She struggled backward against the current, but only stumbled and flailed. Panic flared in her eyes as he stalked toward her, displacing the meandering water. He whistled for Colm, his Shire steed, and rubbed a wet and tired hand over his face. “Goddamnit!” he hit at the water, showering the bank with a wave of his fury. The kiss that tied them together for eternity.

The sweetness of her cries as she came for him. The hitch of her breath as he discovered the warm cleft between her thighs. The glow of her radiant flesh in the dimness of the coach. The moment his beast had decided to claim her rather than kill her. He remembered it all through a murky shade of grey. It made you do- terrible things.” She regarded him with wide-eyed apprehension. Sir, you were possessed by… some kind of demon. “Nay, they’ve been black as pitch until now. She was a wee thing, finely-featured and delicately formed, but fire flared in her amethyst eyes.įollowing the direction of his gaze, she looked down and let out a shocked squeak and covered her breasts, lowering her body back into the freezing water.įor a moment, they just glared at each other. Straight, heavy raven hair clung to pert, high breasts and a firm, tight figure. His berserker must have taken one look at the shimmering goddess in front of him and decided to claim her as his own. The woman surfaced, sputtering and flailing until she found purchase on the mossy rocks, and stood.Ĭonnor blinked. “Fuck!” A mate? Now? How in the name of the Gods had this happened? He didna want her. The rent garments stayed in his grip, and he hurled them to the opposite bank in a fit of temper.

“ Christ! ” he swore as he dropped her body back into the waist-high water, recoiling as though she were a hot coal scorching his flesh. He faded back into awareness while ripping a blood-soiled dress from soft, pale skin.

The world melted back to the vibrant colors of autumn. The harsh chill of the water washed the blood away and blurred the sharp angles of grey from Connor’s vision.

Unwilling by Kerrigan Byrne