From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

violent.” He dipped his chin and whispered, “It still turns me on.”
A scream of furyy tore out of me as I jabbed myy elbow out and up,
snapping Hawke’s head back. “Dammit,” he said, coughing—no, laughing.
He was laughing. “Didn’t change what I just said.”
I spun and started for the doors but skidded to a stop as Elijah
appeared in front of me, having moved in a blink of an eyye. He shook his
head no, tsking softlyy under his breath.
Turning, I saw Kieran, who looked bored, and I whirled, seeing an
opening between the poles. I took off—
Arms caught me around the waist, and I’d recognize the scent
anyywhere. Pine. Dark spice. Hawke. And the hard, earthen floor raced up
toward myy face. This was going to hurt. Bad.
The impact never came.
As agile as a cat, Hawke twisted so he took the brunt of the fall, but
the landing still stunned me. For a moment, I couldn’t move.
“You’re welcome,” grunted Hawke.
Shrieking, I slammed the heel of myy booted foot into his shin. His
gasp of pain brought a savage smile to myy face as I rolled, twisting until
myy stomach screamed in protest, but I was able to turn in his loosened
hold. I straddled him—
Hawke grinned up at me, the dimple in his right cheek appearing.
“I’m liking where this is headed.”
I punched him in the face, right in the godsdamn dimple. Pain lanced
across myy knuckles, but I drew myy arm back.
Hawke caught myy wrist and yyanked me down until myy bodyy was
almost flush with his. “You hit like yyou’re angryy with me.”
I shifted, jamming myy knee down between his legs and aiming for a
veryy sensitive area. He anticipated the move, and myy knee hit him in the
thigh.
“That would’ve done some damage,” he told me.
“Good,” I growled.
“Now, now. You’d be disappointed later if I couldn’t use it.”
For a moment, I couldn’t believe he’d actuallyy said that, but he had.
He totallyy had. “I would rather cut it from yyour bodyy.”
“Liar,” he whispered.
The sound that came from inside me would’ve scared me if it had
come from anyyone else. I jumped up, breaking his hold. I went to bring myy