Iron Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City by Scott M.J

Author:Scott, M.J. [Scott, M.J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-04-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

SASKIA

He tasted dark and dangerous. Hot and sweet. His kiss was fierce, almost desperate, and an answering wave of desperate heat flowed up through me, making me wonder if my chain was burning. But no, it wasn’t the metal that was hot—it was my skin. As though all my nerves had sparked to life with wanting.

The chain against my throat was chill in comparison.

Fen pulled me closer, flush against him, so there was no escaping the evidence that he wanted me too. His erection pressed against me, sending another wave of pleasure shivering over me.

Desire. Gods. I wanted to lose myself in it, to chase away what had happened tonight, but I fought to keep my head above the rising tide of lust. To think rather than feel.

Because desire wasn’t the reason—or at least not the only reason—that he was kissing me, and with that realization came an equal one that if desire wasn’t the reason, then I didn’t want him to kiss me.

I pulled away, making the movement even more definite as he tried to pull me back toward him, until I was free from his grasp and several steps separated us.

“What did you do that for?” I said.

He looked both annoyed and half amused. “You wanted me to thank you.”

“You think that’s a thank-you?”

“I don’t usually get complaints.” His pupils were large, darkening his irises to a green like midnight.

“Then you are kissing the wrong sort of women.”

“Oh? What sort would that be?”

“Idiots,” I spat.

“You didn’t seem to mind.”

“Of course I mind!”

“Why? Didn’t you enjoy it?” His eyes narrowed. “You’re not a virgin, are you?”

“I mind,” I said slowly, ignoring his question. I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of answering. It was none of his business. “Because you were kissing me to make a point.”

“You’re wrong.”

Wrong? Did he think I was stupid? The chain around my neck suddenly felt very warm as my temper flared and I directed the power into the fire behind me, which suddenly whooshed to furious life. “Is that so? So why did you kiss me exactly?”

His eyes glittered dangerously, his mouth twisting, then relaxing before he spoke. “Because this has been a pretty horrible day, and right now I don’t want someone to hold my hand. What I want is another sort of touch altogether.”

My skin was catching on fire, I was sure of it. His voice seemed to slide over it like warm velvet, stoking the flames higher. “I—”

“Which is why you should leave. Because right now, I figure the only thing that might make me feel better would be tossing up your skirts and fucking you.”

My mind went blank as the breath left my lungs. And then with a rush, filled again with images of him doing exactly that.

My gaze slid to the bed, to the rumpled sheets, the dark velvet counterpane that was a deep and dangerous red. Deep enough to sink into. I could feel the cotton and velvet against my skin as truly as though I lay upon them, pressed into them with the weight of the man before me.

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