Claimed by Presley Hall

Author:Presley Hall [Hall, Presley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

16

Rose

Holy fuck.

I’ve never felt anything like this before.

I never even knew it was possible.

The moment when he looked down at me and I could see the anguish in his eyes—could see all the ways that this was tearing him apart—I wanted him to kiss me more than I’ve ever wanted anything in the world. More, in that moment, than I wanted to go home. And I desperately want that.

I wanted him to do it. To take the choice out of my hands. But he wouldn’t. No matter how much it seemed to cost him, he left the choice up to me.

Then he tore himself away. And now I’m standing here, more confused than I’ve ever been.

My whole body feels as if it’s vibrating, practically humming with desire. I’ve never felt a bone-deep need like this for anyone. I didn’t think anything like this even existed.

As I watch the brutally handsome warrior walk away, his shoulders tense and rigid, every muscle in his body on full display, I want to go after him.

Truly, I’ve never seen anything or anyone like him. I called him a goat-man when I was upset, but the truth is, he’s more like a god. He’s like some kind of alien deity, handsome and muscular and bronzed, like a statue come to life. And he wants me.

I want to run after him, wrap myself around that hard, muscular frame, and kiss him the way I wanted him to kiss me just now.

But I can’t make my feet move.

It’s insane—this is all insane. I can’t be the fated mate of some alien warrior. My whole life can’t have been leading up to this. It makes no sense.

Your life wasn’t leading up to anything, before, a little voice in the back of my mind whispers. But I push the thought away, the same way I try to repress the feelings surging up inside of me, the lust and need and some other emotion that I’m frightened to give a name to.

Because I care about Tordax, for some insane reason.

I care that he’s upset, that as angry and confused as I am, that he also seems to be broken by this. I don’t fully understand it, but the look in his eyes…

It was as if I were taking something away from him that he desperately wanted—that he needed. But how can I be that? We’ve known each other for all of three days. It’s impossible. Fate, destiny… these things don’t exist.

I hear footsteps and whirl around, my heart leaping in my chest, thinking Tordax might have come back. But no, it’s another of the warriors—the one who helped calm Tordax when he was fighting the gladiator called Sorsir.

“Rose,” the man says quietly.

I freeze for a moment, my breath catching in my throat. Is he coming to try to claim me as his mate, too? Are there multiple claimants, like some kind of Hunger Games for brides? But he appeared to be Tordax’s friend, so surely not. They’re not going to fight some kind of battle to the death for me.

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