Page 51 of Ruin

All eyes turned to Connor, waiting for his answer. Prime surfaced in his eyes, but my skin prickled when I felt something more inside him. Connor’s body stretched and changed shape. It wasn’t a quick change, but a slow morphing of his body, one that would have taken immense control. He only stopped when a huge Were stared down at me, his head and shoulders bent down under the roof, he was so tall. Fangs elongated and his eyes darkened to endless pools of black. The others all took a step back from his huge form. His voice rumbled in my mind and he lowered his head, bending a knee until he was in front of my short frame, staring into my eyes.Yes, I am—yet, I am now—more. Fae magic is an addition I have never had before. It is...interesting.

I smiled. “I’ll just bet it is.”

“What? You can talk to him in your mind? In Were form?” asked Alex, as the others gaped at us.

The King huffed a gravelly chuckle.

“Yes, I can.” I shrugged like it was no big deal, but I knew it really was. Weres could sometimes communicate, but it was rare, or like Reed had done with me right before I’d ended his life, using short growled words. Connor, or rather Prime, was in my head. This wasn’t just the powerful wolf that Connor’s strength and fae side made more powerful, it was the ancient spirit of the King of Hellhounds.

I thank you for taking in my wolf spirit and caring for him. Without our human host, the soul we are bound to, we were lost.

Being fearful of this creature was not an option so I rested my hand on his thickly muscled arm. “It was my pleasure. But I’d really like Connor to remain in control and come back to me. Will you let him?”

The King of Weres cocked his head.Of course. I allow him control all of the time, but will come when he calls. He is powerful, but together as Prime, hellhound, fae and man, we will command enough strength to fight even the armies of Hell.

I swallowed, realising how much power Connor now commanded. “Thank you.”

He nodded and faded away leaving Connor staring down at me. “Fuck me, that was insane,” he muttered, cracking his neck and rolling his shoulders.

“Damn, Prime, how many beasts you got in there?” asked Stone.

Connor ran a hand through his hair. “Three that I know of.”

“Fuck me,” muttered Jed.

“Not even if Hell freezes over.” Connor’s heavy gaze stayed on me. “But we’re done here. Owen, I trust you to complete the tasks we set out to make sure our plan goes smoothly. I’ll be with Ember if you need me.” His gaze shot to Owen’s.

Owen smirked. “Yeah, I think I’ll manage. I’d rather keep my head on my shoulders.”

“Good. We’ll be back out—later.”

“Sure, Prime. You, er, want food brought to you?”

I opened my mouth to protest, but Connor beat me to it. “Yes.” His look made even my cheeks heat, and I wasn’t one for blushing. “We’ll be busy—until morning.”

“What? Connor, you can’t ask people to wait on us...that’s not…”

Before I finished speaking I was upside down over his shoulder. “Are you kidding me?” I screeched. “Connor! Put me down.”

“No. We haven’t finished our claiming time yet, and I’ve stood seeing you near other males enough today. You’re mine, all mine, for the next twenty four hours, so get ready to be ravaged.”

Hanging upside down and being unable to do anything about it was not my finest hour, but the tingle through my body at his cavemannish treatment told me I didn’t really care. It was pointless threatening him with Fire, she couldn’t harm him and I would never want to. He’d blocked Mea, so I couldn’t shift. Besides, all that hussy was interested in was getting to her mate, so there was no help there. So instead of fighting it, I rested my hands on his fine arse and squeezed—hard.

Connor growled and strode to the door.

“Later, Ember.” Lionel held the door open and winked as Connor strode past him. I grinned, totally on board with another heavy sex session with this powerful hunk of a male who had his mind set on ruining me.

Stone rolled his eyes and walked after us. I could see Shannon training with a group of males on the far side of the courtyard. She was kicking ass and looking gorgeous while she did it. “Hey, Stone? Prime is the King of the Weres, his power is riding high right now, I think we’ll be safe. Why don’t you go and stamp your territory—before Shannon gets distracted with one of those other males.”

Stone’s head whipped around to look where I pointed. He growled. “Prime?”

“Go.”

Stone didn’t need telling twice. He strode in Shannon’s direction with a look of utter determination and fury on his face. I wasn’t sure quite how that would go down with Shannon, but, hey, I had other more pressing things to occupy me.

Connor’s long legs covered the ground between our cabin and the ops centre so quickly I couldn’t be sure he wasn’t running. No one stood in our way, not after Connor let loose a roar and hit them all with a blast of his power. Most fell to their knees, the rest staggered and quickly moved.

All I could think about was the way his hands and mouth had felt on my skin, how his body had stretched mine… My blood started to hum as I absorbed his power and it zipped like a jolt of lust right between my legs. I bit my lip trying not to groan.

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