Know Me When the Sun Goes Down by Olsen Lisa

Author:Olsen, Lisa [Olsen, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2017-06-17T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

I didn’t see Bishop again that night until nearly dawn, and then there was barely time for more than a few kisses and promises to spend some time the next night together.

Now, I knew in Bishop-speak that good intentions did not exactly translate into spending more time together, especially when the Order came calling. So I was pleasantly surprised when his knock came shortly after sunset. Bridget was still passed out on the bed, so I opened the door myself, wearing my nightdress and wrapper.

Bishop’s ready smile turned to astonishment, his eyes raking over me as if he’d never seen a woman in her dressing gown before. They lingered over my curves from where the belt knotted tightly over my waist, and the way my hair spilled loose over my shoulders. And then he cleared his throat. “Oh, I’ve disturbed you. Forgive me, I’ll return when you’ve had a chance to...”

“It’s fine, Bishop,” I smiled, laying a hand on his arm before he pulled a retreat. “Come on in. I’ve just poured out some tea, would you like a cup?”

“No, I’m fine, thank you,” he said stiffly.

“Is something the matter?” I looked down at my clothes, smoothing the fabric over my middle. “Everything’s covered up, isn’t it?”

“Yes, of course. It’s... I’ve never seen you with your hair down before,” he said, hands clenching into fists as though he wanted to reach out and touch it.

“Is that all? I happen to know that you’ve seen many women with their hair down before,” I pointed out with a faint smile.

“None with your ethereal beauty.”

Where had that come from? My Bishop wasn’t particularly given to overblown compliments, and this one seemed an odd mixture of the hard bitten vampire cop I’d come to love with some of those courtly behaviors still intact. “You say the sweetest things,” I sighed, needing a sip of tea before I threw myself into his arms and really embarrassed us both.

“I know it’s untoward, my coming to your bedchamber without an invitation.”

“Oh, you can consider yourself invited to my bedroom anytime. I mean you can stop by to visit at any time, not as in I’m inviting you to my bed,” I said quickly, not wanting him to get the wrong idea. Then again, who was I kidding? I wanted that and more from him. But I wasn’t supposed to know him, and I didn’t want him thinking I invited guys I’d barely kissed into my bed on the regular either. “Was there, um... some reason in particular you stopped by, or just wanted to visit?”

Bishop’s smile grew in direct proportion to the heat that rose in my cheeks. “I had some time before I’m due for patrol, and I thought I might ask a boon of you. Though it is a bit... unusual of a request.”

“Oh? Well then, request away,” I smiled, wondering what he might possibly come up with.

“From the first moment we met, you intrigued me. But never as much as when we met in combat.

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