The bedroom door slammed shut behind us, the heavy thud echoing through the small apartment. Demetrius didn't even look back; his focus was entirely, dangerously on me. Even though we were the only two souls in the suite, the way he kicked that door closed felt like he was shutting out the entire world—the Council, the past, and the impending journey into the marsh.
The kiss that followed was hungry and claiming. He wasn't the "Merciless King" or the "Brooding Guardian" anymore; he was a man possessed. I groaned into his mouth, my fingers digging into the hard muscles of his shoulders as he gripped my ass, his large hands squeezing with a possessive strength that made my toes curl.
He laid me back onto the bed, the mattress dipping under our combined weight. For a long moment, he just st
