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again…she let loose a stream of what he figured was Italian. From the bite in her tone and the way her hands were going, he was pretty sure she was ripping into his hide.
He listened to the beauty of the language with half an ear while he tried to figure out where they could go that’d be safe.
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After about five minutes, she finally stopped to take a breath and he had to admit he missed the sound of her sexy voice yelling at him. He actually had a hard-on.
She said something to him again in Italian and he released his grip on the steering wheel to raise one hand.
“English, hon. You gotta speak English if you want me to understand what the hell you’re saying.”
“Ooh.” She slapped him on the back of the head. Hell, even that turned him on.
“Idiot! Where are we going?”
“Well, I’m not quite sure about that yet. Got any ideas?”
She snorted. “Actually, yes, if you had given me a chance to speak before you knocked me unconscious, I would have told you.”
“I thought you were going to ditch me.”
He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw her grimace in a purely feminine pout.
“I believe that would have been a mistake. Those men would have harmed you no matter that you did not know where I was. And I would not have been able to live with that.”
At her words, his heart actually felt like it flipped over in his chest. Her tone was offhand but the look she shot him from beneath her lowered lids was anything but.
And he could think of nothing but getting her back to bed.
“Then lead on, Red. Where are we going?”
She didn’t answer as she slid over the front seat, nearly making him crash the car at the sight. Finally, when she’d settled next to him, she said, “Into the city.”
He frowned. “Which one?”
“The closest.”
“Do you mean Reading?”
He felt her gaze fall on him. “That is the closest, is it not?”
“Do you go to the city a lot?”
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“I’ve not been to the city in at least fifty years, maybe longer.”
He frowned again. “Then how do you know where we’re going?”
“Trust me, Justin. I know a safe place for us to hide.”
Funny, but he did trust her. Completely. She could’ve very easily left him behind in the woods. Hell, she could’ve flown away if she’d wanted to but she’d stuck with him.
That had to count for something. “All right, but we still have to stop for gas before we get there. And I guess we better get you some clothes while we’re at it.”
She shook her head, her hair shifting to play peekaboo with her nipples, hardening his erection to painful. “No one will see me if I don’t wish them to. Clothes are unnecessary. And I don’t like them.”
He smiled even as he continued to check in the rearview mirror for any pursuers.
“You don’t have to tell me twice, Red. But we still need the gas.”
Good thing he always kept money in his various pants pockets. He tended to leave the house and forget his wallet so he’d taken to leaving bills in all of his pants. Digging into the side pocket of his shorts, he pulled out a wad of almost fifty bucks. Paydirt.
* * * * *
The closer they got to the city, the smaller Scarlata felt. And the more trapped.
She couldn’t seem to catch her breath. Every time she drew in a breath, some foul odor made her gag.
Trash lay in the hard streets. Trees struggled between slabs of concrete, their growth stunted because their roots could only reach so far into the soil.
Occasional oases of green grass appeared but they were few and far between.
Some homeowners had corralled containers of bright flowers on front porches but it wasn’t enough to combat the gray stone and red brick of the buildings. Not nearly enough.
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She was a folletta . She needed a forest or a field to roam. Just the thought of cities made her hyperventilate. So many people in such a confined space made her ache to run into the wooded undergrowth and the
He listened to the beauty of the language with half an ear while he tried to figure out where they could go that’d be safe.
58
Seduced by Magic
After about five minutes, she finally stopped to take a breath and he had to admit he missed the sound of her sexy voice yelling at him. He actually had a hard-on.
She said something to him again in Italian and he released his grip on the steering wheel to raise one hand.
“English, hon. You gotta speak English if you want me to understand what the hell you’re saying.”
“Ooh.” She slapped him on the back of the head. Hell, even that turned him on.
“Idiot! Where are we going?”
“Well, I’m not quite sure about that yet. Got any ideas?”
She snorted. “Actually, yes, if you had given me a chance to speak before you knocked me unconscious, I would have told you.”
“I thought you were going to ditch me.”
He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw her grimace in a purely feminine pout.
“I believe that would have been a mistake. Those men would have harmed you no matter that you did not know where I was. And I would not have been able to live with that.”
At her words, his heart actually felt like it flipped over in his chest. Her tone was offhand but the look she shot him from beneath her lowered lids was anything but.
And he could think of nothing but getting her back to bed.
“Then lead on, Red. Where are we going?”
She didn’t answer as she slid over the front seat, nearly making him crash the car at the sight. Finally, when she’d settled next to him, she said, “Into the city.”
He frowned. “Which one?”
“The closest.”
“Do you mean Reading?”
He felt her gaze fall on him. “That is the closest, is it not?”
“Do you go to the city a lot?”
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“I’ve not been to the city in at least fifty years, maybe longer.”
He frowned again. “Then how do you know where we’re going?”
“Trust me, Justin. I know a safe place for us to hide.”
Funny, but he did trust her. Completely. She could’ve very easily left him behind in the woods. Hell, she could’ve flown away if she’d wanted to but she’d stuck with him.
That had to count for something. “All right, but we still have to stop for gas before we get there. And I guess we better get you some clothes while we’re at it.”
She shook her head, her hair shifting to play peekaboo with her nipples, hardening his erection to painful. “No one will see me if I don’t wish them to. Clothes are unnecessary. And I don’t like them.”
He smiled even as he continued to check in the rearview mirror for any pursuers.
“You don’t have to tell me twice, Red. But we still need the gas.”
Good thing he always kept money in his various pants pockets. He tended to leave the house and forget his wallet so he’d taken to leaving bills in all of his pants. Digging into the side pocket of his shorts, he pulled out a wad of almost fifty bucks. Paydirt.
* * * * *
The closer they got to the city, the smaller Scarlata felt. And the more trapped.
She couldn’t seem to catch her breath. Every time she drew in a breath, some foul odor made her gag.
Trash lay in the hard streets. Trees struggled between slabs of concrete, their growth stunted because their roots could only reach so far into the soil.
Occasional oases of green grass appeared but they were few and far between.
Some homeowners had corralled containers of bright flowers on front porches but it wasn’t enough to combat the gray stone and red brick of the buildings. Not nearly enough.
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She was a folletta . She needed a forest or a field to roam. Just the thought of cities made her hyperventilate. So many people in such a confined space made her ache to run into the wooded undergrowth and the
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