For the briefest of moments his senses returned, seeing the position they were in, seeing how he was nuzzling her. His heart leaped into his throat and he swallowed, trying desperately to gain control of himself.

This was Mbaya!

This was his enemy, the lioness who had attacked his sister.

In fact it was Mbaya's beautiful smile that stopped him from getting up and leaving her and as he stared at her lying pinned beneath him, completely under his control he knew what he had to do with the last of his strength.

He would claim her, he would take Mbaya to be his mate.

This time Kizuka's face did not appear to him, all he saw were those deep, lucious eyes that were masked with a dark chocolate brown. His heart thumped as he settled himself more comfortably. He knew she would not struggle. She loved him, she had told him so herself.

"So Mbaya." He whispered the words into her ears, mixing them with the gentlest and most subtle of purrs. "You said you loved me. You said I had claimed you." He rubbed his face against her again before continuing. "I will not say how I feel, not yet. Instead...instead I'll show you."

Showing Mbaya how he loved her might have been a mistake but at that moment in time Hakan couldn't care less. All he knew was that somehow Mbaya was the right one for him.

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