Shadow kissed her neck gently at first… then claimed her mouth with a slow, fierce hunger. The kiss was consuming, distracting, and utterly possessive, like he wanted to swallow every protest before she could even form it.
Ruby yielded immediately. The burning intensity of Shadow’s mouth melted her resistance, her body softening against his as heat replaced every coherent thought.
“I’ve missed this,” he murmured against her lips, pulling her flush against the hard line of his body. The sound wasn’t mere desire, it was need, deep and unrestrained. Ruby answered it instinctively, looping her arms around his neck, surrendering to the moment she kept trying, and failing, to deny.
He drew back gradually, his breath still mingling with hers, his amber eyes glowing with fire.
“You belong to m
