And Then There Were Four by Lilith Carrie

Using his freehand to brush back a piece of hair from my face, he bent down to kiss me. Yet, before his lips could even brush mine, his body was ripped away and a thundering roar echoed about the air. Shaken up and unsure of what the hell had just happened, I looked It was Lucas, and with heaving shoulders moving up and down, I could tell he was pissed. "Lucas-"

up at the figure of a man standing between Silas and I.

"Shut up, Cassie," he growled without even looking in my direction. "I'll deal with you in a minute."

Silas stood to his feet quickly and spun to face Lucas with brilliant fiery red eyes and a snarl on his lips that spoke of nothing but the anger that must have been coursing through him. "Who the fuck do you think you are touching me?" "The man who will fucking rip you apart if you touch what belongs to me again."

Lucas' warning was not to be toyed with, and as much as he got on my nerves, I prayed Silas would just walk away. The last thing I wanted was something else to draw negative attention to us being here.

But honestly, what was I to do?

It wasn't like I knew Silas well enough to save his ass, even though he was absolutely sexy. "Oh, come on... can we not do this tonight?" I asked them with a sigh as I brushed myself off.

Lucas glared at me from over his shoulder with a look of disgust. "You're my mate."

"Wait, what?" Silas replied, his demeanor calming down as he looked between Lucas' and I with confusion. "That's not possible="

"Are you calling me a liar, dragon?" Lucas snapped as his fangs protruded from beneath his top lip. He was slowly losing control, and moving to stand in front of him, I placed my hands upon his chest to calm his quickly rising temper. "Lucas, enough," I muttered softly before turning to face Silas. "Silas, I think you should go."

He scoffed, running his hand through his hair before shrugging his shoulders. "Yeah, sure. I'll catch you later."

Lucas moved to charge after him, but I quickly stopped him in his tracks, watching as Silas disappeared from sight before I let him go. "That was uncalled for, Lucas."

"Uncalled for?" he snapped at me as I rolled my eyes and moved to walk away. "Where do you think you're going?"

Snatching my arm, he pulled me back to him, spinning me so my eyes stared into his. The touch of him set my body alive, and as I

looked up into those angry, denet

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swirling masses, I found my breath hitch.

"Let me go."

"No!" he yelled, "I'm your mate. How could you entertain that fucking dragon?"

I hadn't meant for him to get upset like he was, and part of me felt guilty. But the fact of the matter was he had entertained and flirted with girls at the arena, so why shouldn't I have fun? "Mate? Last time I checked, we weren't bonded, Lucas."

Gripping me tighter, he pulled me flush against his chest. "That's because you keep denying what we should be, Cassie."

He wasn't wrong, but at the same

time, I wasn't going to give in to him so easily. I wouldn't just allow him to claim me because he thought it was his right. That wasn't the kind of relationship I wanted. "You have to earn my trust, Lucas. I won't just give it away because the gods deemed us compatible."

"See, it's comments like that Cassie... that make me think you're simply scared of me."

Tight against him, his breath fanned across the side of my face. I couldn't let myself fall into the desires he

created within me. However, the longer remained wrapped in his

scent, the harder it became to resist

the urges brewing inside me.

I had thought I would be able to resist the urge to let him take me, but no matter how hard I tried to deny the inevitable, it kept pulling me in.

"Let me go, Lucas," I whispered as I turned my gaze to his once more. "Now..."

A chuckle of amusement glinted from the corner of his eyes as he smiled. "Never."

The moment his lips brushed against mine in a savage and passionate kiss, I moaned in satisfaction, wanting more.

God, I wanted so much fucking more.