: :Warning: Strong sexual content, intended for mature readers!::

Karina Reiko stood with her hands clenched at her sides, watching the man's back as he walked away from her as if his words hadn't just pierced her square in the chest. Her deep intake of breath falling on deaf ears as Mayuri disappeared down the dark hallway that led to his personal lab space.

Karina felt her body flinch as a soft hand was pressed to her shoulder, her head snapping to the left to meet Ayumi's sympathetic gaze. Ayumi squeezed Karina's shoulder in a silent plea. Karina could see the woman's own emotions swirling deep within the intense green color. There was no question that everyone's emotions were running hot under the circumstances.

"Where is he off to then? Now that he's deemed me so useless." Karina snapped.

Ayumi let out a sigh as she allowed her hand to fall from Karina's shoulder; understanding that comfort wasn't what Karina wanted right now.

"To speak with the Head Captain." Ayumi answered simply before she too gave Karina her back. It didn't take long for Karina to find herself standing inside the vacant lab completely alone. Twisting on her heal, Karina faced the giant screen that only moments ago had shown her the dangers that lurked from above; only she wasn't in her world anymore…she was here, in the Soul Society, utterly helpless to protect her family, her friends at university, hell, even the annoying neighbor across the hall who played his music too loud at night deserved a bit of a warning.

Karina's gaze shifted to the controls that Rin had been using. Was the communication Linake had been using still on? Karina felt her feet moving before her brain even had time to register her intentions. With trembling fingers Karina lifted the headset to her own ear as she held her breath.

Nothing. Not even the feint crackle of open air between the dimensions. Karina tossed the headset back down with more edge than was necessary before falling into the chair Rin had occupied not more than ten minutes prior. What had she been hoping for? What would she had said to Linake if she could have figured out how to speak to her? Would she beg the woman to keep her family safe for her? Wasn't that what they were already trying to do?

With a muttered curse Karina allowed her eyes to slip closed and for the first time in a long time she didn't berate herself for her emotions when fresh tears lined her cheeks. They were tears she had earned, damn it! Tears of frustration and sorrow, but she would never regret. If she allowed herself to regret where she was or the dramatic turn of events of her life than she truly would be nothing more than cowardly-No! I'll never regret meeting Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.


Kisuke Urahara raised a brow at Linake as she cut the live feed from the screen and lifted her hand to break the connection from the ear piece. He knew it wouldn't take much for Rin to turn it back on, but it was almost unnerving for the former squad 12 captain. The whole situation wasn't exactly ideal; but it hadn't been the first time he'd gone into a situation without knowing everything.

"We'll have to wait for Kyoraku's decision." Linake addressed the room, turning her head to meet her husband's gaze.

Kenpachi gave a small nod to her, turning his attention to the human's who had been laid on the floor. Amaya had gone out of her way to even shove wadded up clothing under the men's heads in an attempt to try and make them more comfortable.

Amaya turned her head to the clock and bit her lower lip as she mentally calculated how many hours they had to spare. How many hours the head captain had to make that decision. Would he allow them to shoot them down?

"Linake, if we shoot them down from here, we'll have to go straight to where they are. We won't have any time to go back to the soul society." Amaya started.

Linake lifted her head to Amaya, her deep blue eyes filled with understanding as she nodded.

"What about our bodies?" Amaya asked, her brow furrowing as she asked the question aloud.

Linake shrugged her shoulders as she stood from the chair she'd stolen from one of the human men.

"I'm not sure what else to do, Amaya." Linake offered.

Amaya let out a sigh before turning her head from Linake, but not before Linake sensed something in her friends gaze. It was strange, it was almost as if Amaya had just somehow answered her own question. There was no mistaking the sense of determination that had just come over Amaya's face.

"What is it you're not telling me?" Linake blurted, not in the mood to have any form of secrets between them, not now that their relationship had just been tested in a way Linake had never once imagined.

"I can keep our bodies safe." Amaya answered.

Linake's brow rose in surprise as she studied Amaya carefully.

"You? Are you going to stand back then?" Linake asked. It wasn't an accusation of weakness, in fact Linake's voice had been gentle.

