~ RONAN ~ I would have noticed that she had just shrieked out loud if I hadn't been so f*****g occupied staring at her drop-dead gorgeous body. Creamy, smooth skin flushed from the shock of the cold. Fading bruises and thin silvery marks mar her thighs and ribs, reminders of what that f*****g monster did to her. The sight makes Kael snarl inside me, a deadly promise that those marks will disappear under my tongue if I have anything to say about it. My eyes drag lower: the gentle curve of her waist that flares into lush, wider hips, the soft swell of her ass, and the dark triangle between her thighs that makes my mouth water. Fuck. Me. My c**k hardens instantly, thick and aching, straining painfully against my pants. Heat floods my veins. All I can think about is dropping to my knees ri

