Any Given Doomsday by Handeland Lori

Author:Handeland, Lori [Handeland, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal, General, Romance, Fantasy, Suspense, Thrillers, Fiction, Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 9780312949198
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008-11-04T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Sawyer walked out of the trees wearing nothing but his tattoos. If I hadn’t known this was a dream, I might have run for my life. But since it was, I got to look my fill.

The firelight played across his skin, etching the curve of his hip, the ripple of his abdomen, the spike of his rib cage in sharp relief. As he stalked toward me, the shadows came alive, swirling around him, taking on the shapes of his beasts. The air seemed to whisper in an ancient language, and the flames leaped higher than before.

He didn’t speak; his eyes shone pale against the bronze of his face. They seemed lit from within, the way a small animal’s eyes glow when caught by the headlights of a car.

I’d come to my feet; I don’t know when. He stopped so close I could feel his heat, along with his erection. I made an involuntary movement, rubbing the delicious hardness against my belly. Too bad I still wore all my clothes.

He smelled like grass. Had he been rolling in it? Perhaps the scent was merely invading my senses from the blazing fire, which now illuminated the clearing like a spotlight spewing a rainbow. Colors sparkled all around us like rain.

Reaching out, he brushed a fingertip across my cheek-bone, and when he pulled it back, a dewdrop twinkled, silver on bronze.

His spooky gray eyes holding mine, he lifted his finger to his mouth, and the moisture dissolved on his lips. He suckled the tip. I felt the pull in my stomach, then lower still, as a moan threatened to break free.

The flames leaped and danced. I was suddenly so hot. I shrugged out of the flannel shirt, lost the jeans, boots, underwear, and socks. The air stirred like springtime against my skin.

I wanted to feel every inch of him with my hands and my mouth. I wanted to lick the wolf, scrape my teeth against the shark, suckle the skin where the tiger paced.

Since this was a dream, I could touch him and more. So I did.

He didn’t make a sound. His hand cupped my head gently, fingers tightening as I roamed ever lower.

I licked the long, hard length of him, my tongue twining along the same skin as the image of a rattlesnake.

Was that supposed to be a joke? I didn’t bother to ask.

He sank to his knees, bringing us hip to hip, heart to heart, face to face. I look his hand and saw the centuries. They were long; they were lonely. No one had ever been like him until me.

I jerked, and our hands separated. I wasn’t like him. I never could be.

“Shh,” he murmured. As he leaned closer, his hair brushed my face; then his lips took mine.

I no longer saw anything; I could only feel. His tongue in my mouth, his hand on my back, his palm cupping my breast.

Energy surged between us. If 1 didn’t know the night was clear, I’d have thought lightning had struck nearby.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.