Aidan was about to put his bike into gear when he saw Maddie turn around and run down the stairs as if hellhounds nipped at her heels. His guard up, he turned the engine off. "Maddie?" As she continued to run toward him, Aidan leapt off the bike, His face puzzled and riddled with concern. "Maddie, what's wrong?"

Maddie couldn't breathe as she reached for him and brought her lips to his needful and seductively. She held him tight, throwing her arms around his neck, crushing herself to him. Her senses reeled as she thoroughly tasted him. His lips were so soft, his tongue sweeping the cavern of her mouth with a skill that made her tingle all the way to her toes.

She would have missed this? She was crazy.

And she had no idea what tomorrow morning would bring. If he would disappear upon her waking. If it turned out like a bad cliché with him gone in the morning with money or a flower on the dresser. She didn't care now. There was something about this man she needed. Something that called her to him. It was fierce and primal and downright scary. And tonight she'll willingly surrender to it.

Aidan molded her hips closer to him, pressing her even closer. His groin tightened as she skillfully ravaged his lips. And when she nipped and sucked his bottom lip, it took everything he had not the throw her on the ground and take her with the savage need he had for her right then and there. Burying his hand deep in her mahogany curls, he tore away from her lips only to run his tongue along the hypnotic pulse of her throat.

Tonight, she belongs to me.

Despite the million reasons against it, he couldn't deny himself. So long he had tucked those emotions inside and fought and clawed his way through his violent life. Shielding himself from the pain of it all.

With Maddie, he was naked.

She allowed him to be human again. To feel alive; and as much as he knew best to push her away and leave, he couldn't. He wanted to feel her bare skin against his, hear her moans as he slid himself inside of her over and over again. Aidan couldn't think of anything else more exquisite.

In one swift move, he dipped down to scoop her up against his chest, his hands splayed against her buttocks. He lifted her so effortlessly, Maddie's breath caught in her throat as she wrapped her legs around him. Her core pressed against his. Feeling the fullness of his bulge, she moaned in anticipation, then captured his lips again.

Good heavens, someone's happy to see me. As much as she savored the feel of him, she wanted to at least make it to the house. No doubt Miss Carraway would be on patrol, inquiring why she was basically dry-humping Aidan in the front yard.

Aidan held her tight and nuzzled her neck, inhaling her. Maddie was such sweetness to him, so soft and delicate. Her body full and bewitching. His cock grew achingly hard as his whirlwind thoughts of what he wanted to do to her took over.

"Aidan," she swallowed, "My landlord may be watching us." Her voice overwhelmed by breathlessness. Even then she could barely stop her lips from touching him.

Aidan spoke in between his kiss. "I haven't heard a thud or a scream of shock yet, so we're fine. I'm really hoping for that thud though." He felt her lips curve into a smile on his neck as she buried herself there. The man was incorrigible.

Aidan hated it , but she was right. He didn't want an audience any more than she did, but it was hard to turn her loose in fear she'd come to her senses and run from him. With a sigh, he lowered her down off him. Breaking from his kiss, Maddie groaned in protest. As soon as she was able to get her knees to work, she took his hand, leading him upstairs to the front door.

If she thought it's hard finding her keys in the dark... it was damn near impossible trying to find them in the dark with the six foot-something hottie behind her nibbling on her neck, his hands roaming over her backside, and her breasts, cupping her.

The door finally opened. Yeah, she deserved a medal.

Thank heavens she had sense to leave her book light on in the living room or they would have bumped into every single thing by the door as he pulled her against the wall, giving her a deep, hot kiss. His tongue darted against hers, sending spikes of pleasure down to the center of her body. She pulled off his jacket, letting it fall to her hardwood floor. Taking her hands, she ran them up underneath his shirt wanting to feel his hard, bare flesh under her fingers. Aidan unzipped her hoodie and helped her shake it off her to the floor, then buried his face against her neck nipping her flesh. He inhaled the sweetness of jasmine in her hair, the salty ocean air on her skin. He gently took her hand and lead it to the center of his body so she could cup him, feeling the hardness he had for her. The sensation of her hands on him, was starting to drive him to madness.

