A Forbidden Temptation [The Shields 4] by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
Published: 2012-06-23T01:53:57+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Nicole woke and immediately reached over and felt Val's forehead. No longer did his flesh burn. She sat up and looked to where Gabriel had sat beside Laird all night, but he was gone. Laird still hadn't moved that she could tell, and she knew Gabriel was upset in not being able to heal the wolfhound.

She moved next to Val and put her hand over his heart to find it beating strong and steady. She breathed a sigh of relief and pushed down the blankets to check his wounds. As she untied the bandages, she noted that there were no signs of fresh blood, which proved how good Gabriel's herbs were.

It wasn't until she removed a bandage from his chest and that she saw how the wounds had healed drastically overnight. They weren't gone as Gabriel's had been, but already they had nearly closed up and the skin around them was pink. Unable to stop herself, she moved her hand to a wound on his side near his hip and gently moved her fingers over the skin.

She heard a quick intake of breath and then felt a hand atop hers. Her gaze jerked to Val's face to find his eyes open and a smile pulling at his lips.

"That tickles,” he said after licking his lips.

Nicole smiled and moved her hand away from him. “How do you feel?"

He chuckled and then winced. “As if I were attacked by a Gryphon."

As she looked into his pale green eyes, Nicole realized then just how scared she had been for Val. “You frightened ten years off my life."

"I know,” he said, the smile now gone. “It's what I do though, Nicole. Every time we battle one of these ancient creatures, we face death."

"Knowing it and witnessing it are two different things,” she argued.

Something moved in his pale green eyes that pulled at her heart. It was as if he knew exactly what she was talking about, and she found herself wanting to comfort him, to touch him ... to feel his hard body against hers.

Her head lowered until their lips were breaths apart. Then she felt his hand move to the back of her head and gently pull her towards him. When his warm lips met hers, she couldn't stop the sigh that escaped her. She willingly opened for him when his tongue ran along her lips. His tongue plunged inside her mouth and took her in a kiss made to curl her toes.

With her heart hammering against her chest and her breasts full and aching, Nicole ended the kiss and pulled back to see his arm shaking.

"You don't have the strength for this,” she admonished him as she turned to get him water.

"It's a good thing, too. I'd have taken you I want you so desperately."

Nicole nearly spilled the water she was so shocked to hear his words. She sought his gaze and saw the truth of it shining in his eyes. “I thought you didn't want me?"

"I think I've wanted you from the first moment I saw you, but that doesn't make it right.

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