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“Because if I start, I’ll never stop.” I pull back just enough for her to see the sincerity in my gaze, see the beast barely contained beneath a human façade. “I’ve always been yours, princesa, but if we take this step, you’ll be mine as well.” I struggle to get breath back into my spasming lungs as my gaze tracks the pink tint to her cheeks and the slight parting of her lips. “You’re not ready for that.”
Anger replaces the desire on her face, and she jabs a finger into my chest. “Who says I’m not ready for that?”
She can’t physically move me, yet I stagger back a few steps as if she’s a one-thousand-pound bowling ball, instead of a one-hundred-pound female.
“You’re not,” I promise her, the darkness beneath my skin writhing like mad. It creeps along the fringes of my vision, blotting out the edges until all that exists is this five-foot-nothing woman with fire in her eyes and determination clenching her jaw.
She places a hand on my chest, directly over my rapidly thudding heart, and whispers, “Would I be just yours?”
“If you think I’m going to allow anyone but me or the guys to touch?—”
She cuts me off. “So, you’re okay if I’m with Landon, Dominic, Beckett, and Ryker as well?”
I take a moment to consider her question—to truly consider it. I suppose I’ve always considered the five of us a package deal when it came to her. I love her, but I also know I’m not the only one. I’m insane, not dumb. I’ve seen the way the others look at her, like she has the stars at her fingertips and they’re the Wise Men following her light. They can protect her when I can’t, and they can provide her stability when I’m plagued by my darkness.
She needs Landon’s domineering confidence.
Dominic’s jovial light and unwavering loyalty.
Beckett’s steadfast compassion and friendship.
And Ryker’s… Well, who the fuck knows what he brings to the table? Broodiness? Devil dogs?
Fucker must have a huge dick.
Besides, the thought of watching her with one of them turns me on like nothing else. I never considered myself a voyeur before, yet there’s something immensely enticing about watching your girl in the throes of pleasure with one of the men you trust and love like a brother.
But no one else.
I’ll kill anyone who even tries to take her from me.
From us.
“If you can love me and my monster, then you can love them just as fully.” My hands clench by my sides as I quell the urge to reach for her and pull her against me. “You don’t just give up portions of your heart, princesa. You give everything you have to the people you love.”
It’s not a question, yet she responds as if it is one. “Yes.” Unshed tears form in her eyes, appearing like crystalline frost in the artificial lighting. “Zane, I love?—”
“Don’t,” I warn.
Because once she says those words, there’s no going back.
I won’t be able to let her go.
Ever.
Fierce determination paves its way across her face, and she straightens her spine. “Zane, I love you. I love the way you always change the lyrics of whatever song’s stuck in your head to fit what you’re doing. I love how you become so animated whenever you tell me a story, gesturing wildly and smiling with your whole face. I love the way you scream like a baby whenever you see a dog. I love the way you protect and take care of me.” She takes a step closer until there’s barely a sliver of space between us. “I love your darkness and your light. And, Zane, I love your demons, because they’re a part of you. There’s not a piece of you that I don’t love with the entirety of my being.”
Her words are too much. Or maybe she’s just too much.
We collide like two atoms clashing.
I grip her by the thighs and twine her legs around my waist, just like they were in the pool. Her lips are hungry against mine—bruising, claiming, possessive, and fucking sexy as hell.
I move us until her back is flush against the wall, then I pull away just enough to drag her cover-up over her head. She tugs at my hair, as if even that miniscule distance is too much for her, and then resumes kissing me. Or maybe I’m kissing her. I can’t tell, and I don’t want to.
All I feel is Ellie.
All I smell is Ellie.
