na'

, drumming against the shelte

king the light and the air. Their eyes moved ov

need help!

d without any trace of kindness in his smile

sound. "And dressed like that.

jacket as I pressed myself ha

my voice despite the tremor threatening

ces, amusement flic

Who said anything about trouble? We

ar it. I glanced around, searching for an opening, any

e of them stepped in front of me, fast

My breath came in sharp gasps as panic set

rom my grasp. Cold air hit my rain-soaked skin. The sleeveless dress

e raking over me with naked hunger. "Lo

every curve. "Wandering around dressed like a wet

my arms around myself, trembling violently. "It's

stay away. T

face, a throat, anything to fight back. But I was

ehind my back with brutal efficien

" I screame

ngers digging into my skin. "Relax," he murmured

ng I had into breaking free. It was

my voice cracking with t

stening?" one mocked. "Everyone'

hed my chest, making it impossible to breathe. I squeezed my

reached fo

h

hands off

moments blurr

he third didn't even have time to flee. Eric moved with lethal precision-no wasted motion, no mercy-only raw, devasta

turned

es banked slightly

legs ga

ng me against a solid chest. I clutched his coat wit

you," he s

into my bones, and my head felt light. His hand

g up," he mutt

lding me close as if I

wing in his warmth. His scent surrounde

en, Elena," he sai

like he was my only lifeline. He carrie

," he told the dr

till shaking-violently, uncontrollably. Ice ran throu

ing," he

nda. My fingers found him again, fisting in the fabric of

whisper escaped me,

, draping it over me, his hands lingering a heartbeat l

reathed. "Tha

rrow deeper, closer. My grip on his shirt tightened, and

d. "You're not

pell I had no power to break. Eric's jacket had chased away the cold, but it had done somethi

his lap, straddling him as if it were the most natural thing in the

warning-low, rough, strai

reathing, the thunder of his heart beneath my palm, the overwhe

ound his, some

ess and heat. His pheromones flooded the space, thick and intoxicating, making my head spin and my bones ach

ead of his con

ped me-shameful, wanton-and my body responded in ways I'd never experienced. Pleasure rippled through me, sharp and o

nding down, drunk on the

fingers slid between my thighs, parting me, finding the evidence of my arousal through the impossibly thin scrap of fabri

ar st

ce filtered through, ob

ell sh

n ice water. Then he was pulling back, his expression shutterin

happened," he said,

how we'd gone from that-from fire-to this

lting, my vision blu

verything