"I'll have to." Amaya lied, hating the fact that she felt the need to once again keep something form Linake; but it was for her own good. Amaya didn't know if she would even be able to pull off her plan-Will I even be strong enough?

" We don't have much time, hours really. I think we should try and sleep while we can, just in case we do have to leave straight for England." Amaya continued, changing the subject.

Linake let out a weary sigh as she nodded her head to her friend. Amaya smiled softly but couldn't ignore the gleaming stare of Kisuke Urahara as his grey eyes studied her from across the room.

"I'll keep watch." Kenpachi stated, moving over to the far wall of the room in order to have a better view of the doorway.

Linake followed her husband and waited for Kenpachi to lower himself into a comfortable enough position on the floor. Kenpachi extended his long legs in front of him, leaning his massive frame against the wall and reached his hand out to her.

Linake accepted, surprised at the notion that sleep actually sounded like something she needed. It was strange, her earlier anxiety had vanished; the only thing she felt now was…resolve. Kenpachi helped Linake down to his side, smiling at her softly as she made the left side of his chest her pillow, the woman's arms wrapped around his middle.

Amaya turned, seeing that Kisuke had already heeded her advice and was also leaning against the wall, his legs outstretched, arms crossed across his chest and his hat shielding his face from the light, casting him in shadow.

Amaya all of a sudden found herself feeling awkward as she glanced around the room in search of a place to sleep that didn't make her feel so vulnerable. As her gaze swept the room, seeking out such a place, she realized Kenpachi was staring at her.

Amaya paused, allowing her body to turn in his direction, her brows shooting up in surprise at his silent invitation. Kenpachi raised his right arm, his hand patting the free side of his wide chest. Amaya didn't know what to think as her feet began to move on their own, her mind way too clouded by emotion to comprehend her own movements.

Kenpachi had just given her something Amaya never would have thought possible. For years the only people he'd ever shown compassion to had been the members of his own squad. He had been polite to her, of course, but it wasn't until now, in this moment that the man had allowed her to see that in truth, he thought of her as a friend.

Amaya felt herself hesitating as she made it to Kenpachi's right side, seeing the emotion in the woman's eyes, Kenpachi snared her forearm with his hand and pulled. Amaya didn't fight him, allowing the brutish man to position her on his chest opposite his wife, sensing the man's thoughts; Amaya almost laughed even though she really didn't feel humor.

Linake's eyes fluttered back open at the movement and Amaya's wide brown eyes met hers. Kenpachi inhaled a deep breath and slowly let it out. Behind the man's back, the two women locked hands, squeezing tightly.

"Get some sleep." Kenpachi demanded them both.

Amaya and Linake both heeded his order, closing their eyes as they sank into his body, his warmth, his strength. Kenpachi kept his gaze forward, his mind wondering to the upcoming battle. Kenpachi knew that Aizen had wanted to come with Amaya, but he hadn't even bothered asking, knowing that Kyoraku wouldn't let him leave the Soul Society.

Kenpachi frowned at the thought, it had been the main reason he'd offered his chest to Amaya. Kenpachi knew that if the situation had been reversed, which he knew would never happen because unlike Aizen, Kenpachi would never let Linake go into a situation like this alone; He would have hoped someone would have done the same for Linake.

Kisuke tilted his head, meeting Kenpachi's gaze from across the room. Both men didn't even need to speak in order to understand the silent communication. There deep within their gazes was a resolve unlike any other; together, Kisuke and Kenpachi would take on the weight of the three worlds on their own shoulders. Failure wasn't even an option.


Mayuri Kurotsuchi paced the filling room, one by one, the remaining captain's entered the main hall, their pace causing Mayuri to clench his teeth in frustration for what seemed like the millionth time. Lifting his golden gaze to the head captain, Mayuri didn't even try to hide his sour expression.

It had been on Shunsui's order that Mayuri had been forced to wait for the other captain's to attend another meeting. Why the stupid man felt it was necessary to include them all was beyond him. This wasn't the time to be dallying, it was time to make a damn decision!

Shunsui cleared his throat, his tone easy going as he addressed the room with an easy smile. The action having the same effect as running sand paper across every one of Mayuri's nerve endings. When Shunsui turned his gaze back to him and nodded his head, indicating he now had permission to speak Mayuri couldn't help the scoff that escaped his chest before stepping forward out of the line up.

