Insurrection [Nevermore] by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon [Kenyon, Sherrilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nemesis Publications
Published: 2017-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Daria froze at the sight of Josiah’s bare back, and the way his muscles rippled. Her breath caught in her throat as a raw, unexpected wave of desire tore through her and left her speechless and hot.

Holy gods...

Had anyone ever told her that she’d feel such for a human being she’d have laughed them off the planet.

Yet there was no denying the way her heart picked up its pace as he quickly added weapons to the concealed holster at his waist and underarms. Worse? Unwanted fantasies of her running her hands over his body flashed through her mind faster than she could stop them.

What is wrong with me?

She hated humans.

But they weren’t supposed to look the way he did. Ripped and lean. Handsome beyond measure. Delectable.

Lickable.

He was exceptionally well formed, for any species.

And when he turned and caught her staring at him with the full weight of her teenage hormonal surge, she felt heat instantly scald her cheeks. Time seemed to stand still as he froze with one hand on the locker door.

For several agonizing heartbeats he said nothing as her mortification claimed her completely. They merely stood there in awkward silence.

Until he pulled his shirt over his head and closed the locker in front of him. “Did you need something?”

That deep, resonant voice sent another shiver over her. It made her entire body tingle. Stop it, Daria! Get a hold of yourself! She wasn’t some prepubescent child. Technically, she was a grown Maten.

Though at the moment, she felt some inexplicable urge to giggle and hide her face.

Or runaway and hide.

Yeah, that would be a bad idea.

So, she made herself take a step toward him and at least pretend like she still had some sort of brain activity. “I just wanted to thank you. It was rude of me not to do so earlier.”

He tucked a peculiar black knife into a sheath at the base of his spine. “It’s fine. I wasn’t expecting any kind of thanks.”

From the likes of you. He wasn’t rude enough to add that last bit out loud, but the tone of his voice implied it.

As he started past her, she stopped him. His nearness hit her with another wave of desire that made a mockery of the earlier one. Every part of her was alert to him now. And it took everything she had not to kiss those lips that seemed to be made for just such a thing.

She drew a ragged breath, wishing that they weren’t so different. “I also wanted to say that I was sorry, Commander. I didn’t mean to get anyone hurt.”

Josiah hesitated as he saw real remorse in her dark eyes. And he hated himself for letting it weaken him. She was a Drab. Plain and simple.

His worst enemy. She symbolized everything he despised in this world.

Yet when she stood this close to him, with her hand on his forearm, all he saw was an attractive woman.

A scared, vulnerable one. Especially given the way her hand lingered and trembled on his flesh.

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