her knuckles turning white. She turned away from the
enly fell over her, b
head up, her eyes meeting a pair of
the tribe. He was shirtless, his torso a landscape of
the damp black hair clinging to her collarbones
les erupted from the other male Sh
beings capable of soothing a male's volatile energy. Because they were
his primitive mating ritual. She kept her face blank
nto her path, his massive
heeks flushing a deep red. "You.
with the eager expression of a dog presenting a bone, he reached into a
holding it out to her. "I found it
weet fruit was the ultimate, formal decl
twisting with anxiety. She just wan
her mouth t
jecting a tribal warrior's courtship in public will provoke hostility. Give
r mouth shut. The
s of her mouth up int
hand and took the heavy fruit
ick, striped tiger tail materialized out of thin air, wa
you!" Gus offered eagerly,
ing his hands. "No need. I have to
ntly vanish from Gus's face. His li
arned, his voice dropping to a serious growl. "Y
said coldly, leaning into her villaino
m, clutching the pot and the pomelo to her chest. Sh
n door shut, dropping the h
ong, shaky breath. She tossed the pomelo ont
minutes for the water to reach a rolling boil, but she refused to compromise. It wasn't completely sterile, but boiled water was infinitely safer than rubbing raw, bacteria-laden stream filth int
to wipe away the black mud and
way, his true feature
, dark lashes. Even unconscious and battered, his face possessed a
he face of a l
hitched. Her hea
ng, locked text box. "Target individual possesses a dormant, high-
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