ground.
Oh God! I’m going to die! I’m going to freaking die! She screamed over and over in her mind as the wind whipped harshly at her face.
Above her she watched as Kieran launched himself down after her. His arms reached out for her as he descended after her. Within a second he was within touching distance of her, he reached out to her. His arms coiled around her and jerked her tightly against his chest. Startled, her eyes widened as a flash of blue light suddenly shone from behind him. Abruptly a pair of dark gray wings sprouted from his back, spreading out wide above them, slowing their decent. Feeling his feet touch down on solid ground Elena practically leapt from his arms only to stumble away from him on unsteady feet.
Looking back at him with a mixture of surprise and disbelief she found she wasn’t able to take her eyes off him. The large wings slowly lowered against his back with cautious movements. Kieran was watching her vigilantly. No doubt he was expecting her to scream her head off and take off running. She would admit that she was considering both options at the moment, but pushed the ideas aside for later use. How the hell could he have freaking wings?
Shaking her head in denial she pointed a shaking hand over his shoulder, “What the hell are those?”
Not bothering to even acknowledge her question he took a step closer to her. His gray hand reached out towards her. “We have much to discuss. Come with me.”
Jerking a couple steps back she narrowed her glare at him. The surprising sight of his wings seemed to evaporate as flashes of the memory of being tossed off his balcony returned. “Don’t you dare touch me,” she bit out, her jaw clenched tightly at his confused expression. What right did he have to be confused?!
He had dropped her. He actually dropped her like a sack of potatoes from a terrifying height! Shoving at her wild mess of hair, she glared at him as rage began to flood her system.
“Are you INSANE?” she shouted.
Bending down her hand swept up a round stone and hurled it at his smug face. Unfortunately he was able to easily avoid her flying missal, causing her to grab another and toss that too.
“What type of person throws people off of balconies, you asshole!” Going for a third stone she was halted as he gripped her wrists preventing any further attacks. Tugging on her wrists she only got angrier when he refused to let go. Kieran’s lips pressed into a thin line, tugging the rock from her clenched hand before tossing it over his shoulder.
“Now, you listen to me,” he whispered darkly close to her face. “ This is real. I am real. Now you are going to accept it or I will continue giving you a flying lesson every minute of every day until you do.”
Huffing out a breath, her anger deflated like a loose balloon. “What are you and why am I here?”
Chapter Four
Slowly, Kieran lifted each of his digits from around her wrists before he was able to force his hands to release her. He thanked his good fortune that his temper had not encouraged his more savage nature to explode to the surface. His sou’tali was more than terrified and confused at her situation. If he could hide his more brutal nature for a while — than that is what he’d do.
Taking a step back he watched his mate cross her arms under her full breast, pushing the soft mounds up against the strange looking V-neck tunic that she wore. His mouth watered at imagining what the creamy skin would feel like under his lips. Instantly his wayward thoughts were jerked to a halt as Sera’s previous words echoed in his head.
Instruct her…
Jerking his lustful eyes from her tempting flesh his eyes focused instead on her eyes. They were wary with mistrust pouring off every inch of her. He would earn her trust as her sou’tali , but until then he would tread carefully and prepare her on what was to come.
“Why am I here, Kieran?” she repeated once more. She eyed the distance between
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