Page 26 of Warrior

“Not unless you asked,” he said with a boyish smile that didn’t belong on his rugged face.I wasn’t about to fall for it.

“Is there a reason you didn’t tell me?”I pressed.

He shrugged.“You worry about it constantly, and you needed more time to control your beast.If you were a male, that would’ve taken over a year.But as you’ve discovered in our history texts, some female Warriors were able to do what you’ve done.”He shrugged again, but this time his expression betrayed him.“I don’t want to lose you.”

I’d tried bringing up our current non-situation before, but he always changed the subject, refusing to discuss our so-called relationship.I was officially done with his attitude, and I was bringing it out in the open.

“If you want me so badly, why don’t you do more than kiss me?”

The telltale signs of his beast flickered in his eyes.“I touch you every day.”

“You kiss me, you hold my hand, you beat the shit out of me.I’m talking about sex.Are male Warriors deformed or something?”

His lips quirked with humor, and I couldn’t help but glare.I’d seen him naked once, and I knew for a fact there was nothing wrong downstairs.

“I was waiting for you to beg,” he said, tossing out the line just to irritate me.

It took me a few seconds to realize he was joking.But I was done with jokes, evasion, and living a celibate life.

“King.Make love to me.”It was a demand, pure need wrapped into it.

He contemplated my words, like he wasn’t in a rush to answer.

“Now?”he asked calmly.“Or would you prefer to be wined and dined first?”

I might need to kill him.

“Now,” I ground out, glaring at the most stubbornly sexy man on the planet.

“You’ve read some of our history,” he said.“You know what mating means and how it will affect us both.We won’t have the luxury of staying away from my people while our beasts adjust.And it won’t just be me.Your beast will behave irrationally if another woman so much as comes near me.Beck and I have discussed this, and he’s still unsure if it’s wise.”

My jaw clenched, and the thought of killing Beck slowly with maximum creativity sent a wave of satisfaction through me.King had discussed our lack of a sex life with Beck and hadn’t bothered to share with me.

Kill.

I wasn’t sure if Ms.Beast meant to kill King or Beck, but her killing urge made me happy today.

Unfortunately for King, I was tired of my feelings being dismissed.He said he respected me and would never take advantage of me.Yada, yada, yada.He drove me insane, and I wanted to kill him half the time.I locked eyes with him, refusing to look away.

“I love you and Ms.Beast feels the same way,” I said simply.

He moved so fast I barely registered it, and then I was in his arms.His lips, the ones I was very familiar with, crashed into mine.His hands moved, and he lifted me effortlessly, cradling me against him.He ended the kiss and carried me out of the room.

If I’d known all I had to do was say I loved him, I wouldn’t have wasted so much damn time.

He sat me down on his bed and took two steps back.“Your beast has accepted me?”

This man was testing my patience.

“Ms.Beast is tired of you wasting time,” I said flatly.

“You call her Ms.Beast?”he asked, the grin tugging at his lips ramping up my irritation.

I lifted my hands in a shrug.“You have your word, and I have mine.Are we getting on with this or what?”The frustration in my voice should’ve been enough to tip him off that I was done talking.

He tilted his head slightly.“You realize you could shift while mating.”

“What?”My stomach dropped.No way.Absolutely not.

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