With an air of annoyance surrounding the scientist he addressed the room, not even caring about the edge to his voice as he explained what Linake and her team had been able to uncover. It didn't take long for him to gain a reaction; much like he suspected, the thought of using human bio-chemical warfare didn't seem to be a very popular method.

"Wouldn't shooting them down cause severe damage?" Isane asked, breaking up the silence.

Mayuri turned his head, his impatient gaze drilling into the squad 4 captain so hard he noticed the woman had averted her eyes from him.

" I could only assume so. While I am not as experienced with this topic as Linake is, I do understand that the fall into the earth's atmosphere would slow down its momentum to a certain degree. If we were lucky enough, perhaps the impact of the warhead and the fall itself would be enough to eliminate the threat altogether." Mayuri answered.

"What about that energy surrounding it?" Ikkaku asked from his spot in the line up. Having been given permission to stand in on his captain's behalf.

Mayuri spun around, meeting the squad 11 lieutenant's gaze.

"I don't know. Frankly speaking it could very well have the exact opposite effect and do nothing more than alert the enemy to our understanding of their intentions." Mayuri answered honestly.

"So it's a gamble, either way." Kensei sighed.

"In a matter of speaking…" Mayuri replied.

"It seems like you are in favor of Linake trying it." Toshiro stated his observation.

"Indeed I am. I see no reason to wait, if there is the slightest chance of gaining the upper hand, it would be foolish not to act on it." Mayuri answered.

"And what if it does nothing?" Shinji asked.

"Then it simply does nothing. Either way we will have to face them, whether they comprehend our knowledge of them is really of little importance." Mayuri shrugged.

"Was Linake was able to pin-point the location of the landing?" Shunsui asked.

Mayuri pivoted his body, once again meeting the head captain's gaze.

"She was." Mayuri answered.

"How long would it take for the pillars to be put in position?" Shunsui continued.

"Within four hours…" Mayuri smiled.

Shunsui let out a deep sigh, taking in the worried expression of the officer's within the room. Before making his final judgement he turned his gaze to the female leaning against the wall. Her moss green eyes met his and a small smile spread across her lips.

"It's time, Nelliel." Shunsui stated with a slight nod of his head.

Nelliel nodded back before stepping out into the main hallway. As the energy in the room changed, alerting the soul reapers that a rift between dimensions had been formed just outside the main hall the mood seemed to change. Shunsui scanned the faces of his officer's, taking in each pair of eyes that looked his way for guidance.

"Prepare yourselves for war. In four hours, Linake Zaraki will be given permission to shoot the enemy down." Shunsui ordered.

Mayuri's mouth curled into a grin before giving the man his own nod of approval. Without another word, the squad 12 captain turned on his heal, heading back to research and development. His squad had a lot of work to do in such a short time and time was of the essence.


Karina lifted her head from her arms as Mayuri Kurotsuchi entered back into his main lab, his voice snapping orders left and right like a man on a mission. Karina's lips parted as realization hit her. Bloody hell! They were going to do it! They were going to launch a warhead out into the middle of dead space in an ill attempt to gain the upper hand.

"Fuck…" Karina whispered aloud as she allowed her body to uncurl from her huddled position on the lab floor. Not knowing what else to do; she had given into her own pathetic sense of melancholy. Shaking her head at herself, Karina forced herself to her feet and winced as the blood rushed back to her lower extremities.

Mayuri turned and faced her then, his brow lifting as if her presence within the lab didn't make sense to him. Karina felt her teeth lock on the side of her cheek, biting down so hard she swore she could taste the metallic flood of her own blood. Did the man have any idea how infuriating he was!? Just a simple look from the arrogant ass made her blood boil.

"Is there a reason you are loitering within my lab?" Mayuri asked, only adding fuel to Karina's irritation.

"What am I supposed to do!? Do you really expect me to just leave and go twiddle my thumbs someplace?" Karina snapped.

Mayuri's lips curved to the side, his golden eyes filling with amusement. Karina let out growl, knowing damn well the man enjoyed getting her riled up. Honestly, the sodding bastard really needed a new hobby!

