Oria's Gambit by Jeffe Kennedy

Author:Jeffe Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, magic, fantasy paranormal romance, romance adults
Publisher: Jeffe Kennedy

~ 10 ~

He almost regretted asking the question, because she stiffened warily. Not, however, as much as she would have even a short time before, so he was making inroads on earning her trust. Maybe enough to push her a little further. And, if he hadn’t gotten as far as he hoped, how she responded to this request would let him know where the boundaries lay. All the better to strategize how to shift them.

“Want me to brush your hair in return?” she asked, in that prim voice that told him she didn’t want him to know how she felt.

He laughed. “Spoken like a person with straight hair. I have to use a comb on mine, with lots and lots of oil.”

“I know how to use a comb, Lonen.”

“All right, then that would be welcome.” In fact, he might greatly enjoy having her tend him in turn. “But that’s not what I’m asking for right now.”

“What then?” she prompted, with some impatience. Wanting to get it over with, perhaps, and clearly suspicious.

He put his lips close to the delicate curve of her ear. She shivered so deliciously when he murmured into it that he couldn’t wait to experience her response when he licked her there. And elsewhere.

“I’d like to see you naked,” he murmured.

As he expected, she tried to pull away, but didn’t get far with his hand firmly wrapped in her hair. “Don’t fly away, Oria. I’m just asking. You can say no.”

“I’m saying no.” But she was breathless, a high blush on her fair cheekbones. “Let me go.”

“As my queen commands.” He released her hair with some regret, already missing the silky mass of it sliding through his hands. Oria immediately leapt away, putting several feet between her and the bed. To his good fortune, in her haste she also forgot that the bright sunshine from the terrace silhouetted her slender form in the thin silk gown, her hair a shining cape around her. He folded his hands behind his neck, preparing for whatever lecture she intended to deliver, and enjoying the view in the meanwhile. Particularly the enticing triangle between her shapely thighs.

“Why?” she demanded.

He dragged his gaze back up to her face, though he couldn’t read much of her expression with the light behind her. “I already told you.”

She threw up her hands in exasperation. “And you think this will make you happy, being able to see me naked and not being able to do anything about it.”

“I wouldn’t agree I can’t do anything about it.”

“Sometimes you seem so smart and then you constantly forget that—”

“I haven’t forgotten,” he stopped her there, sharply. “Enough of trying to make it seem that way. Seeing you will give me something to picture when I use my own fist for relief.”

She went so still that he dearly wished to get a glimpse of her expression, but moving to see better might startle her.

“I have absolutely no idea how to respond to that,” she finally said, her tone faint.

“What shocks

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