Her Wicked Mates: The Complete Series by Cassia Briar

Author:Cassia Briar [Briar, Cassia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wednesday Ink, LLC
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

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CADE

No more than a few drops remained in the enchanted hourglass. Only a few more months until the enchantress would come to reap our souls. Our time was coming to a close and I couldn’t ignore all the signs in front of me any longer.

Lucas was mated to Emma. Zane would be binding himself to her through a blood bond soon if he wasn’t already doing that tonight.

She was the one. Emma could break our curse and set us free. Save the lives of everyone in the Penumbra household. The last piece they needed was me.

A weight settled over my shoulders. Responsibility thickened in my throat.

I slumped in the chair before the hourglass. Hunched over, head bowed, my skin tingled with nerves. The pit of my stomach twisted and turned threatening to expel my late dinner.

It wasn’t that I hated the woman. In fact, the little witch had grown on me over the couple of months she’d been with us. I might even like her.

I groaned. Of course, I fucking liked her. I couldn’t get her out of my head. Those two kisses had ignited a spark in me so deep I felt like the flame would consume me whole. I woke up every morning hard with lingering dreams of her on my mind. Sexual dreams. Beating off in the shower barely eased the tension in my body. The lust I felt for her was so overwhelming.

I wanted her, but I was terrified. I’d never had sex before. She was going to think I was clumsy, stupid, and realize that I wasn’t good enough for her. Who the fuck wanted to let an ugly, pathetic virgin into her bed? Surely, not Emma.

She was... experienced. Confident. She embraced her sexuality without any apologies.

Hell, the woman could wield magic with the best of them. She was at home in her wolf form. Fearless. Determined. Gorgeous. Everything about her I found attractive. And she was way the fuck out of my league. So far beyond it that I couldn’t believe she’d let me touch her to heal her, let alone kiss me.

Maybe I was putting her on a pedestal because she was the only woman who’d ever given me the time of day. I roughly shook my head. No, she’d earned her place up there.

I’d done everything in my power to scare her away. To prove to her that I was too damaged, that I wasn’t good for her, but she wouldn’t relent. She kept coming back, each time more determined than the last.

She was special, and I was terrified of breaking her. Almost as much as I was afraid to let anyone in close—especially a woman.

I craved Emma’s touch, yet I could barely tolerate it. Her gentle fingers stroking over my skin brought with them the ghost of my mother’s touch. No matter how hard I fought against it, I always tensed, ready for the pain that was sure to follow. With Emma it never did.

She meant every kind word she spoke—it wasn’t a trap.

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