"I am afraid you will only be in the way here. We have a lot of work to do in a very short time. I have arranged for you to accompany Ayumi later on to Kuchiki Manor, that is where the two of you will stay during the battle." Mayuri stated, his tone unmoving, as if warning Karina to argue with him.

"So I've been dismissed then?" Karina spoke softly, her lips thinning into a frown.

"Yes, my dear subject 6, you were dismissed quite some time ago." Mayuri countered.

Karina snapped her head back, lifting her chin at the man, her dark eyes throwing daggers. Just as she was about to unleash a massive burst of anger on Mayuri Kurotsuchi she caught sight of blue in her peripheral vision.

Karina turned sharply, gasping in a deep breath as her eyes locked on Grimmjow. Mayuri's brow furrowed at her sudden reaction and he too turned to the entrance of his lab space.

"Ah, That didn't take as long as I had originally expected." Mayuri stated.

Grimmjow kept his intense gaze on Karina as he replied to Mayuri.

"Yeah, well, Nelliel made it pretty clear this was time sensitive."

"Excellent. So I take it your Queen and the others are being brought up to speed by the Head Captain?" Mayuri asked.

"You can say that. Harribell doesn't want to go in completely blind, It's bad enough we're here…" Grimmjow growled.

"I see. Well, if you would excuse me, I have pressing matters to attend to. If you would be so kind as to remove your mate from my lab." Mayuri grinned.

Karina's dark gaze darted back to the man, once again filled the the urge to lash out and kick the man in the groin. Only two things prevented her from doing it. one; she wasn't stupid enough to think she could survive his anger. Two; She owed him. Without Mayuri she wouldn't have the ability to control her fullbring and kicking him in the bollocks wouldn't be the proper way to show her gratitude, no matter how temping.

"Karina…" Grimmjow called her name, pulling her from her internal fantasy of causing harm to the squad 12 captain.

Karina double blinked at him, rerouting her mind to what really mattered to her. Their separation hadn't even been that long but that didn't seem to change the effect the man had on her. Karina felt her stomach flutter as Grimmjow snared her hand with his, pulling her by his grip.

Karina didn't even have enough sense to protest the rough handling as he led her down the dimly lit maze of hallways. All she could seem to do was stare up at his profile as she hurried her pace to match his own.

Was he anxious? Is that what I'm sensing inside him? Karina's brow furrowed at the thought as the two of them rounded a corner and came to a stop at the door to the room she had been given. Karina felt a bit perplexed, how had Grimmjow known where it was?

"I tracked your scent." Grimmjow answered her silent question as he pushed the door open and pulled her inside.

"My scent?" Karina repeated; only to find herself gasping a deep breath as her body was pushed against the wall.

Grimmjow let out a low growl, burring his face into the crook of her neck and shoulder, inhaling deeply.

"I can't get enough of it." Grimmjow growled into her ear before lowering his head and pressing a hot open-mouthed kiss to the side of her neck.

"Grimmjow…" Karina panted his name, blinking against the pleasure that swarmed her.

Just the feel of his heat against her skin had her knees wobbling like a newborn deer. Grimmjow lifted his head, meeting her gaze. Karina's stomach flipped and then pulled tight at the sight of his hungry eyes. Had he missed me while he was gone, then? Karina wasn't sure if she should even hope for something that sounded so absurd.

"Don't look at me like that!" Grimmjow grated between clenched teeth.

Karina shook her head; her brow lifting in confusion.

"Like what?" Karina whispered.

"Like you're not sure of me. Like you don't know who you belong to!" Grimmjow countered.

Karina sucked in a rushed breath as she felt his strong fingers cage her throat and squeeze. It wasn't enough pressure to cause panic or pain. Strangely enough, it was just the right pressure. A pressure that sent a thrill down each notch of her spine.

Lifting a shaking hand to the side of his face, Karina caressed him, unable to deny his words; deep down she knew he only spoke the truth, he'd claimed her the first night in her flat, she still wore the mark of his possession on the side of her neck; his bite.

