donât know if I can control myself.â
âDo it,â she begged, not recognizing the sultry thickness in her voice. âNow.â
Jarrett pressed a singularly sweet and tender kiss on her nape. Then his rough palms slid over her hips, pulling her close to him. She felt the broad head of his penis begin to sink inside her. He felt bigger and thicker than before.
With a harsh groan, he pushed forward, sealing them to the hilt. The sensation was one of invasion, her body shivering as she tried to adjust to the feeling.
Arielâs fingers dug into the partly frozen earth. He pulled out of her slowly, then sank back inside. She tightened her inner muscles as he thrust again. A guttural groan wrung from deep in his throat. She arched her back, pushing against him, and heard a low cry.
Excited by his sexual arousal, his wolf snarled.
For once he released it.
Control shattered like rock blown apart by dynamite.
Jarrett grabbed her hips and began thrusting heavily, his penis sliding in and out of her wet core, filling her completely. It was a fierce mating, not the slow tenderness heâd shown before. Ariel cried out with pleasure as his flesh slapped furiously against hers, feeling the tension mount as he took her, over and over. Her body swayed against the power of his savage thrusts, and the internal glow built to pressure. The raw scent of earth and pine rubbed in her nostrils as sweat dripped down her face. Her eyes closed as she fought the impulse to release, it was too much, too muchâ¦
âLet it go, sweetheart,â he commanded. âLet it go, now!â
Ariel tilted back her head and screamed as the tension shattered. Internal light exploded out of her as she climaxed. Sparks of red and white danced in the air like thousands of fireflies. Colors cascaded over them. Jarrett gave a guttural groan and she felt him shoot his hot seed deep inside her as he bucked and shuddered.
Slowly, they collapsed to the ground. Jarrett pulled out. After they dressed, they lay together, cradled in each othersâ arms. His rich scent swirled in her nostrils as the air cooled the sweat on their bodies. It felt right there.
Then the breeze shifted, bringing a slightly foul scent on the air. She coughed, gagging.
It smelled like death. And it came from the meadow beyond the fence.
Ariel sat up, hugging her knees. She studied the field beyond the jagged edges of the barbed fence.
âWhy is that field fenced off?â
Jarrett sat up, his gaze flat. âNothing you need to know about.â
She sprang up and approached the fence. Malevolence hung thick in the air, cloying as honeysuckle. Ariel held out a hand and felt the air shift and changeâjust the way it would before a violent storm.
âTell me.â She turned and regarded her lover.
Gone was the playfulness, the passion. He would not look at her.
âThere was something here. Something bad. I can feel it, likeâ¦â
âA fight.â He stared at the meadow, his jaw granite. âThis is where we fought with the jaguars. Many died.â
Chloe as well.
She read his thoughts as if heâd spoken aloud. Ariel touched the post. âYou fenced this section to keep everyone out.â
âThe females knew not to visit here. The landâs tainted. It did not stop your father and the other Fae from performing a cleansing ceremony.â
Startled, she studied the dead meadow. âWhen?â
âShortly after we returned. Cael said it was a homecoming gift.â Jarrett snorted. âAlways trying to make things right.â
âIt is our way, to right the balance.â
âAnd erase the past? Some things can never be righted.â
So tense, so angry, he resembled the craggy mountains, his fists clenched at his side. Hands that had roamed over her skin with gentle care suddenly reached out, pounded a fence post. It shuddered and sank deep into the ground.
Ariel brought his fist to her mouth,
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