He straddled her, putting his hands on either side of her head. He was so damned close that she could feel his heat and yet, he didn’t touch her. Not even one hair on her body. “Do I have your attention?”

Candy swallowed hard and nodded.

“Good.” He leaned forward and the air froze inside her. She couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, she couldn’t think. His chest was heaving. Then again, so was hers. Why did he have to smell so good? This was crazy. She should be terrified, or angry, or something. The problem was that despite everything that had happened, she trusted him. Torrent was not about to hurt her in any way. He was different from human guys. God, like chalk and cheese. He had a gruff exterior and could act like a colossal jerk but she sensed that he was good deep down. She could see it. She also trusted Sky and respected the woman’s opinion. The newfound knowledge should’ve had her relaxing under his close scrutiny. It didn’t.

His face was a couple of inches away from her. His eyes moved to her mouth and he licked his lips. Was he going to kiss her again? Then he lifted his gaze to meet hers. “You’re staying here, with me.” A deep rasp that had goosebumps forming on her skin.

She sucked in a breath, intent on arguing but he covered her mouth with his fingers. The guy could move really quickly. She couldn’t help but swallow again. “This isn’t a discussion. You’re staying here. We are mated, mated couples live together.” His gaze moved to the right of her, focusing on the mattress for a few beats before returning to lock with hers. “I am a reasonable male.”

Yeah right! His fingers were still resting on her lips so she couldn’t say it.

His eyes flared with humor. “I can see by the look in your eyes that you don’t believe me.”

Candy narrowed her eyes for a moment. She didn’t believe it for a second.

Torrent removed his hand. “I won’t try to rut you. I won’t so much as touch you. No sexual behavior whatsoever.” He removed the hand from her mouth.

“What would you call this?” She allowed her eyes to travel over his body for a few seconds before looking back up at his face. The guy had her caged in with his massive bulk. He was sporting an erection. The sight of it wasn’t as scary as it had been before. She was becoming more used to seeing it. He might not be touching her anymore but everything about him screamed sex. Sex with a capital S and then some.