Chapter 99
Jarred’s gaze turned predatory.
He didn’t flinch, allowing her soft, trembling hands to slide under his clothing.
Her fingertips, radiating a scorching heat, traced down his chest, igniting tiny fires across his skin wherever she touched.
Sienna practically hung off him, melting against his solid frame.
Burying her face into the crook of his neck, she murmured, her voice husky and seductive, “You’re so cool… it feels so good p>
Jarred looked down, catching her gaze in the moonlight.
Her eyes were glistening but completely unfocused, her pupils dilated wildly.
It hit him instantly. She had been drugged.
“Sienna,” he ordered lowly, grabbing her wandering hands. “Snap out of it. Do you know who I am p>
But Sienna was too far gone to hear a word.
With her hands pinned, she arched her neck, desperately chasing his lips.
“Give it to me she gasped, taking his earlobe into her mouth. “I need you so much p>
Jarred’s breath hitched violently.
The woman in his arms was a siren, her pliant body pressing against him like a literal furnace.
He squeezed his eyes shut, inhaling sharply. The chaotic sound of footsteps echoed nearby; her pursuers were closing in.
Wasting no more time, Jarred scooped her up effortlessly into his arms.
Sienna let out a soft cry, instinctively wrapping her arms around his neck. “I’m so hot she mumbled. “Hold me tighter p>
Jarred glanced down at her, his eyes as dark as an abyss.
He stayed silent, forcing back his own overwhelming desires as he carried her swiftly into the shadows.
Wind whipped past them. Jarred pushed himself to maximum speed, leaving the clamor of the thugs far behind.
Tucked into his chest, Sienna squirmed relentlessly the entire way.
Jarred’s breathing grew ragged, his arms tightening around her until it felt like he was trying to meld her into his very bones.
Finally, he stopped in front of The Secluded Cave.
It wasn’t deep, but it offered total concealment.
The second he set her down, she tangled her limbs around him again, standing on her toes to steal kisses as her hands frantically fumbled with his belt.
Jarred let her thrash against him for a moment before shackling her wrists and pressing her hard against the stone wall.
“Sienna Sloan,” he growled, his voice impossibly raw. “Look closely. Tell me who I am p>
Sienna blinked, her hazy eyes locking onto his face for a fleeting second before a dazzling smile broke across her lips.
“Jarred,” she purred, tracing the lines of his face. “My notoriously fickle husband p>
A spark of pure fire ignited in Jarred’s eyes.
Before he could react, Sienna crashed her lips onto his.
A primal groan tore from Jarred’s throat. Seizing absolute control, he forced her lips apart and claimed her mouth in a devastating kiss.
The kiss was a violent explosion of raw, suffocating tension that had been restrained for far too long.
Outside, the moonlight pooled like silver water; inside, nothing existed but the echo of their ragged breathing.
“Are you sure?” he rasped, his voice completely wrecked. “Don’t come crying to me when the drug wears off, accusing me of taking advantage of you p>
“Jarred Sienna clung to his neck, writhing against him in pure frustration. “What the hell are you waiting for p>
Jarred let out a low, dangerous laugh and crashed his lips onto hers once more.
There was no holding back this time. It was total, unyielding dominance.
His hands were ruthless, tracing the curve of her waist and leaving a blazing trail of fire in their wake.
Sienna arched her spine in sheer agony, practically begging for his touch.
Yet Jarred took his agonizingly sweet time, tracing agonizing circles against her skin, deliberately starving her of release.
Sienna squirmed, practically out of her mind.
Any other time, he would have taken her like a ravenous wolf by now.
A faint metallic scent of blood drifted into her nose, but she was too far gone to care.
Her eyes welling with frustrated tears, she sobbed, “Are… are you even capable of this? If not, I’ll find someone else p>
Jarred froze instantly.
He slowly lifted his heavy, terrifyingly dark gaze to the woman pinned beneath him.
Her eyes were red-rimmed, glaring at him with such petulant defiance it hooked right into his soul, sending a violent tremor through him.
“Find someone else?” he chuckled darkly, his voice dripping with lethal promise. “Sienna, say that again. I dare you p>
Sienna shivered under his deadly smile, but the raging drug annihilated any sense of self-preservation.
“If you can’t, then p>
He crushed her mouth beneath his before she could finish the thought.
This was no teasing kiss; it was an absolute, punishing invasion.
His eyes burned into hers, his voice pure gravel. “You’re about to find out exactly what I’m capable of p>
The savage fire in his eyes went completely out of control.
He touched her as if she were a priceless treasure, yet his grip was bruising and relentless.
Sienna shuddered violently, biting her lip to swallow her moans.
Her nails dug into his back, raking crimson lines down his skin as she babbled his name in absolute delirium.
“Jarred… Jarred p>
Jarred captured her lips, swallowing every broken cry she made.
The temperature in the cave skyrocketed, the air thick with the heavy scent of their passion and ragged breaths that echoed endlessly into the night.