Free Wicked Surrender by T. A. Grey

just stared at her, waiting. Sighing heavily, she shook her head and said, “If you must know then Dmetri and I had a little talk.”
    She must be evil because a delicious feminine thrill flared inside her when his eyes darkened with anger , and his hands curled into loose fists. She could easily envision him wielding that big knife she’d seen him sharpening and carrying that shiny black gun on the table with intimate familiarity.
    “About what,” he said between clenched teeth. She smiled at him, actually smiled. Not that fake one either, but a beautiful, thrilled smile that made his heart feel weird in his chest.
    “About how he drugged that wine he gave me with an aphrodisiac.” He nearly threw himself out of the chair, but then she was on top of him in the blink of an eye.
    Her eyes were glowing, not brightly, but a dim glow that reminded him of catching a deer in the headlights. He caught her hips in his hands as she crawled over his body, wrapping her arms around his neck and rubbing her cheek across his stubble like a cat. She’s lykaen not human. It was a little too late to have reservations about that now, dipshit.
    “God damn,” he said, his throat so dry it was a croak. She rubbed her hands through his short hair and it took every ounce of his will not to roll his eyes into the back of his head. She was trying to distract him. Fuck that.
    “What was in the aphrodisiac?”
    “Vampire blood.”
    His arms looped around her waist and brought her flush against his big chest. She gave a soft little sigh and snuggled into him. Damn she smelled good, felt good. He wanted to lift up her dress and feel all the glorious skin that he knew was baby soft, but he needed to know something first. Something that had been driving him crazy all day.
    “Why didn’t you want me to take you from behind today?” She stiffened so quickly against him; it took a second for his mind to register the change. The soft woman he’d been holding now felt like a block of ice. She started to pull away so he snatched her wrists to keep her there, locking his arm tight around her. And she fought him, he could feel her using her strength to push against him...testing him. When she finally lifted her gaze to his it was hard — all the heat of the moment gone like a blown-out match.
    “That’s none of your business.”
    “Yes it is. I’m here to protect you, which makes it my business. There’s something between us, which also makes it my business. And I want to be inside you right now, which really makes it my business. I swear I’m not going to leave you alone about this until you tell me.”
    She looked away, rolling her eyes. “There’s nothing between us right now but your ego.”
    “Bullshit,” he said holding her closer, forcing her down into his arms. “Don’t lie to me, Vera. I don’t know what this is, I’ve never felt this before, and I’ve felt a lot in my life. Fear, horror, pain, shock, but this...I know you feel it too. Tell why you didn’t want me to.”
    It was an order if she’d ever heard one. And she didn’t know what it was. It could have been his order, his persistence, her worry over the Kategan land, or some evil fairy sitting on her shoulder goading her, but she looked away and told the truth.
    “Dmetri used to be aggressive in bed. I loved it. I think...I craved it.” His whole body clenched beneath hers and she rushed to finish. He was so much like an Alpha that she to keep reminding herself he was only human. “Now I know it wasn’t him. I loved him . I let myself go with him completely, gave him everything I had, and it wasn’t enough. He didn’t want me anymore and...” S omehow, she kept her voice soft and low.
    “Since him I’ve never let a man dominate me in bed or anywhere else. It was in bed that I lost a piece of myself to him.” She laughed, the sound unsteady and high. “I used to always be so afraid to let myself go, completely, sexually. With Dmetri, I got to do that, I