole. I can’t take any woman as my radiant—ever. Athena’s light and I’m profound darkness. I won’t taint her with my ugliness. I’d destroy her. She’d hate me forever.
Hunter’s negative thoughts rushed into her brain one after the other, seemingly never-ending. Did he really think he’d hurt her?
When he finally lifted his ravaging mouth from hers, his chest was heaving, his eyes glowing deep amber, a golden light that illuminated the room. The symbol of his desire for her was so beautiful that it bedazzled her, almost making her close her eyes to keep from being overwhelmed.
“You really do want me,” Hunter rasped, his mesmerizing eyes boring into her as she lay beneath him, stunned.
“Yes,” she breathed huskily, knowing her thoughts were now as open to him as his mind was to her. “Your eyes are glowing. I think we’re experiencing the real Sentinel mating experience now.”
Her realm was magical, imaginary to most creatures. Obviously, it changed the radiant experience. If she thought Hunter had understood her thoughts…she’d been wrong. They’d shared minds, but they had both had a part of their brain that was guarded while they were at her home most of the time. Not now. Not in the human realm. She could hide nothing; he could guard nothing. The desire she’d had for Hunter before had been multiplied times a thousand, and her entire being craved his possession.
“It was already really fucking bad,” Hunter rumbled, his voice raw and deep with sensual hunger. “Now I can’t control anything. I feel your need, and it’s killing me.”
“You sensed it before,” she reminded him breathlessly, mesmerized by the molten brightness of his golden eyes.
“Not. Like. This,” he snarled in a feral tone. “I can hear your every thought, experience your emotions, even if I try not to do it. I’m no damn good for you, Princess.”
Athena realized that just as his every thought was open to her, he could now understand exactly how she saw him. She wrapped her arms more tightly around his neck, determined not to let him get away. “Then I guess I’ll have to be bad,” she told him stubbornly. “I’m not a virgin goddess on a pedestal anymore, Hunter. Here on Earth, I’m just a female with powers. The days of the gods are gone. And your woman wants you just like you want me . You’re the only man who can take away the pain. Stay with me. Teach me passion.”
A
“No, you don’t.” Athena removed her nightgown with her magic.
Hunter groaned as he felt the ecstasy of their fiery skin meeting without barriers, and dropped his head on her shoulder in agony. “You’re a virgin.” Visions of his dreams were still haunting him, visions of him hurting her.
“You won’t hurt me, Hunter. The pain of not being with you is worse than anything I’ll experience if you take my virginity. I know you don’t want a permanent radiant , but I don’t want to go to the Elysian Fields never knowing what real pleasure is like. Show me just once what it would feel like,” she said urgently.
Her words were like a siren’s call to Hunter, and he couldn’t leave the beckoning unanswered. “You’ll hate me,” he warned her, knowing that there was going to be some pain.
To his surprise, she broke his hold on her wrists easily and speared her hands through his hair. Twining her fingers in the strands, her eyes turning stormy with unspent passion, she tugged his head down. “I could never hate you.” Her statement was as strong as a vow.
Hunter wanted to question her certainty, but he never had a chance. Once she tugged his mouth down to hers, he knew he was completely and utterly lost.
A thena recognized the exact instant that Hunter lost all mastery of his mind. Thoughts he’d been successfully guarding suddenly flooded her brain and her soul.
I’m a drunk, a no-good asshole. I can’t take any woman as my radiant—ever. Athena’s light and I’m profound darkness. I won’t taint her with my ugliness. I’d destroy her. She’d hate me forever.
Hunter’s negative thoughts rushed into her brain one after the other, seemingly never-ending. Did he really think he’d hurt her?
When he finally lifted his ravaging mouth from hers, his chest was heaving, his eyes glowing deep amber, a golden light that illuminated the room. The symbol of his desire for her was so beautiful that it bedazzled her, almost making her close her eyes to keep from being overwhelmed.
“You really do want me,” Hunter rasped, his mesmerizing eyes boring into her as she lay beneath him, stunned.
“Yes,” she breathed huskily, knowing her thoughts were now as open to him as his mind was to her. “Your eyes are glowing. I think we’re experiencing the real Sentinel mating experience now.”
Her realm was magical, imaginary to most creatures. Obviously, it changed the radiant experience. If she thought Hunter had understood her thoughts…she’d been wrong. They’d shared minds, but they had both had a part of their brain that was guarded while they were at her home most of the time. Not now. Not in the human realm. She could hide nothing; he could guard nothing. The desire she’d had for Hunter before had been multiplied times a thousand, and her entire being craved his possession.
“It was already really fucking bad,” Hunter rumbled, his voice raw and deep with sensual hunger. “Now I can’t control anything. I feel your need, and it’s killing me.”
“You sensed it before,” she reminded him breathlessly, mesmerized by the molten brightness of his golden eyes.
“Not. Like. This,” he snarled in a feral tone. “I can hear your every thought, experience your emotions, even if I try not to do it. I’m no damn good for you, Princess.”
Athena realized that just as his every thought was open to her, he could now understand exactly how she saw him. She wrapped her arms more tightly around his neck, determined not to let him get away. “Then I guess I’ll have to be bad,” she told him stubbornly. “I’m not a virgin goddess on a pedestal anymore, Hunter. Here on Earth, I’m just a female with powers. The days of the gods are gone. And your woman wants you just like you want me . You’re the only man who can take away the pain. Stay with me. Teach me passion.”
A
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