Page 125 of The Spider Queen
Mine,he growled.
Yours,I agreed.
His pace increased and when I thought I couldn’t take anymore, I came with a fierce war cry, shuddering around him as I pressed my head to the column of his throat.
Thane’s hands splayed my hips as he pounded into me, deep and hard, branding me, taking me, and then he came.
Poppy,he whispered.
Don’t leave me, Thane,I cried.
Never. You’re mine.
I woke up to Hunter’s face looming over me. Concern and pain flashed across his features.
Running my hands up and down my body, I was surprised to find I was clothed.
What had happened? Why were my emotions all scrambled? And why the hell was I still incredibly turned on?
“I’m afraid to ask,” I said. My voice sounded raspy, like I’d just been thoroughly taken—taken by a beast who knew exactly what a woman wanted—whatIwanted.
I knew what had happened, what I’d experienced—who I’d been with.
Did Hunter know?
Judging by the look on his face, he knew.
What was that?
The most amazing thing possible,came Thane’s reply.
I felt his voice deep inside me. It was like a caress, stroking me in places no physical act could penetrate. I forced the excitement, the yearning away.
Did it really happen? I’m still in my clothes.
The last ward needed your pain. This ward needed your truth.
And my truth was—oh, dear God.
Thane fell silent.
“I thought I was going to be sick,” Hunter said, jarring me from Thane’s interlude. “Watching you call for him. Knowing you wanted him.”
“Did you see us? I mean, how could—”
“No, I didn’t see you. You disappeared—you became invisible. But I could hear you. Even after I put my hands over my ears I could still hear everything.” He shook his head and looked down at his feet.
I blinked. “Disappeared?”
He nodded.
Where did I go?
You were here. With me. In my prison.
So what happened between us…was it real?
Thane didn’t answer, letting me stew, letting me wonder.
