Demons Within [For Love of Authority] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) by Rhiannon Ayers

Author:Rhiannon Ayers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2014-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Maybe he did black out.

Allen blinked, surprised to find himself on his side, underneath a thin sheet and wrapped around Sidri’s sleeping body. She slept on her back, with her legs canted up to form vertical triangles, and it was the most natural thing in the world for Allen to slide his thighs underneath her knees. With her legs draped over his lower body, he felt held down, protected. Safe.

And then, of course, there was the benefit of having his face buried in the curve of her throat, right at eye level with her gorgeous breasts.

Groaning, Allen cinched his arm more firmly around her waist and glanced at the clock on her bedside table.

4:00 a.m.

Damn, he really must have blacked out. But then, great sex will do that to a guy. Grinning, he closed his eyes, reliving every moment, reliving Sidri’s sexual abandon, Tatum’s commands, his demand for Allen to come…

Allen’s eyes popped open and he frowned. He and Sidri were alone in the bed. Tatum was gone.

Sidri’s fingers caressed his scalp, his neck. Allen blinked and looked up at her. He’d thought she was asleep, but apparently not. Her green eyes were wide open, looking at him with such love, he wanted to melt into her gaze forever.

But the man they both loved was missing.

“Where’s Tatum?” he asked sleepily. Then a thought occurred to him. “Bathroom?”

“No, baby,” Sidri said quietly. But she didn’t elaborate.

Allen frowned, wishing the fog would clear from his brain. There was something he was missing, something important, but he could not for the life of him figure out what it was. He blinked at her, cleared his throat. “Where?”

She sighed, continued petting him. “He left a while ago.”

Allen’s blood turned to ice in his veins. “He left?” he asked hoarsely. “But…”

“He’s still in the house,” she assured him quietly. But her eyes were sad. “He’s across the hall.”

Okay, normally, he was a lot smarter than this. He felt like she was speaking in riddles. Or maybe Swahili. The words just didn’t make sense. “Why?” he asked after a long pause.

Another sigh. “Tatum is a strong man, physically,” she said into the darkness. “But inside, he’s so much dandelion fluff. That heart of his has enough room to hold a thousand, a million people, but the walls are paper thin.” She looked him in the eye and smiled sadly. “He has his own demons to fight, Allen.”

That brought him up short. Wishing the stupid hamsters in his brain would get a move on, he licked his lips.

“What are his demons?”

She was quiet for a long time. “Tatum is deathly allergic to cats, did you know that?” He shook his head, not sure if this segue was in answer to his question. “He gets hives, watery eyes, stuffy nose, the whole nine yards. He’s known since we were little that he couldn’t have a cat.” Her green eyes sparked in the darkness. “And yet, there was one time, several years ago, when he did it anyway.

“He was walking down some street in the neighborhood, I forget why now.

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