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exalted perch where
    everyone was terrified of me and in awe of me, I was suddenly back on
    earth with my mate, to whom I was just Jin, just a giant pain in the ass.
    I sucked in my breath, so much more than happy. Happy didn‘t
    begin to do the feeling singing through me justice.
    I wanted to devour him, eat him up, kiss him and hold him, and have
    him buried inside me hard and deep. Never in my life had I needed
    anything as painfully much as Logan Church.
    ―Hold me tighter,‖ he murmured, rubbing his cheek on my nose,
    chuckling as he clutched at me. ―I won‘t break. Let me feel your heart.‖
    Mine overflowed.
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    Mary Calmes

    Logan… even though I drove him batshit crazy, he loved me, faults
    and all. The man was made for me in every way, and all I wanted was to
    be what he needed, what he had to have, just be his.
    ―Jin.‖ He gasped my name as I was suddenly against him, arms and
    legs wrapped around him, pushing, pressing, trying to get closer. ―Love!‖
    That fast, blink-of-an-eye fast, I was me and hard and needy, and my
    cock was leaking against his T-shirt, rubbing and leaving wet spots on his
    abdomen. I felt like I was in heat.
    He held onto me as I writhed against him, holding on as he pulled off
    the short-sleeved shirt he was wearing over the T-shirt and covered my
    naked backside.
    There was yelling, gasps, and questions volleyed fast.
    ―How?‖ I heard Hamid yell as he closed on us, his voice rising
    above the others.
    This was the priest of Chae Rophon speaking to my mate, and so,
    ever dutiful, he struggled, with me trying to burrow inside his skin, to
    kneel.
    ―No, no.‖ Hamid stopped him, the tone sharp, commanding. ―I
    just—‖
    ―Your grace, I beg—‖ Logan started to respond.
    ―No, I know, I see,‖ he cut off my mate. ―Maybe this is how he—
    you will appear before me the moment he calms and can speak. Do you
    understand?‖
    ―Yes, your grace,‖ Logan told him, turning and taking the stairs in
    twos.
    I opened my mouth on the side of his neck, and as he carried me into
    the cool interior of the villa, his step faltered.
    ―There is so much I want to know, and… but if I don‘t… don‘t
    claim…. I think… I can‘t even think straight anymore. I think I went
    mad.‖
    ―No,‖ I assured him, licking the salt from his skin, trailing my
    tongue from shoulder to behind his ear, raising goose bumps on his hot,
    flushed, smooth skin. I had never tasted anything better. ―You have to
    have me with you. I‘m your mate, Logan Church, and I am necessary.‖
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    ―More than that,‖ he groaned deep in the back of his throat, dropping
    to one knee, unable to take even one more step. ―You‘re it, you‘re all there
    is.‖
    I had no idea where his room was, but wherever it was, was too far.
    Scrambling out of his arms, I saw a door to the left and bolted for it.
    Logan was not more than an arm‘s length away. I reached the door,
    opened it, and found myself in a sitting room or some kind of receiving
    room. It hardly mattered. It was small, only one window, books in cases
    that reached from floor to ceiling on every side. Only one way in and out,
    and the door had a lock.
    My mate kicked it shut when he followed me in, turned and locked it
    before he lunged at me. I was naked in his arms as he went down on his
    knees, folding them under him, pulling me into his lap. One hand
    anchored me, fingers splayed on the small of my back; the other fisted my
    engorged, leaking shaft. I thrust up into his hand and let my head fall back
    on my shoulders.
    ―I don‘t have—we need—‖
    ―No,‖ I nearly screamed at him, pulling back just enough to get at his
    belt, tug it loose, and start on his jeans.
    ―Jin—‖
    ―No!‖ I growled at him, nearly out of my mind with wanting him,
    needing him, the end of all of it finally within my grasp. He was not
    getting out of the room without claiming me.
    His clothes cooperated, and I had the snap undone, the zipper down,
    and the briefs moved so that his long, hard beautiful cock bobbed free.
    ―Look how much you want me.‖
    ―Are you kidding? Just looking at you does this to me. Just your
    eyes, the smell of your hair…. Jin, I… oh God, stop or I‘ll come all over
    you.‖
    Like that could ever be bad.
    ―Am I awake?‖
    He thought he was dreaming too. What a pair we made.
    I moaned before I rocked forward and sealed my mouth over his. He
    parted his lips and I surged inside, kissing,