A mark that hadn't even faded in the slightest since he'd given it to her. Karina wasn't stupid enough to think that his marking her had anything to do with loving her; but even so, she couldn't deny that she wanted him, that she wanted to belong to this Espada.

"I missed you…" Karina whispered, allowing her eyes to slip closed. The action made her feel a bit cowardly, but she couldn't chance his expression changing on her. It would hurt too much to see him mock her with those eyes she loved.

"That right?" Grimmjow's voice came out deep, like a purr.

Karina nodded to him, keeping her eyes closed. She didn't open them until she felt Grimmjow turn his head and nip the palm that had been caressing his face.

"I like that you missed me." Grimmjow smirked.

Karina allowed a small smile as she took in his expression, his eyes heavy lidded from his apparent arousal. It seemed that with every minute alone together the heat between them just sparked even hotter. Was it always going to be like this? Would be always have to leave her, only to return to her later? How would a relationship even work?

"Hey! Stay with me, Karina. Now ain't the time for your mind to wonder around." Grimmjow demanded.

Karina let out a deep breath, a mix between a groan and a sigh as he bent his head and sealed his lips over hers, the tip of his tongue slid across the seam of her lips, urging her to open for him, to let him taste her.

"G…Grimmjow…" Karina mumbled against his lips.

"Open for me, Karina!" Grimmjow growled.

Karina opened her mouth to protest, to warn him about what she'd found out about her body, that her fangs really did hold poison; but he took her parting lips as an invitation; sliding his tongue deep. Karina let out a groan of longing mixed with pure frustration. Did anyone want to give her the benefit of the doubt? Would it kill the men around her to give an inch in her direction?

Grimmjow tightened his fingers around her neck, collaring her throat and tipping her head back against the wall. Karina felt her body react to such a gesture of dominance, and even though a part of her didn't understand why; she melted. Karina met his tongue with her own, darting against the tip, sweeping back and forth only to delve in deep. So deep she took in the breath from Grimmjow's lungs.

Karina let out a gasp against his mouth as a rush of vertigo overtook her, but she didn't need to open her eyes or pull from his mouth to understand what caused it. Grimmjow had used his Sonido to position them on the small futon in her room.

Karina could feel herself being pressed down against the soft mattress. Grimmjow's powerful body slid against her own before settling atop her, his weight, his heat, the hardness of his toned muscled form crowded her, left her feeling breathless. What would it be like to be taken from Grimmjow like this? With him on top of me?

Grimmjow pulled back from her mouth letting out a grunt of impatience and he pushed himself up to his knees. Karina could only blink up at him as his hands made quick work of her top, gripping a hold of the collar in his fists he pulled the thin cotton down the middle, rendering her turtleneck useless.

Karina let out a delayed gasp as her brain caught up, but by that time her bra had been treated the same as her shirt and Grimmjow's hungry mouth had found it's target; her nipples. Karina's hips jerked involuntarily as the sensation of raw heat radiated from her stiff peaks, sinking down low in her belly, a pulsing need that was so deep it almost scared her. Wanting a male this much couldn't be normal, or healthy!

Karina whimpered as she felt the sting of Grimmjow's teeth pulling across the sensitive bud of her right nipple. He was torturing her, the Bloody bastard!

"Grimmjow…" Karina breathed his name, trying to tell him that she needed more from him, she needed him to touch her lower, where the pulsing ache had centered inside her. As if trying to show him with her body, she arched her hips against him, trying to grind against his jeans, trying to get some form of friction!

Karina groaned loudly when all she received was a deep pull of Grimmjow's lips, sucking so hard his cheeks hallowed and a loud pop filled the room when he let go, only to turn his head back to the previous nipple he'd already sucked.

"Fuck; Grimmjow, please!" Karina begged him, her hips rocking forward with such desperation.

"I wonder if I could make you come from just this…" Grimmjow smirked down at her, taking in the way the woman looked at him, her dark eyes like molten chocolate, and half lidded, sparks of green and gold shining from under the deep cocoa- Such pretty eyes! I want them watching me as I fuck her!

"Oh god, please! I can't!" Karina began to plead with him, shaking her head against the pillow.

Grimmjow chuckled.

" I think you could; but I can't wait for how long it would take me to get you off that way." Grimmjow amended.

