Midnight Raider by Thacker Shelly

Author:Thacker, Shelly [Thacker, Shelly]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Summit Avenue Books
Published: 2015-02-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

A warm breeze ruffled the curtains, afternoon sunlight spilling through the window. Elizabeth awakened to the sound of her name. She sat up, rubbing at a kink in her neck, realizing she must have slept for hours.

“Elizabeth…”

Marcus was calling to her. His eyes still closed, he was tossing restlessly on the bed.

Oh God, no, had he become feverish? She moved to his side even before she completed the frightening thought.

She placed a hand to his forehead… and felt relieved to find his skin cool.

He flinched at her touch, opening his eyes.

“Are you all right?” she whispered, sitting on the edge of the mattress, noting that his gaze seemed clear. “You called out in your sleep.”

“I’m fine. I was… dreaming.” He blinked up at her, drowsily, as if he expected her to disappear in the daylight with the rest of his dream.

“It would appear that we’ve slept half the day.” She nodded toward the window, keeping her voice low. “If you’re feeling well enough, we should probably leave soon.”

“We should,” he agreed.

The lamp that still glowed on the night table bathed his bare skin with flickering fire—and she noticed that his every muscle seemed tense.

Only then did she realize that she was still leaning close to him… and still touching him, her fingers stroking through his hair as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

But she didn’t stop.

The flat planes of his chest rose and fell rapidly, the sound of his breathing harsh in the stillness of the room. “Elizabeth…”

She could hear a question in his tone, and a warning.

But she couldn’t make herself retreat from him. Without conscious thought, she moved her hand slowly downward, to the rough texture of the beard that shadowed his jaw. Her fingers explored the muscles of his neck, the broad, hard angles of his shoulders, the mat of crisp hair covering his chest.

“Elizabeth… sweetheart…”

She could feel his heart beating fast beneath her palm. Almost as fast as hers. Their gazes met and held.

Marcus remained still beneath her, his expression at once tender and scorching. “I thought we agreed that we weren’t going to… do anything… like this.”

He was being gallant again. The way he always was with her. For some reason, that brought tears to her eyes.

“Marcus…” She shook her head. “I don’t want to think about our agreement anymore.”

His voice was strained. “What do you want?”

She didn’t know if she could put it into words. It was too new, too overwhelming. All she knew was that no man had ever made her feel the way he did. Set her heart racing. Claimed her every thought.

Filled her with a need to be closer to him.

“I want… now,” she murmured. “All I want is now. I don’t want to think about anything but this moment… and you.” She took a deep breath. “And I don’t want to feel afraid anymore.”

She leaned closer to him, bracing her other hand on the mattress.

His eyes darkened, turning smoky with that look she had seen so many times before.

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