Dark Mysteries by Jessica Gadziala

Author:Jessica Gadziala [Gadziala, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

Thirteen

It was the nightmares again. That was what was to blame. The stupid, chronic memories that she repressed during her waking hours and tormented her while she slept.

She woke up yelling, her arms being constricted and she fought against the restraint.

“Hey, sweetheart, hey,” Xander's voice called.

She opened her eyes immediately, looking around the dark room frantically. Xander's. She was at Xander's And Xander was standing above her, holding onto her shoulders. Probably because he had been trying to shake her awake. She bolted upright quickly, setting her feet on the floor, and leaning forward, resting her head against the warm skin of his stomach, just above the waistband of his pajama pants.

Xander stood there dumbly for a long second, too shocked to move. His hands slowly slid. One moving across her back, rubbing at the tension, the other to the back of her head, tangling in her long soft hair. “It's okay,” he murmured, taking shallow breaths. “I'm here.”

Okay. Maybe it wasn't the nightmares. It was definitely those two words that did it. I'm here. Two words that held so much meaning. I'm here for you. I'm not leaving you. You're safe with me. Nothing can hurt you when you're with me.

Yeah. That was what did it. Because it was so lovely to have someone there for you. Someone who, however momentarily, cared more about your needs than their own.

She stood up slowly, her breath warming his skin as she rose to full height, her head underneath his chin. She slid her fingers up and down his ribs, making him grit his teeth against the sudden and intense arousal.

What was she trying to do to him?

Ellie tilted her head upward, looking into his face. The tense jaw. The bewildered eyes. The hand in her hair tensed, turning into a fist. She went up on her tiptoes. But still unable to reach his mouth unless he leaned down, she tilted her head to the side and ran a line of kisses down the side of his neck. She smiled against his skin when his breath hissed out of his mouth.

“Ellie,” he said, his voice a warning. We shouldn't do this. It isn't smart.

But she was done playing it safe. And doing what was smart and prudent. She wanted to wrap herself around him and feel something. Experience something new.

“Just kiss me,” she said, feeling her cheeks get hot at her boldness.

Xander gritted his teeth. He was trying to do the right thing. Be a gentlemen. As foreign a concept as that was to him. And he really didn't have much self-restraint left. Especially if she kept kissing his neck like that. Oh, god, was that her tongue? Xander closed his eyes and mentally worked through the sevens times tables before he spoke. “You're just... worked up because you had bad dreams. Ellie...”

“Just shut up,” she said, smiling up at him, her eyes rolling. What was wrong with him? She was standing there... literally asking for it. Actually, begging for it. And he was trying to talk her out of it?

“It's a bad idea,” he said firmly.

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