Chapter 1 TEASER

• It'd been a long day of training. Our Commander, the Warlord was a ruthless task master. Rarely impressed and often cruel in his comments, he left much of the actual mentoring to Hawk.
• Who's disinclined to teach me anything but sheet play. I grunted to myself. Unlacing my mages robes as my gaze focused on the steaming metal tub before the fire.
• I couldn't wait to sink in and ease my aching muscles.
• Hawk was always harder on me than anyone. And every time he was close enough he whispered near my ear. "I'll be inside you soon, Mary Mage..."
• I'd growl at him and misfire with my staff, misplace potions and lose my spell book. All of which was causing Warlord to lose patience with me.
• "Deal with her!" Warlord had finally said.
• Hawk had grinned as he marched over to me while I hurriedly mixed a potion which would cause an explosion when tossed at an enemy.
• Before I could brace myself he rolled his fist into my hair and yanked. Jerking my head back. He lathed a warm tongue along my neck up my ear.
• "Keep messing up, Mary Mage and he'll give you to me."
• "He would not!" I swallowed. Eyeing him in my peripheral. "Why would he reward you for my wayward behaviors?"
• "He won't. He'll punish you. And I have just the solution...You whining underneath me."
• "He would not."
• "He will." Hawk chuckled. Dragging the tip of his nose along the back of my ear. "Very soon."
• "You're just trying to scare me."