Hunted: A Claiming Novella (The Claiming) Read Online Free Page A

her
close, lips strikingly close. If only they swayed together they would be
dancing.
    She had to even the odds.
    With a sudden turn, she spun and planted
her arse against his groin.
    They both gasped.
    His hands latched onto her hips as he
thrust forward once, hard. His cock was a thick shaft pulsing against her. He
was so large—her sex dripped at the thought of him sliding deep inside her.
    Ryon grunted in response before his arms
closed in around her. He touched her everywhere, hands sweeping up to capture
her breasts and pull at her nipples, before sliding down past her hips then up
her spine. Again and again he repeated the torture, his touch burning pathways
across her heated flesh.
    Her mind turned foggy with haze.
Pleasure overwhelmed her body bringing out the animal inside her. She wanted so
badly for his hand to slip between her legs and touch the moist folds of her
sex. A part of her that only she touched. Ever since their shared kiss two
years ago, she’d not let another touch man touch her. She couldn’t bear the
thought of any man touching her—any man but Ryon.
    Must take control, she reminded herself.
    Her arse pumped against his cock,
working him. The thrill of tempting him and knowing she was driving him out of
control was the headiest sensation.
    “Are you really going to fight to claim
me?” The question she thought had been buried in her psyche suddenly came out.
    Ryon kissed her neck sending a cascade
of shivers down her spine. Then he opened his mouth further and the sharp press
of his teeth prodded her neck. Whoever won the claiming would not only mate
with the chosen female, but keep her forever as his own.
    “You know I will,” he said confidently,
his voice having gone deep and raspy. “No one can stop me.”
    No doubts in his mind. No questions. The
loyalty was both humbling and a touch frightening.
    “This weeks’ end, we’ll be doing this
without clothes between us, Pen. Just you and me. I’m finally going to taste
all of you.”
    Panting, her breaths came out choppy.
Her head fell back against his shoulder, giving him even more room to kiss her
neck and shoulders. “So certain you’ll win?” she countered.
    His grabbed her hips in a brutal clasp.
“I know it.”
    Her sex was worked up and blood rushing
with excitement. His words connected erotic imagery of him claiming her. The
claiming was a rough and wild ride. To do it with Ryon…
    “I can’t stand it,” he growled in her
ear. “You’re wet and I can smell it drenching you.” He almost sounded angry at
her. Like he wanted to punish her for arousing him. “I have to touch you. Give
me permission.”
    “To do what?” she breathed, no longer
able to keep her eyes open.
    One hot hand slid down her stomach over
the sequined costume. The leotard ran tight between her legs. In an instant he
cupped her there—hard and firm, fingers enfolding her sex. Hot spasms twitched
as he caressed her. She teetered on the verge of something searing and
explosive.
    “To make you come.”
    A single finger trailed over her
sensitive flesh. Even with the barest of pressure, she quivered in need. What
would it feel like to have skin on skin contact? Maybe she’d combust and the
whole kingdom would hear her cries.
    “I’ll make you come right here, right
now, Pen. Just allow me…” he said, his deep voice hypnotic. “Tell me yes, that
you want me.”
    That’s it. Just tell him she wanted him.
Oh, how simple he made it sound. To admit so, would be to accept his dominance,
to relinquish control and give into submission.
    The idea tantalized her wicked
sensibilities, but her reservations kept her in check. His touch scraped over
her sensitive bud of nerves between her legs again making her hips jerk. She
needed more than that little scrape. Though not much more. 
    “I’m going to claim you one way or
another, Pen.” His voice dropped even deeper, speaking soft and low into her
ear. “I’m going to slide my cock right inside you