Ivan
She stood in the doorway smelling of sex. Her sex. I bolted upright. She silently walked in and closed the door behind her.
"What the fuck are you doing, Talya?"
She came closer and her incredible scent intensified. She stopped at the foot of the bed. My pounding heart almost drowned out her whispered words.
"If you so much as lay a finger on my friend again, I will kill you. I don't need a fair fight. You will sleep every night for the rest of your life with one eye open. It might happen while you sleep, or when I drop from a tree and slit your throat, but it will happen. I swear this on everything I believe."
I inhaled, drawing her scent deep within my lungs. "You're crazy."
Her hand went to the bed and she began crawling up. "No. I'm your mate."
Ah, fuck.