Blood and Kisses by Karin Shah

Author:Karin Shah [Shah, Karin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, eBook
ISBN: 9781619350182
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Published: 2011-10-12T04:00:00+00:00

His face was as hard as marble and just as stiff. Thalia could tell the last thing he wanted to was share, and for some reason she was reluctant to push him.

Maybe because you’re afraid of what you might hear? She tried to smile, but her tight muscles twisted her lips into what probably looked like a smirk. “The rogue could be the vampire in the prophecy, but he or she doesn’t need to be linked to you. It’s possible whoever-it-is is merely following the prophecy.”

Gideon’s dark, level gaze told her he thought she was off-base, but he only stood and grabbed her plate, taking it over to the sink, his broad back a wall between them.

Thalia yearned to go to him, but his posture screamed keep out. She sighed and then got to her feet so quickly her chair squeaked, the noise grating on her sensitive nerves. She winced. “I think we need to split up, for a while. I’ll go talk to Mina. Here’s the address of the house Spirit led me to earlier.” Thalia pulled a piece of paper from the pocket of her white shorts, intending to toss it on the cherry wood table. Gideon turned around. Before she could let the paper fall, he was there, his large hand on her slim wrist, pulling her against his chest. “I destroyed your trust this afternoon, but the reason we’re working together still stands.”

Thalia could feel his heart pumping his stolen blood. His voice vibrated inside her chest. She met his gaze. His handsome face was pale, his eyes burning. She placed her free hand on his chest. “Gideon, what happened earlier,”—she shook her head, searching for the proper words—“your body was starving. You didn’t hurt me.”

Gideon closed his eyes and dropped her wrist. “I almost killed you.” His eyes opened and the naked pain in their ebony depths stabbed through her like a dagger.

Her freed hand came up to his smooth cheek. “But you didn’t.”

He turned his cheek into her palm. “Only because you nearly gave me everything you had. You could have died because of me.” His glorious voice shook and something gave way inside her. Some internal defense that could not withstand the stark vulnerability revealed by the emotion in his voice. A vulnerability so at odds with his incredible strength.

Later, Thalia wondered where she got the courage, but she reached up, framed his strong face, drew him down to her, and kissed him. Soothing him in the way women have comforted men since the dawn of time.

It may have begun as innocently as a mother kissing a child’s wound, but it soon spun wildly out of control.

Gideon made a sound deep in his throat and took over, his lips stoking a fire in her that threatened to burn down the final remnants of her emotional barriers. His hands traveled down her back. He must have had some magic she knew nothing about because everywhere his hands touched sparks flared, shimmering through her body like a St.

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