Reluctant Protector by Nana Malone

Author:Nana Malone [Malone, Nana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Anthologies, Gothic, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Superheroes, Collections & Anthologies, Series
Amazon: B006QSKP0A
Published: 2011-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Cassie didn’t like where this was going. Or maybe she liked it too much. He kept hold of her hand, stroking the inside of her wrist. Desire burned like a kindling flame where he touched her. “Let’s hear your theory,” she said.

He smiled that lopsided grin she liked so much, except now it held an air of danger. “True, there might be something about your pheromones or blood or whatever you did to heal me that makes me want you so bad. But the truth is, if I’d met you in a bar or on Match.com or something, I’d still do everything in my power to take you home.”

Heat flooded her cheeks. When he talked to her like that she felt like the heroine of every romance book she ever snuck off to read. “But something about me is altering your body and behavior on a cellular level. Sure, you’d be attracted under normal circumstances.” She sighed. “When I’m with you, I experience this magnetic pull, like gravity is forcing me to orbit around you. Do you feel that?”

His nod was slow as his brows furrowed. “I still don’t see how that’s any different than two people who are totally into each other.”

Cassie puffed a breath. “Most people feel an attraction and a need to be around each other, yes. But what we’re experiencing is unnaturally strong. Think about it. Under normal circumstances, would you ever wake to find yourself having sex with someone you barely knew?”

He grinned. “Only on a very good day.”

“Be serious, Seth.” She pulled her hand from his. “Until we know how I affect you, it’s better we keep some distance.”

“You were planning on leaving me behind, weren’t you? Back at the hotel? But something changed your mind.”

Her face flushed and she couldn’t meet his gaze. “Yes.”

Seth closed his eyes and breathed slowly. “Don’t you have to give me some instructions on my powers or something? I think I know you a little by now. You wouldn’t leave me before I could defend myself.” He kissed her neck.

Cassie sagged, deflated. He had a point. He needed to learn how to use his powers or he could get hurt. And he was an excellent kisser. Excuses, Excuses. “Uhm, Seth? While sleeping with you again would curl my toes, it might make you spontaneously combust or something. You slept with me once, next thing you know you’re blind. You want to risk something like that being permanent?” One of them had to use a rational brain.

Seth’s normally warm brown eyes narrowed as he cradled her face in his hands. “Well, funny you should mention the side effects. Because when I’m near you and we’re touching, I start to get these little glimpses.”

She grasped his forearm, tugging his hand from her face. She couldn’t think straight when he touched her. “What kind of glimpses? Is your vision graying when you get them? Like last time?”

“I think I have to test the theory more to be sure.”

The heat at her core radiated outward.

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