Karina let out a hum of pure excitement as she felt the top of her jeans pop loose and didn't hesitate to help him by lifting her hips for him. Grimmjow peeled them back from her thick hips, going farther back on his haunches to pull her boots from her feet and free her pants from her body.

Karina lowered her legs, parting them in front of him, her feet laying flat against the bed. Grimmjow let out a deep growl from the center of his chest as his gaze zeroed in on her heat. The scent of the woman was enough to make him fall to his knees for her. The side of Grimmjow's lips lifted, his heavy gaze turning to dark blue slits as he realized he already was on his knees-I'll have to crawl for her then. Anything to get her heat inside my mouth!

"Grimmjow…" Karina called out to him, her body trembling from her state of arousal, from the teasing he'd done, and now all he seemed to want to do is stare at her panties-For fuck's sake, touch me, you bastard!

Grimmjow launched himself forward, snatching the small scrap of black material and ripping it free. The moan Karina let out only fueled his actions. Karina let out a gasp as the tip of his tongue plunged into her folds, sliding low to lick the sensitive nerve endings of her core's entrance.

"Oh, Fuck! Why do you keep teasing me!" Karina whimpered, her hands finding his hair even though she'd closed her eyes against the intense sensations. Her core clenched, every muscle in her body going rigid as Grimmjow slowly eased his tongue inside her.

Karina let out a shocked intake of breath as stinging heat enveloped the right cheek of her ass. She hadn't even realized Grimmjow had lifted her with his grip and was now feasting on her core like a madman as he gave her calculated smacks against her sensitive cheeks. With each slap, her core pulsed and tightened against his tongue.

Grimmjow let out a snarl as he felt her grip on his hair cause actual pain. Lifting his head, he locked his gaze with hers, daring her to try and take her sweet heat away from him when he wasn't finished. Karina's dark eyes stared back at him, her lips parted and glistening from her own tongue.

"You're too fucking beautiful!" Grimmjow growled at her; seeing the woman so far gone for him called out to another side of him, the side that wanted nothing more than to push is cock to the hilt and fuck his woman so hard she screamed his name as she came apart in his arms.

"You want more, Karina?" Grimmjow asked, his voice coming out strained and gravely, so full of lust Karina wondered if she should be running in the opposite direction instead of reaching to pull off his clothes.

"Yes!" Karina panted to him, pushing herself up into a sitting position in order to claw at the man's jeans; She had never been this mindless, never been this aroused! This was more than simple sex, even more than the first night he'd taken her; this was deeper, more primal, so unavoidable.

Grimmjow let out a grunt as he fisted his own shirt and pulled it over his head just as Karina managed to unzip his jeans. Grimmjow pushed himself up, pulling his own boots from his feet and jerking his pants down his muscled legs. Kicking them free from him he stood there for a minute, allowing her to see his thick cock straining and pulsing. Grimmjow fisted his cock in his own hand, pumping it once, twice.

"Is this what you want, Karina?" Grimmjow teased her.

Karina couldn't help but stare at him; his body, this male was more man than she even knew what to do with, but goddamn it if she didn't want every inch of him. If she were his, then that meant he was hers!

Karina nodded her head, slipping the tip of her tongue out to lick her lips.

"Say the words!" Grimmjow demanded her.

Karina tilted her head back, meeting his gaze and without any hesitation she replied.

"Give me what's mine, Grimmjow!"

Grimmjow fell on her with a snarl, covering her body with his in one violent act of claiming. Karina cried out as she felt him catch her right leg, the bend of his elbow linking with the bend of her right knee. Spreading her wide, Grimmjow slammed his hips forward.

"Ugh! Fuck!" Karina grunted, squeezing her eyes closed as his cock took claim. It was so good, the feeling of being stretched and filled, then his movement as he began to pound into her relentlessly.

"Open your eyes, Karina!" Grimmjow demanded.

Karina forced her lids to open, taking in his raw expression, his clenched teeth, his brow pulled tight, such pleasure on his face it almost looked as if he were in pain.

"That's it, sweetheart, look at me while I fuck your sweet pussy." Grimmjow growled.

