Duke of Darkness by Anabelle Bryant

Author:Anabelle Bryant [Bryant, Anabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781472096418
Publisher: Carina
Published: 2014-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Alexandra floated to the mirror to check her reflection. She pinched her cheeks with trembling fingers and attempted a hopeless sweep of the comb through her hair. Good lord, he struck a handsome profile in the golden moonlight. What was she thinking, inviting him to her bedchamber with the promise of a kiss? The truth whispered through her mind. She loved him. Her heart pounded in applause of the realization, but she shook away her excitement as a knock sounded on the door.

He must have run. His midnight-black hair fell tousled over his brow, and without a cravat, his collar hung open to reveal an ample glimpse of bronzed skin. She stepped away and he advanced inside. His left hand pushed the door closed as his right reached for her, snatching her against his length in an urgent rush of passion and heat. His eyes caught hers and held; the raw need in their velvet depths vibrated to her core. His head dipped, the smallest degree, but the intensity in his eyes did not waver and she saw a glimpse of vulnerability under his veil of desire, as if he sought and found whatever he searched for in that one timeless moment. She tangled her arms around his neck and brought her body closer to obliterate the last breath of air that dared separate them.

Then he kissed her. He had spoken of kisses and she’d dreamed of his touch, but nothing had prepared her for the silken heat of Devlin’s lips. He took her mouth with wild sensuality and she gave from her heart in passionate return. He tasted indescribably male, spicy and wicked; of desire and wanting and the promise of exquisite secrets found within his embrace.

She trembled against his lips and he growled in response. His tongue ran along the seam of her mouth and begged for entry, an enticement for her to open to him. She readily complied. He licked deep into her mouth and their tongues rubbed together, as natural as the act itself. The friction stoked the flames between them higher with each breath, every caress, until it threatened to consume them and dared her to abandon all inhibition, and lose herself in total surrender. She made a small sound in her throat and his kisses turned wilder, erotic, as if he couldn’t bring her close enough, or taste her as he wanted.

She smoothed her hands to his shoulders, his skin hot through the linen shirt, and gripped his arms to steady herself, although her heart beat with such ferocity she barely managed the feat. His muscles flexed and his embrace tightened. His hands spanned her waist to frame her body against his. She ran a finger along his jaw, a tentative caress, fascinated by the utter maleness of him, the sensual rub of his narrow beard, and the motion shot desire straight from her fingertips to the pit of her stomach, further below. She pressed her legs together in a restless motion, anxious to capture the persistent feeling and savour it at the same time.

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