Rock Hard by LJ Vickery

Author:LJ Vickery [Vickery, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Erotic Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Published: 2014-07-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The next morning in the kitchen, blissfully unaware of Marduk’s turmoil and released from the next step in discovering her true bloodlines, Tess thought it a grand time to show off her little town to whichever gods would be interested. She bent over to pull on her boots before going outside and felt the back of her neck itch, instantly suspecting she was being observed. She glanced, upside down, between her legs.

“Don’t mind me,” Marduk smirked. “I’m just enjoying the view.”

Tess blushed crimson. “Nothing to see,” she intoned. “Move along.”

“And not appreciate the delicate contours of your flawless fanny?” he questioned incredulously.

Tess snickered. “Nobody uses the word fanny anymore.” Although, coming out of his mouth, it sounded way cool. She stood and looked at him, enjoying the view of his muscled chest wrapped in a black silk, long-sleeve T-shirt, and then there were those leathers. Sinful!

Marduk looked puzzled. “Of course they do.” He became quite insistent. “You, yourself told me while in the cemetery that I was to rummage in your fanny pack.”

“Well, yeah,” Tess agreed. “But that’s a fanny pack, not…” How would she ever explain it to him? “Never mind,” she conceded. “Fanny it is.”

Marduk looked smug and approached to pat the body part in question. “Nice jeans this morning, miss.” He bent to nuzzle her neck and was rewarded with a turned head and a quick kiss pressed to his ready lips, before Tess backed up a step. Wasn’t she feeling bold this morning!

“Enough of that,” she said, saucily. “You, me, and Enlil are headed to the Sunrise Diner for breakfast and, after that, I thought I’d show you around town, then maybe take a trip into Bangor to get you and Enlil some cell phones.”

“Cell phones,” he repeated numbly.

“Sure. Since it looks like the two of you are going to remain solid-like, at least around me, a means of communication wouldn’t be a bad idea.”

“You have a point,” he pondered. “I’ll have to ask Shamash for information on how to pay.” Tess let that sink in. Wow, the guy had probably never used a credit card before!

“Do any of your friends want to join us?” Tess wondered how she would keep herself from talking to the invisibles out loud in public. A good number of the townspeople were suspicious of her already, considering her far-from-stellar past. Adding schizophrenia to the list just wouldn’t do. She’d have to watch herself.

“I have a couple of them still stationed around the property on guard duty, and the rest have already left with your brother to work out at his gym.” He laughed happily. “It’s a huge treat for them to spar against someone whose every move they don’t have memorized. That’s one of the problems with being by ourselves for so long. Lack of diversity has made us stale.”

Tess was surprised at the admission. From what she’d seen, they had done a damned good job adapting to the world around them, using computers and television….and those motorcycles! She hadn’t thought of the physical handicaps they faced.

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