Karina felt her body convulse from his words; she'd never thought hearing a male talk dirty to her would excite her on such a primitive level; but it did. Everything about Grimmjow excited her and she didn't want to disappoint him.

Grimmjow stared down at her, his eyes glazed with his own passion as his body surged above hers, his chest rubbing, catching her pebbled nipples against his muscled chest, such sweet friction made only sweeter by the almost brutal rhythm of his hips. She was laid bare to him, with no other option but to accept.

Karina couldn't even rock her hips to meet him with the way he had her leg pinned with his arm, but he didn't seem to want her to move with him; he needed to take her at his own pace, for her to accept and submit to his needs. Grimmjow needed her to trust him enough to give him control.

At a loss of what else to do Karina gave into him, allowing him the control he hungered for, raising her arms above her head, Karina gripped the pillow in her fists, crying out with each jarring thrust of his hips, making sure to keep eye contact with him even though she was riding a dangerous line. Karina pulled her bottom lip between her teeth, not even caring if she ended up breaking the skin; she couldn't blurt out the words; she couldn't tell Grimmjow that she loved him…not now.

"Fuck, Karina!" Grimmjow grunted as he adjusted his hold on her, sliding his hand down and finding her swollen clit.

"Grimmjow!" Karina yelled his name, her grip on the pillow tightening along with the muscles of her core.

Grimmjow let out a groan, his features twisting carnally as he surged his body forward into her, the tips of his fingers rubbing delicious quick circles over her pulsing clitoris.

"Come on, Karina! Come with me!" Grimmjow demanded her.

Karina sucked in a deep breath as her core clenched against him so tight he lost momentum of his thrusts. Gritting his teeth, Grimmjow forced himself to keep pumping his cock into her, to give her what she needed in order to release. Karina had given herself to him, she trusted him, and he had to make it worth it for her.

"Oh…My…God!" Karina called out as her body tipped over the edge, shuddering violently underneath him as her orgasm hit her like a freight train. Grimmjow growled with satisfaction as her pussy gripped him, milking his come forward with each deep pull.

"Grimmjow!" Karina yelled his name as her body kept going, kept coming against his cock.

"Fuck!" Grimmjow grated as he lunged forward, taking her mouth savagely with his lips, the urge to kiss her as she came for him overriding the urge to look into her eyes.

Karina allowed her body to bow as her orgasm extended and morphed into a second, rushing her with a frenzy of liquid heat. Karina milked him harder, pulsing, writhing under his weight as he drank in her screams of rapture. Grimmjow's kiss was anything but gentle, it was just as consuming as every other act they'd just shared. A deep seated claiming that she could never ignore.

Grimmjow's body jarred forward one more time before he spilled inside her, no longer able to hold back his own release. Karina gasped as he freed her mouth, his strained body collapsing atop of hers in a rush. Karina cupped the back of his head with her palms, stroking her fingers through his damp hair as she panted.

They stayed silent for long minutes, each of them trying to regain control of their harsh breathing. Grimmjow nuzzled the side of her breast with nose and lips as he tried to gain control of his mind. He actually felt fucking high, like he'd done some kind of drug; he swore he'd come so hard his vision would have blurred if his eyes had been open.

Karina let out a low moan, catching Grimmjow's attention. Forcing back the waves from his fuck drunk stupor he lifted himself on his elbows, seeking her gaze. Karina looked back at him, her lips curled into one of the sexists sated smiled he'd ever seen.

"I need you to remember this." Grimmjow murmured.

Karina's brow furrowed, letting him see her confusion.

"What we just did. You need to remember it. When I come back from this battle, I don't ever want to see that look you gave me again, you hear me?" Grimmjow demanded.

Karina allowed her lips to part as she sucked in a shaky breath; she hadn't expected Grimmjow to be such an intense man. While he didn't speak his feelings and could be rather clueless as to how brash his actions were, she couldn't help but see what was so clear within his brilliant blue eyes.

"You better come back to me, Grimmjow." Karina countered with a demand of her own, reminding him that she had claimed him back this time.

"Oh, I'll come back! You really think I'll let anything keep me away from this sweet ass?" Grimmjow smirked, landing another perfectly calculated smack to the side of her left ass cheek.