Hidden Heart, Book 2 of the Hidden Trilogy (Fantasy) by Patrick Amy

Author:Patrick, Amy [Patrick, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Oxford South Press
Published: 2015-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

First Loves

Again, his lips brushed my neck, this time with more pressure. I shivered, and his large, warm hands coasted up and down my upper arms, soothing away the chill bumps. Nox kissed a path down to my shoulder then back up to the sensitive spot behind my ear.

All the while I stood perfectly still, my chest rising and falling rapidly and my heart pounding wildly, while the rest of me felt incapable of movement.

Was this sexual glamour? Or was it just Nox? Maybe it was a rebound reaction to the news about Lad and Vancia tonight. Maybe it was the natural culmination of weeks of being in each other’s presence in a strange situation full of pressures and unknown threats. Mutual attraction to be sure. Mutual loneliness as well?

Whatever it was, it was filling my belly with warmth, injecting my limbs with the urge to turn around and lift my arms to him, wrap them around his neck and kiss him back.

Perhaps sensing my reaction or growing impatient with my lack of response, Nox dropped his hands to my waist and turned my body, bringing us face-to-face. “Ryann,” he whispered.

I thought he was about to ask permission to kiss me.

He didn’t.

That wasn’t Nox’s style. He brought a hand up to cup my jaw and the side of my neck and pulled me in for his mouth to claim, taking the kiss he wanted. And oh how he kissed. He licked and sucked and pulled at my lips, tilting his head to the side, angled even closer. The scent of his skin filled my nostrils, the soft sound of his urgent breathing sent my pulse into erratic rhythms.

Pulling away slightly, Nox spoke against my mouth. “God, Ryann, you taste so good, you feel so good to me. I want you so much.”

I nodded, wanting him, too. I couldn’t deny it. He was so beautiful, so intoxicating. His touch was maddening, and the way he kissed me made me feel desired, wanted. Lad no longer wanted me, but someone did. And that someone was right here, staring into my eyes.

Nox must have read my nod as some sort of agreement because he scooped me into his arms and carried me toward the bed, which as advertised, was enormous. The out-of-body sense of peace and rightness lifted a fraction, allowing a sliver of rationality to slip in, followed by a thrill of alarm.

What are we doing? This is getting serious.

Nox set me gently in the center of his bed then backed away as if admiring the sight of me there. A dreamy smile spread across his face, and his eyelids went heavy as he took me in with an unmistakable look of hunger.

“Look at you,” he whispered and blew out a long, slow breath. He lifted the bottom of his shirt and pulled it over his head in one movement, letting it fall to the floor.

Oh help. His body was amazing. What was I going to do? On one hand, I was right where I wanted to be.

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