His Fire Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Michelle M. Pillow]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Demons & Devils, Psychics
Amazon: B016QSKD7E
Publisher: The Raven Books
Published: 2016-01-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Even before Dev lay down beside Violette, he knew he would betray the trust she’d shown him when she’d leaned against his body. The path for a man in his situation was pretty clear. He needed to escape his captors without leading them back to his crew, and before his friends decided to engage in a rescue mission. He didn’t want anyone hurt, not over him.

He touched Violette’s cheek as she slept. She was still clothed, and he was naked. Her parted lips acted like a lure to his, begging him silently for a kiss. He denied himself. He was good at denying himself. When the urge became almost too much to bear, he made himself picture each member of his crew, even baby Parker, and then he forced himself to imagine their ship exploding in a space battle that did not need to be. He made himself feel it until he experienced the pain fully.

Then he imagined this woman next to him, so stubborn in her cause, so hurt and alone, and he knew what a future of revenge would mean for her. She’d assembled a crew that would most likely give her little by the way of familial affection. There was nothing wrong with that, except humans tended to need some kind of emotional connection or other drives would take over. For Violette, that drive would be vengeance. It would consume her, and she would never stop coming after Josselyn until either or both sisters were dead. And for what? General Jack Stephans? To Josselyn, a century of good deeds would not erase the mass genocide of her people. To Violette, her father was not the man Josselyn had known before going inside her stone prison.

Violette’s soft breath tickled is cheek. The lights had dimmed in the room, the timer obviously indicating that it was nighttime on the ship. Still, he waited next to her in the quiet minutes longer than he needed to.

He had one advantage. Josselyn did not want Violette dead or harmed. Whereas Violette would never stop, and the longer she chased her sister, the more ingrained the hatred would become until there was nothing left of her soul.

Revenge would not bring Violette happiness. Maybe he could change her course. She’d hate him, but he’d give her a chance at a different life. He would save his crew, and hers. Dev would like knowing that she was there, out in the universe, a woman who had once touched him without fear or hesitance. She had done more for him than he could ever explain. With one gentle finger tracing his scars she’d made him feel as if he wasn’t a demon. She’d seen him as a man.

In a perfect universe, he’d kiss her now, those parted lips. He’d let her ease the ache in his body. Already his cock was tight with need. But to kiss her now would be a betrayal. She’d given him a single moment that he could hold on to for the rest of his days.

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