"Tell me to make love to you, Maddie," he whispered before he swirled his tongue in her ear, sending chills up her spine. "Tell me to ravish you like I've always wanted to since the moment I saw you. In that bar trying to stave off two men who were as enthralled by you as I am."

Maddie couldn't think with his hands all over her like this, let alone respond with more than an enraptured moan. She couldn't stop her body from grinding against his. The sounds that came out of her were unlike any sounds a man has ever drove out of her. She wanted to be his, to make love to him like nothing else ever existed. To embrace that sinewy with her own, until they both screamed from the ecstasy of it.

Aidan grabbed the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head, and drank in the vision of her. Her dark hair was swept to the side exposing the beautiful curve of her neck, her lips glossy and swollen from his kisses. He never saw anyone so gorgeous. Maddie locked eyes with him as she ran her hands over her breasts. She could have sworn she heard Aidan whimper at the sight of her touching what he so desperately wanted. His feral gaze alone made her body hot, moisture pooling between her thighs. Maddie unhooked the clasp between her breasts and let it fall to the floor. Aidan sucked in a breath at those soft, honeyed breasts that begged to be tasted. As he moved closer, she gripped his shirt and helped him strip it off him. As soon as he was free he dipped down to take one into his mouth, laving it gently with his tongue. The warm, wet stroking danced across her hardened tips.

Maddie hissed as he suckled her, pressing her body back to the wall. Her fingers raked through his hair as he kissed and nipped slowly down her stomach. Sinking to his knees, he ran his tongue around her navel, as he skillfully undid her fly and slid her panties and jeans down to her feet. She gingerly stepped out of them. Her breasts tightened as she met Aidan's eyes, hungry for her. He ran his hand between her thighs and tore a moan from Maddie's lips as his fingers probed and gently parted her slick flesh. Aidan groaned at the feel of her ripe, naked folds against his fingers. He couldn't believe how wet she was for him already. What she offered him was too miraculous for words. For her to give herself and trust him so freely truly floored him. Looking up at her, he realized that he was totally at her mercy. He wondered if she had any idea how easily she could shatter him now. How she alone had made him tame when the world forced him to be wild.

Maddie felt his warm breath against her inner thigh, teasing her. There was something so erotic about a man so poised and powerful so driven to desire this way. And one fluid movement, Aidan slipped her leg over his shoulder, opening her body to him, and took her into his mouth. She yelped in pleasure as he licked and delved into her moist center. Fearing her knees would give from it all, she braced herself on his shoulders, arching her back to his hungry quest.

Aidan groaned at the taste of her. There were no comparisons made to her and any other feeling in this world. This was what he wanted. She was the soft, liquid pleasure that he could've only imagined having.

Maddie's grip on him tightened as his tongue lapped, teased and swirled her folds. She never remembered feeling this wanted, this desirable. Her moans escalated until the mounting pleasure inside begged for splendid release.

"Aidan," she breathed as her body contracted in a wicked climax. She barely caught her breath as her center began to rack with promise as Aidan refused to stop his conquest and licked even more intensely. Losing control, she lowered her hips to him and ran her fingers frantically through his hair. He watched her intently as her back arched with another orgasm close on the heels of one before. Her breath panting, she rocked her head back and forth. "Please...no more. I can't take anymore."

He gave one last lick and eyed her deviously. "Are you sure you want me to stop?"

The desire on her face drove his need to fill her to bewitching. What was it about her that made him want her so obsessively?

She managed a smile through her panting. "No. But unless you want to call me a paramedic instead of Miss Carraway..."

His posture slowly straightened as he stood back up to his full height, his eyes raking over her. Her face was flushed, with her lovely brown eyes dilated as she met his.

"Well, we certainly can't have that, now can we?"

He swept her up in his arms, growling deep in his throat as her lips found the hollow of his neck. No one ever handled her like this. It made her feel so feminine and petite.

Standing at the edge of the bed, he slid her off onto it, his hands squeezing her hips. Maddie worked to unbutton his fly as she kneeled on the bed facing him. He hissed as her hands worked to free him. Wrapping her fingers around him, she softly stroked the rich thickness of him, and felt him shiver as her thumb rubbed the slick wetness at the tip.

