His mouth pressed to her throat right over the spot where the mark would go and she felt his teeth scrape her skin, felt the promise of the bite that would change everything.
Her hands fisted in his hair and she tilted her head back, baring her throat to him completely, giving him permission without words.
"Please," she whispered.
He growled against her skin, his teeth pressing harder, breaking through the first layer just enough to taste her blood. She gasped and his arms tightened and for one perfect terrible moment she thought he was going to do it, thought he was going to mark her right here in the training yard and damn the consequences.
Then he pulled back with a roar that shook the air.
He let her go so suddenly she stumbled and he was already moving away, putting distance between them, his hands in his hair and his chest heaving. "No. No. Not like this."
"Lucian..."
"Go back inside," his voice was wrecked, barely human. "Right now. Before I change my mind."
