Pleasure: The Shadowdwellers by Jacquelyn Frank

Author:Jacquelyn Frank [Frank, Jacquelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, General, Romance, Paranormal, Love stories, Man-woman relationships, Occult fiction, Supernatural
ISBN: 9781420104240
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2009-09-01T03:03:34+00:00

Guin left Malaya.

He had to. He left her in a room full of trusted friends who were fine warriors and would defend her with their all if need be, but with or without them, he couldn’t stand there another instant and watch the obscenely torturous display of Malaya in her glory. Not after what she’d done to him. Guin couldn’t make himself breathe properly. He had to stop around the nearest corner, leaning against the wall, supported by his palms and forehead as he drew hard for breath. His whole body was racked with tremors of repressed need and he felt painful emotion stinging down his throat and behind his eyes.

“Enough,” he rasped aloud to himself as he squeezed his eyes tightly shut. “Enough, now, you stupid bastard.”

He heard a sound and his eyes flew open just as a young woman passed near him. She looked at him curiously but pretended to mind her own business as she moved on. Suddenly he turned on her, grabbing hold of her arm and pinning her to the wall with a jolt.

“Your name,” he demanded of her, rapidly turning her away to face the wall so all he could see of her was the black fall of her hair. She made small gasps with each rough maneuver he subjected her to.

“Elysa,” she said, “I’m supposed to be here, Ajai Guin.”

“You mistake me, pretty one,” he said roughly against her hair as he drew up tightly against her. She was the right height, though not as fit. Her hair was black, but mostly straight. Still, she would do for his needs. “I’m not looking to detain you in the way you think.”

His hands fell to her hips and he closed his eyes as he drew her back into his hard and aching body. The image of the woman he wanted swam into his mind.

“Say no, if you will,” he warned her, letting his hands ride across her belly. He knew she couldn’t mistake him. She knew what it was he needed.

“I won’t,” she gasped.

“Then do as I say. Don’t speak. Don’t turn to me. And most of all, forget this as soon as it’s done. Do you accept those terms?”

“Yes, Ajai.”

“Good.” Guin ran his hands down her arms and drew them up to pin her wrists in his hand above her head. The servant’s sari defied his imagination, so he closed his eyes again. He drew forth the image of mocha skin and teasing scraps of knotted silk. He groaned at the mere thought of her, his heartbeat turning fitful. The warm body against him was soft and welcoming, and he reached for the buckle of his belt quickly.

As he did this, he lowered his face into her hair and naturally took a breath in. The scent of peppermint filled his senses and he froze into total stillness. The fantasy he was trying to hold shattered with every ease and he knew…

…just as he had always known…

No matter how desperate—no matter how insane with need—he couldn’t touch another woman.

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