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  A moan tore from Kraven and his body tensed under her. She looked up at him, her gaze fixing on his face. She watched him throw back his head. His mouth parted and movement from the corner of her vision made her glance that way. His fingers dug into the grass next to his hips. She smiled around him as she worked his cock with her tongue and lips. His thighs under hers lifted a little as his back arched, muscles tightened to reveal his six-pack abs clearly.

  She took him deeper, adjusting to his size.

  His cock stiffened even more and he made animalistic noises that turned her on. She wanted to climb up his body to impale herself on his shaft, but she kept going until she knew he was about to come…

  Her mouth released him. She sat up and studied him.

  Kraven’s head rose and his eyes seemed to be glowing as he stared at her, panting.

  “Apologize like you mean it for calling me a hellion and a bitch.” She slowly licked her lips. “And I might finish you off.” She smiled. “If you beg.”

  His eyes narrowed and he snarled, anger tightening his features. Bat cried out as he swiftly lifted his thighs, tossing her forward, but she didn’t dive head first into the grass. Strong arms caught her before she could and he rolled them over. Her back hit the grass with enough force to knock the air from her lungs.

  His body came down over hers. His hips shoved between her parted thighs and his cock drove deep into her pussy with one strong thrust. Her mouth opened to cry out from the sheer pleasure of him filling her, but his lips captured the sound, sealing over her parted mouth. He growled and began to fuck her hard and deep. She wrapped her legs around his hips, feeling his hot skin against hers.

  Kraven kissed her roughly, aggressively, and she met his passion. She burned to come as his body pinned her tight to the ground. She could only take him. She couldn’t even buck her hips to meet his rapid thrusts. The pleasure built until she was the one to twist her head away to break the intense kiss.

  She lifted her head, buried her face against his neck, and cried out as she started to climax hard. Sheer ecstasy nearly tore her apart from the magnitude of her orgasm. It only heightened when he found his release. The feel of his semen jetting inside her, the way his stiff cock jerked and seemed to thicken in girth, if that was possible, sent a second climax through her.

  Kraven’s hips stilled but he remained buried deep inside her pussy, their bodies connected, while they both panted. Bat realized she was wrapped around him, clinging to him with her legs and arms. She tried to relax her tense limbs. Her mind started to clear from the haze of sexual bliss and began to function again.

  So much for that apology. The sex was so hot that she was sweating even though she hadn’t really moved. Her fingers brushed his back where she had wrapped her arms under his, hugging his broad chest. She wished she were touching skin instead of the thin material of his shirt. She actually felt the need to seek out his warm flesh, some insane obsession making her want nothing between them, but she resisted tearing at his tank top. Instead her palms slid lower, to the bottom of his shirt, where it had hiked up a bit. She found exposed skin.

  He was so warm, felt so good as her fingertips caressed his spine. She kept her face buried against his warm throat. She breathed him in, couldn’t get enough of the cologne he wore, and figured she may have lost her mind from the stress of the plane crash and being kidnapped. Whatever the reason, she didn’t want to release Kraven. She wished they could just remain locked together, and it didn’t even matter that she was pinned under his massive body on grass in the middle of Nowhere Woods, Alaska. There wasn’t anywhere else she wanted to be.

  “Hellion,” he rasped. “Are you okay? I was rough again.” He nuzzled her a little with the side of his head. “Am I too heavy?”

  “I’m great and you’re not crushing me,” she got out. “I like you here.”

  “That’s why I’m not moving.” His arms adjusted until he pinned hers between his biceps and ribs. “I don’t want to separate us. It was too damn difficult last time…but we can’t stay here for long.”

  Shit! Dusti! “Right. I need to find my sister.”

  He nuzzled her again before lifting his head. Bat peered up at him. His ruggedly handsome face looked even more attractive with the small smile that curved his lips. The flush of his features after sex and the way his gaze soaked her in was sexy. She’d even consider that gaze loving.

  Whoa! Don’t go there. It’s just sex.

  “We need to have a long talk when we reach my village.”

  She had to force her gaze from his. Something inside her resisted, but she managed to turn her head to study the tree next to them. “No need.”

  He softly growled and drew her attention back to his eyes. Anger sparked there now. “There is a need. We can’t deny what’s between us.”

  “We’re attracted to each other. We argue and end up doing this. It’s stress.”

  “You really think that’s all it is?” His voice deepened and his features turned harsh.

  She wanted to say yes. It would be easy to fit what they shared into that neat little box of reason. But Bat just couldn’t do it when they were still physically joined, with his lips inches from her own. She wanted to kiss him and she couldn’t deny that. It was clearly more than just some crazy one-time thing because she kept wanting Kraven.

  “No. We’re fire and gasoline, Kraven. The two of us are bad for each other, but we burn so good together when the sparks fly.”

  All his anger faded. “It’s more than just sex.”

  “It can’t be.” She hated to say the words. “I’m a defense attorney in Los Angeles. I am about to make partner, nearly killed myself to get there, and you…live in Alaska.” Don’t mention he’s nuts and that it would ruin my career if word got out that I hooked up with a loon. “Plus, you kidnapped me. I think it would be bad form to start dating after meeting under those circumstances.” She smiled to soften her words.

  His lips parted but he said nothing. He lifted his head, broke eye contact, and glanced around the clearing. He took a few deep breaths before he lowered his chin to meet her gaze once more.

  “We need to keep moving. Drantos will have left whatever camp he’d made by now. We’re trying to keep about a mile apart to cover more ground, but close enough to reach each other if the need arises for backup.”

  She stopped tracing his spine with her fingers, suddenly aware she’d never stopped, the urge to touch him so strong. “He took my sister? I’d hoped they were still back at the crash site.” New worries hit her. “Is she okay?”

  “He’ll protect her with his life,” he rasped, looking sincere. “Release me and I’ll get up.”

  She regretted it deeply but unlocked her legs from around the back of his thighs and lifted her hands from his back. He almost reluctantly withdrew from her body and eased his weight off until they no longer touched. He rolled away, looked elsewhere, as Bat sat up to adjust her clothing.

  Her skirt was not only wrinkled but now had grass stains. She rose to her feet. Her hands dusted the thing frantically to push it down her thighs and remove the bits of grass that stuck to it. Kraven stood and fixed his pants, closed the belt, and they faced each other.

  “We are going to talk, Bat. Prepare for that.” His solemn gaze held hers. “But not right now. Let’s go.” He opened his arms. “I’ll carry you.”

  “Forget it. I’ll walk.” She took the lead, watched the ground for anything sharp to avoid stepping on it. She paused when they reached the fire.

  She’d just turned to Kraven when a horrible, scary sound fractured the woods.

  Birds overhead took flight, their wings flapped frantically. Kraven’s features paled.

  “Was that a bear?” Terror gripped Bat.

  “No.” Kraven snarled the word, his voice startling her badly at how vicious he sounded. “Stay here. Don’t move.”

  He sprinted off rapidly before she could respond, running faster than she’d ever seen a person move. She stood there