~Alina~ I was about to lash back at him when his mouth crashed onto mine, stealing my breath in a brutal, suffocating kiss, his teeth catching my lower lip until I tasted copper. I gasped, and he swallowed the sound, his tongue lashing against mine with a hunger that felt more like punishment than desire. His hand slid down my body, calloused fingers scraping over my n!pple, pinching until I arched off the bed with a sharp cry. “Hmmm…” he moaned, rolling the tight peak between his fingers before leaning down to replace his hand with his teeth. I whimpered as he bit down, the pain lancing straight to my core, a twisted pleasure coiling low in my stomach. “Stop—ah!” My protest dissolved into a moan as his mouth moved lower, trailing wet, open-mouthed kisses down my sternum, pausing to

