there. “How so?” Her voice lowered to a breathiness that licked along his cock.
“I need a shower to wipe off the blood and grime, so my choices are to bind you or have you join me.” It was crazy, but he’d give his left arm for her to join him in the shower.
She half-coughed and half-laughed. “Are you hitting on me?”
His hand curled around her nape. “Yes.”
Her gaze lifted to his, and her pupils widened. “That’s insane,” she whispered.
“I know.” Hell, the woman was right. “But here’s the deal. My brothers won’t return for several hours, and then we’ll have to move again. I want you, and you want me, so let’s take the edge off so we can think.” His mind hadn’t been clear since he’d first sighted her two days ago, and he needed clarity. One good night, and he could get her out of his system. “What do you say?”
“I say you’re crazy.” She stepped back against the window. “If all I wanted was an orgasm to take the edge off, I sure as heck don’t need you for that.”
Humor bubbled up, and he full-on laughed. The woman was one of a kind. “Well then.” His hands slowly went to unbuckle his belt, and he drew the heavy leather through the loopholes, quite enjoying the way her breath caught and her eyes widened. “Plan B it is, then.”
Every dark fantasy she’d had in her wild mind flashed through her brain. “Wh-what are you doing?” she asked, her lungs feeling way too full all of a sudden.
He grinned and continued releasing the belt.
Yeah, she was more tempted than she would like to jump his bones and just go for it. The guy was a vampire—a real, honest to goodness, vampire. Somebody with advanced genes could probably go all night, right? Probably all night and all of the next day.
She liked sex. Sure, it had been a long time since she’d tried it, and it had never been crazy fireworks time, but she’d liked being close to a man. Her last boyfriend, an accountant named Chuck, had taken a while to get going but had then been all right closer to the finish line.
Something told her Chalton didn’t need any time to get going, and he’d probably be much better than all right.
Yet, she wasn’t giving up Helen, her source, and so far, Chalton hadn’t promised to save Ronni. Sleeping with him would be a colossal mistake, and she’d lose leverage. “What’s up with the belt?” she asked again, eying the thick leather. A slow shiver wound through her body.
His grin widened. Shoot. He’d seen the shiver.
“Livy.” His voice deepened to nearly guttural.
Desire unfurled in her abdomen. Then reality slammed her in the face. “Are you glamoring me?” she asked, anger rippling along her skin.
His eyebrows drew down. “Glamoring?”
“Yeah. What vampires do.” She put her hands on her hips. “Making me want you.”
He chuckled again. “Oh, you want me, and it’s all you. There’s no such thing as glamoring.”
Truth. She opened her senses, and he was definitely telling the truth. “Oh.” Then she focused on the belt, and her knees bunched to run around him.
Quick as a whip, he grasped her wrist. “That’s a pretty blush you have there, gorgeous. What exactly are you imagining me doing with this belt?”
She stopped breathing, and her face heated to the point of pain. No way was she into all the “tie ’em up and spank ’em” rage going on right now. Yet there was something undeniably sexy about that leather in his strong, and no doubt capable, hands. “We, ah, are not on the same side here.”
“We could be,” he murmured. “If you keep publishing information about us, you’re going to harm a lot of people. I know you don’t want to hurt anybody.”
No, she didn’t. “All you have to do is save Ronni, and I won’t publish another word. I promise.”
He sighed. “We can’t save human hearts, sweetheart. Hell, we can’t even cure the common cold or cancer. We don’t have the knowledge, either.”
“There has to
“I need a shower to wipe off the blood and grime, so my choices are to bind you or have you join me.” It was crazy, but he’d give his left arm for her to join him in the shower.
She half-coughed and half-laughed. “Are you hitting on me?”
His hand curled around her nape. “Yes.”
Her gaze lifted to his, and her pupils widened. “That’s insane,” she whispered.
“I know.” Hell, the woman was right. “But here’s the deal. My brothers won’t return for several hours, and then we’ll have to move again. I want you, and you want me, so let’s take the edge off so we can think.” His mind hadn’t been clear since he’d first sighted her two days ago, and he needed clarity. One good night, and he could get her out of his system. “What do you say?”
“I say you’re crazy.” She stepped back against the window. “If all I wanted was an orgasm to take the edge off, I sure as heck don’t need you for that.”
Humor bubbled up, and he full-on laughed. The woman was one of a kind. “Well then.” His hands slowly went to unbuckle his belt, and he drew the heavy leather through the loopholes, quite enjoying the way her breath caught and her eyes widened. “Plan B it is, then.”
Every dark fantasy she’d had in her wild mind flashed through her brain. “Wh-what are you doing?” she asked, her lungs feeling way too full all of a sudden.
He grinned and continued releasing the belt.
Yeah, she was more tempted than she would like to jump his bones and just go for it. The guy was a vampire—a real, honest to goodness, vampire. Somebody with advanced genes could probably go all night, right? Probably all night and all of the next day.
She liked sex. Sure, it had been a long time since she’d tried it, and it had never been crazy fireworks time, but she’d liked being close to a man. Her last boyfriend, an accountant named Chuck, had taken a while to get going but had then been all right closer to the finish line.
Something told her Chalton didn’t need any time to get going, and he’d probably be much better than all right.
Yet, she wasn’t giving up Helen, her source, and so far, Chalton hadn’t promised to save Ronni. Sleeping with him would be a colossal mistake, and she’d lose leverage. “What’s up with the belt?” she asked again, eying the thick leather. A slow shiver wound through her body.
His grin widened. Shoot. He’d seen the shiver.
“Livy.” His voice deepened to nearly guttural.
Desire unfurled in her abdomen. Then reality slammed her in the face. “Are you glamoring me?” she asked, anger rippling along her skin.
His eyebrows drew down. “Glamoring?”
“Yeah. What vampires do.” She put her hands on her hips. “Making me want you.”
He chuckled again. “Oh, you want me, and it’s all you. There’s no such thing as glamoring.”
Truth. She opened her senses, and he was definitely telling the truth. “Oh.” Then she focused on the belt, and her knees bunched to run around him.
Quick as a whip, he grasped her wrist. “That’s a pretty blush you have there, gorgeous. What exactly are you imagining me doing with this belt?”
She stopped breathing, and her face heated to the point of pain. No way was she into all the “tie ’em up and spank ’em” rage going on right now. Yet there was something undeniably sexy about that leather in his strong, and no doubt capable, hands. “We, ah, are not on the same side here.”
“We could be,” he murmured. “If you keep publishing information about us, you’re going to harm a lot of people. I know you don’t want to hurt anybody.”
No, she didn’t. “All you have to do is save Ronni, and I won’t publish another word. I promise.”
He sighed. “We can’t save human hearts, sweetheart. Hell, we can’t even cure the common cold or cancer. We don’t have the knowledge, either.”
“There has to
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