[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
.”“Brit,” Vin began reasonably, her abject disregard for her own well-being making him long to roar at her.Did she always push herself to this extent? Why the hell didn’t Tag intervene? “I know you are aware that a malnourished, sleep-deprived body loses the ability to think rationally.”“I’m fine.” She didn’t even look at him.“I may appear human, but my stamina exceeds that of a simple human body, and I resent the implication that I am not thinking rationally.”Already riled by the conversation with his father, Vin’s dragon rippled beneath his skin.He slid deeper into her thoughts.She was not fine.She felt sluggish to him.Her emotions, usually neatly managed in that sharp mind of hers, were swirling and chaotic.Fear.Worry.Confusion.“Brit,” Vin started again.“I’m fine.”“You are not fine,” Vin snapped.He moved to her side in a smooth flow of muscle and ripped one of those damn lab books easily from her hands.She was willful and stubborn, and her refusal to submit to them had him treading the very edge of his control.Brit spun to face him, the pale blue of her eyes electric with her irritation, yet all he could see were the dark shadows and new hollows of her face.It…riled him, had feelings of inadequacy and righteous anger expanding in him.She was his mate—his to protect, his to care for—and she was drawn and weak.It couldn’t be borne.He was done with this.Brit was going to be theirs, fully and completely.He would tell her the truth, and Tag would damn well accept his explanation for the past twenty years; then they would finally take her.“You can’t even focus enough on your anger at me to formulate a response.”Brit narrowed her gaze on him.“Stay out of my head, Vincent.Despite you and your demon twin using it as a public commons, I actually value my privacy and resent the intrusion.”“And I value the health of my mate,” Vin snarled, lifting the remainder of the lab books out of reach when she made a grab for them.“Give me the bloody books.” Brit stepped closer and thumped his chest with one palm.“I’m not your mate yet, and the likelihood decreases with each minute you continue to piss me off.”Vin glared down at her, absently noting how small she was, the wayward strands of her dark red hair brushing his chin.And her scent, stronger from her anger… Vin drew it in.He closed his eyes and relished the hard throb of his reaction, the tightening in his groin that made his balls draw up against the base of his cock.God, the effect she had on him! He wanted to slam her against the wall, slide into the wet heat of her body, and bury his face into the crook of her neck.With an intensity that was painful, Vin craved both the wicked bite of lust and the ease of solace her scent promised him.The books slid from his fingers, and he snapped his eyes open to see her stomping away, books in hand as she called over her shoulder, “Now who is having difficulty focusing?”Vin growled, the deep ache for her still resonating through him.“Damn it, woman.”“I will not dignify that with a response,” Brit said as she rounded the counter, putting the expanse of the lab between them.“I accept such dialogue from Taggart, but I expected more from you.”Brit was explicitly ignoring him, and he dragged a hand down his face in frustration, lingering over the rough growth of hair on his jaw.He looked down.Hell, his clothes were wrinkled, the tails of his shirt hanging out.His mate was making chaos out of the extreme order and control he’d always prided himself on.Compliments of the hassle from his mate and his brother, Vin was unraveling faster than he know how to counteract.“Listen, Brit,” Vin said on a resigned sigh.“There is a lot you don’t understand…about us, about this.” He motioned around them.“Hell, about me.”“And you believe now is the appropriate time to discuss it?” She pulled her lab coat closed and crossed her arms over her chest.“You need to understand what is going on here.We are in full mating heat.I know you’ve been analyzing your responses.You’ve seen the proof [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]