Darkstorm by M. L. Spencer

Author:M. L. Spencer [Spencer, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Stoneguard Publications
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

9

A Shift in Perspective

Merris collapsed on top of Quin, panting in breathless exhilaration. Her cheeks were flushed red, a glistening sheen of perspiration frosting her body. Beneath her, Quin lay with eyes wide open but staring sightlessly up at the ceiling. Every so often he gave a faint shiver.

Merris trailed her lips against the side of his neck, squirming her soft body against him.

“I think you’ve got some more in there,” she urged in a sweet whisper. “I bet I know where to find it.”

Quin reached up to pat her consolingly on the back, furrowing his brow and shaking his head slowly from side to side. “Mercy, no,” he whispered. “I’m afraid you have vanquished me entirely. I am utterly defeated, madam.”

Merris giggled, rolling off him onto the straw-stuffed mattress. She lay her head against his lanky frame, tracing a line down his chest with a finger. “I suppose I should allow you some time to recuperate,” she mused with a smile. “Tonight I want you to do that thing that you do to me again.”

“That thing that I do to you?” Quin smiled innocently.

“You know exactly what I mean.” She grinned, a mischievous glint in her eye.

Quin snaked an arm around her and pulled her in for a kiss. “So you like that thing that I do to you?” he teased, lips exploring the delicate curve of her collarbone.

“Oh, yes,” she murmured, closing her eyes at the memory of the last time he allowed the power of his mind to flow through her like an exhilarating torrent of carnal energy.

“I do believe you’re going to be the death of me,” Quin muttered sagely. “I swear you’re more obsessed with lovemaking than the average man.”

Merris grinned broadly at him. “Then you’re lucky I’m not the average man.”

He raised his eyebrows, nodding in easy agreement. “Yes, actually, in that respect I am quite fortunate.” Then he was all seriousness, squinting down at her in appraisal as he ran a hand through her long, tousled hair. “You know, I think I prefer you as a blonde.”

“Do you, now?” she muttered, lifting a soft platinum curl before her face, twining it about her fingertips. She had discovered that she actually liked the change. When the decision had first been made to hide in plain sight in the Lantern District, Merris had suggested darkening her hair in order to disguise her appearance. The platinum blonde had been Quin’s idea. Easier to subtract than to add pigment, he’d argued, although Merris suspected he simply had a preference for the color.

“I think it suits me,” she mused, then reached up to stroke the backs of her fingers through Quin’s full growth of beard. “I fancy your new whiskers.”

He smiled, rolling over onto his side. “Be a darling and fetch me a drink?”

Merris kissed him on the neck as she swung her legs over the edge of the bed. “I’ll do you one better. I’ll fetch the whole bottle.”

Sounding already half asleep, Quin muttered, “That’s my lovely girl.

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