Page 121 of Sienna Rossi: Beyond Shattered Trust

Mine.

To protect, to shield, to die for.

And this time I won’t fail.

That is my promise.

She looks up into my eyes as if sensing a change. Her breath hitches as the pull between us suddenly seems to intensify. It’s like a fucking collision, the tug between us palpable as something roars to life, as if it had been snuffed for far too long.

My grip on her tightens, my breath catching as the force of it rips through me, raw and unfiltered, and for a second I can’t even think, can’t even separate whose emotions are in my head.

Love, desire, hunger, longing, and this pull. My wolf surges forward, wanting to pull her close. My jaw clenches as I try to pull him back, to force these emotions down.

Fuck.

She places a hand on my heart as if to calm me.

“Jayce.” It’s as if she’s trying to stop me from pulling away. “I’ll contact Ahren, and then we’ll wait for him. Katara wanted me to talk to you about her boyfriend. What is your plan? We do need to set a trap, too. I’m just worried about involving Katara in any way,” she says, trying to remain nonchalant, as if she knows too much clarity on my realisations would make me pull away.

I step back, clearing my head as I rake my fingers through my hair and clear my throat.

“Yeah, but I think it’s the only way we’ll get him, when he’s least expecting it.”

She nods. “We will have to figure out a fail-safe plan then, one where she is not harmed or hurt in any way. But tell me, Jayce, what about other boys her age? Can she date, because she’s under the impression you wouldn’t approve at all?” she says.

“She isn’t wrong,” I reply coldly, my expression hardening. “She’s fifteen. She doesn’t need to date.”

Her brow lifts slightly.

“So you didn’t date at fifteen?”

“That’s not the same-”

“Why?” she cuts in, stepping closer again, that same challenge in her eyes. “Because she’s a girl?”

“No,” I snap, irritation flaring as I run a hand through my hair again. “Because she’s my sister. You should understand that.”

“I do,” she says, but she doesn’t back down. “But she’s still a young woman. You can’t control that forever. I mean, if I went off and found someone to-”

The sound that leaves me is a menacing snarl, one I didn’t even realise escaped me. Low and rough as my aura surges, my eyes turning a dazzling blue.

My hand moves before I can stop it, closing around her throat as I spin her around and pull her against me roughly. Her back hits my chest, her breath catching, the move sudden enough to startle her and show her that she belongs to me and me alone.

My other arm wraps around her, and I place my hand on her stomach, pressing her further into me.

“You’re mine,” I murmur huskily into her ear, my voice low and rough. “So don’t ever stand there and talk about giving yourself to someone else like it’s even an option. Once you completed this bond, that option was fucking gone.”

My wolf and I will never allow it.

My gaze dips to her heaving breasts as I hold her firmly against myself. The urge to throw her onto the bed and devour her until she’s unconscious fills me.

She doesn’t fight me or pull away; instead, she leans into me in a way that makes my entire body burn up.

Whatever distance I was trying to keep between us, I’ve destroyed it.

All it took was one day of her being her fucking self to bring me to my knees.

“And that makes you mine, too,” she whispers, turning her head to look at me. The scent of her arousal fills the air, and my body reacts, my cock throbbing against her ass. I growl, feeling all control of my wolf slipping. He’s fucking powerful, but I can always control him – until it comes to her.