"I love your hands on me, Maddie," he groaned as he leaned into her climbing onto the bed on top of her like some stealthy, sleek animal. He leaned over her, his heated green eyes scanned the entire length of her naked body. His look was not one of lust, put pure admiration. As if he couldn't believe she was real, laying there with him. "You're enchanting. I don't think you truly understand that."

A lump caught in her throat as his sincere and heartfelt words seared her. No one ever made her feel so beautiful and alive as Aidan. Never had she dreamed any man could desire her so deeply. She pulled him closer as he shifted his weight, nudging her legs apart. She moaned against the pillows as he ran his fingers along the cleft and sunk two inside her, his hands quivering at the tight wetness of her. Lost to desire, he withdrew his fingers and drove himself deep inside her. Maddie gasped at Aidan's incredible thickness sliding in and out of her body. A moan ripped from him as she met him stroke for stroke, her moist walls contracting around him as he rocked against her hips. Her hands trailed down his back to grip his buttocks urging him on, as wave after wave of unfathomable pleasure crested over her.

It had been so long since a man has touched or held her. She had closed herself off, afraid to be hurt again. But her body welcomed his touch. The fluid beauty of this man made her want to fly every time he touched her. And as they made love she couldn't help but feel a sort of freedom, a change in her as she allowed this man into her body and into her life.

"Oh Aidan..." Maddie wrapped her legs around his waist as he rode her hard and steady.

Aidan watched her writhe beneath him, her body melting into his, gripping him beautifully. He let one hand sink down between them to bury his fingers between her wet, throbbing folds. "Come for me, xerhmon...Ciele gre ni... I want to feel it."

Burying himself deep within her, she cried out fiercely as she came for him. The intensity forced a primal growl from his throat hearing her come for him. Her sweet purrs and moans gripped him with such intensity he felt blinded by it. Her arms now bracing against his, she looked up into his eyes, wanting to mirror the same tenderness he gave her. Maddie reached up and caressed his handsome face, feeling the prickly texture of a day's growth on his cheeks. His eyes seemed a brighter, deeper shade now.

"What gorgeous eyes you have."

He turned into her touch, kissed her hand and smiled. "The better to see you with, my dear."

And that he did. He looked at her as nothing else mattered, with admiration and respect. How lovely for this man to feel so comfortable in her arms.

Aidan groaned as he felt her exquisite body contract around him again...and again. He reveled in her moans in his ears as he released himself inside her, growling at the ferocity of it. Catching his breath, he rolled off and gathered her into his arms. She tucked her head under his chin and sighed. Aidan smelled her hair, inhaling the faint jasmine in her feathery curls, then kissed her hand tenderly, playfully nipping her fingers.

His scent was all over her body. She was his, according to Aristan Law. She chose him, and he claimed her.

But she isn't Aristan—she isn't even Thesian. She's human and not bound by his laws or him whatsoever. The sting of it all wasn't half as painful as realizing how much he wanted her with him. She simply wants a normal life—the only life I could never give her no matter how much I want. Never.

In the silence he felt her heartbeat against his body as she slept. It was a soft drumming he cherished and realized that all he wanted was to protect her. To make certain no one hurts her like Ninon, his father and his people. She deserved his protection. This was getting more complicated now. He had to find out what Kieran is up to and fast. Time was running out. He looked at Maddie's serene oval face as she stirred. And if the Azans ever find him with Maddie...

His comrades were bigger in number and they were strong. Though Aidan could clearly hold his own, it was too risky to attempt bringing them here with her near. They will kill her, without remorse or reservations—just like they were taught...by him. And in the end, they were only following law. Humans simply weren't allowed. He wrapped his arms around her at the horrifying thought, hugging her so tight, she slightly winced at the pressure. Immediately Aidan loosened up his grip, as he realized something else. Even if somehow Maddie was able to be with him, she would never be able to survive in his world. Her human body was so frail in comparison to a ShadowShifter, her years much shorter than his own. How could he ever make a life with her?

Aidan felt a lump in his throat as he tried to shake the thoughts away. He didn't know what was worse: Being plagued by nightmares as he slept, or being tormented by the unfairness of his life while he was awake? Maddie cuddled up to him sleepily and he laid his head down above hers. Her body was warm and comforting and found that his body relaxed quicker than he anticipated. Aidan closed his eyes and drifted off with the amazing woman he wanted so badly as a mate.

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