Beauty and the Beastmaster (Mystic Springs Book 3) by Linda Winstead Jones

Author:Linda Winstead Jones [Jones, Linda Winstead]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sorin Rising LLC
Published: 2020-07-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Silas still didn’t know what had brought Gabi to Mystic Springs, what would make a beautiful young woman live the way she did. She’d been here a year, and in all that time he’d never even wondered why. Obviously she was hiding from something. The dried mud on her license plate confirmed it. Could be legal trouble, but he didn’t think so. Judging by her reaction in bed a man had done this to her. He didn’t get angry often, but that did it.

Anything that happened between them tonight would be on her terms. Even if that anything turned out to be nothing.

There were a hundred ways for him to chase Gabi out of town. Some would be easy; others pretty damn tough. None of them would be pleasant. Catching that word — mine — from Mia had made him question everything for a while. Tonight Mia had just been a baby, with no hint that she might have Springer blood. Then again, tonight she’d been happy and well-fed, with Judge at her side. When she and the bloodhound had first claimed one another and she’d believed her new friend was going to be taken away, the child had been in deep distress. That emotion might’ve triggered the aberration.

Even if Mia did have Springer blood, she might not display any indication again until she reached puberty. There were thousands of people out in the world who had descended from one Springer family or another and were ignorant of that fact. He didn’t worry about them, why should he get obsessed with one kid?

Silas dismissed all thoughts of babies and Brigadoon. Whatever had brought him to this moment, he liked it. He liked being here, in this place and time, more than he should.

Sitting naked on the floor at the side of her bed, Gabi leaned in and up to kiss him. Gently at first, then with a building passion. A lingering hint of tension slowly left her body, until there was just this. Just the two of them.

Gabi was the one who pulled away but she did so reluctantly, not in a panic. She stood and offered her hand. He took it, admired the way this marvelously naked woman looked by the soft light that filled her bedroom, then rose to his feet and waited for her to tell him what to do.

For a moment she seemed uncertain, but that didn’t last long. She used her hands on him, exploring, arousing. She kissed his chest as her hands raked down his side, to his backside, and up again. It was as if she was attempting to learn every crevice, every inch of his skin. He was tempted to pick her up and throw her on the bed, but he didn’t. This was her show, and he would do nothing that might alarm or frighten her.

She guided him back into her bed, placing him on his back. She lay atop him for a moment, kissing, touching, and then, finally, she reached for the bedside table and grabbed the condom.

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