Heart of the Diamond by Carrie Brock

Author:Carrie Brock [Brock, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781938568060
Publisher: Blue Star Books
Published: 2012-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

. . .

The crisp morning air rushed to envelop Nicki the moment she left the house. She wrapped her arms close against her waist in a fruitless attempt to ward off the cold. Her breath snaked out in a mist before her face when the warmth leaving her body met with the chilled air.

Raising her face to the grey sky, she paused to watch a tiny snowbird drift on the wind, then light in a tree nearby. The last vestiges of night disappeared into a glorious morning.

“Do you intend to hide here all day?”

Nicki smiled to herself before she pivoted slowly to face the owner of the voice. “Good morning, my Lord Diamond. How dashing you look.”

Blake, astride his bay stallion, leaned an elbow against one muscled thigh encased in buff breeches. “You must leave off complimenting me on my appearance before I have the chance to tell you what an exquisite gem you are.”

“I shall continue to tell you what is in my heart.”

Blake urged his horse closer to the porch; their gazes were nearly even. Nicki tossed her riding crop aside and leaned forward to rest her hands on his broad shoulders. She proudly noted he needed none of the padding so prominent in the dress of a good many of the male guests.

Their faces were so close Nicki could see black flecks frozen in the silver irises of the earl's eyes. Diamond eyes, she had overheard someone say last night.

Blake reached out to cup her jaw in his hand. “Ah, sweet Nicole . . . ”

His lips on hers were cold, yet their softness sent heat raging through her. Remembering their kiss yesterday, she turned her head slightly and opened her mouth just a bit. Blake groaned in response. His gloved hand slipped along her jaw to the back of her neck and Nicki felt herself being drawn once again into that wonderful vortex of velvet passion where Blake Dylan held complete mastery. His tongue teased, flicking across her lips, her teeth, then deeper.

Generously, she returned the favor. This man could consume her—could drag her down into the blackness of his soul—and she would not care. As long as there was this.

Nicki edged closer. She pressed herself against his warmth, tightened her hold about his neck. Where their bodies melded together scorched her through her clothing, like standing too close to a blazing fire.

With a swift movement, Blake wrapped his arms about Nicki's waist and pulled her before him on the horse. Their lips broke apart and she stared up into his face, breathless, aching for . . . something. Something only he could provide.

“Enchantress.” With a groan, he crushed her mouth beneath his, as though he too suffered the same insatiable yearning.

The horse moved nervously beneath them, but Nicki clung to Blake, pulled against his neck to have him nearer to her—so near that they could never be separated. So close that they were one and the same person.

“Good God, Diamond! Nick?”

Alarm flashed through Nicki. She broke away from Blake and leapt toward the porch.

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