Read Online Undiscovered (Treasure Hunter Security Book 1) by Anna Hackett - Free Book Online

in his head. It was the sound of a hungry beast, and it wanted more of Dr. Layne Rush.
    “Declan?” Her laugh died, her gaze glued to his face in the light of his flashlight. “Sorry. Blame that kiss on the excitement.”
    “I don’t think so.”
    She blinked. “What?”
    “Let’s try it again, to test your theory.”
    Her eyes widened, and this time, it was Dec who pressed his mouth to hers.
    For a second, she stiffened in his arms. He moved his lips, learned the feel of hers, getting that tantalizing taste of her.
    Then she moaned. Her hands slid into his hair and she kissed him back.
    Damn . Desire slammed into Dec like a bullet at close range. He pulled her closer and opened her lips with his tongue. Then her tongue was there, sliding along his.
    He thrust deep, tilting her head back. She moaned, her hands tugging on his hair. She kissed him back with an intensity that sucked his breath away. He cupped the firm globes of her ass, pulling her even closer. She was the perfect armful of toned curves.
    “Dec, you copy? Dec, if you don’t fucking answer me in the next three seconds, I’m coming down there with the cavalry.”
    Logan’s voice echoed in Dec’s desire-fuzzed mind.
    He pulled back, heard Layne’s little cry of protest. His chest was heaving and so was hers. She raised a shaky hand and pushed the hair back from her face.
    “Well…” She looked down and when she realized he’d rested her on the edge of the outer stone sarcophagus, her eyes widened. “Oh my God, let me down. I could damage this.”
    He gripped her waist with one hand and helped her down. He touched his ear with the other hand. “I copy, Logan. We’re fine. Made a discovery. We’ll be up in a minute.”
    Layne was watching him. “We can’t go up now, I have too much work to do—”
    “Sun will be setting soon, Rush.”
    “Dammit, can’t you relax the rules?”
    “No. Anders attacked you at night. You need the right equipment down here, and besides, I need time to work out how to contain the news of this find. Because once it gets out—”
    “Anders will be back.” Her face paled a little. “Okay, so for now, we keep it quiet.”
    He nodded. “Logan and I will watch the excavation site tonight.”
    She tossed her head back, rubbing at a streak of dust on her cheek. “What happened before…”
    Dec, still feeling the edge of desire riding him hard, cocked his head. “What was that?”
    “Oh, don’t make this difficult, Declan.”
    “You mean that moment when you had your hands clamped in my hair, your legs wrapped around my hips, and your tongue down my throat?”
    She hissed out a breath. “You are so infuriating sometimes. The kiss.”
    He leaned in close, his nose brushing hers. “That was more than a kiss, Rush.”
    Her gaze dropped and he knew she couldn’t miss his erection straining against his pants. She jerked her eyes up.
    “Adrenaline, excitement…look, it isn’t going to happen again.” She shook her head. “It was a lapse. You have a job to do, and I have a job to do.”
    Yeah, she had a point. And Dec didn’t mess around with women like Layne. She was made for the whole shebang—career, family, kids. All the stuff Dec knew he couldn’t do. All the stuff he knew he didn’t deserve.
    “You got it, Rush. Let’s write it off as temporary insanity.” His gut turned over. Damn, he hated just saying the words.
    He expected to see relief on her face, but some other strange mix of emotions crossed her features. “Good. Right.”
    “Now let’s get out of here, before Logan storms in looking to rescue us.”
    She pressed her palm to the stone. “I can’t wait to get back here tomorrow.”
    A loud click echoed in the tomb. Dec tensed. When he saw the stone lid of the sarcophagus start to retract, he quickly pulled Layne closer to him.
    “What the hell?” She watched, mouth open, as the entire lid disappeared into the wall. “I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this before. There