Scent of Danger by Autumn Dawn

Author:Autumn Dawn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781456516253
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-05-17T03:00:00+00:00

“You want me to do what?” Mathin paused with his chopsticks halfway to his mouth. The combination of an excellent dinner and his travel plans had distracted him from even Andrea’s enticing presence. Now he stared at her across the table, perplexed. What had caused this sudden change of heart?

“I’d like to you see in action.” Andrea flushed, uncomfortable with the lie. She kept her eyes down and took a sip of her wine. “After all, everyone says you’re so good.” From the sudden intensity of his expression, he found her reasons suspicious.

Uncomfortable under his knowing stare, she gave up. “I’m afraid you need the money and I’m keeping you from it.” There. She’d said it. Would he get mad?

Mathin’s lips twitched. For a moment he regarded her, torn between amusement and consternation. He’d never imagined this situation would develop, but he was used to Haunt women, who knew all about him. “How did you…” The realization that she had never seen him in more than his simple room and the most utilitarian of clothes hit him. “Never mind.”

“It’s not like it matters to me, but you were so upset about going back to your estate that I thought—”

“It’s all right,” he assured her. He didn’t want to explain about his past now. Better to reassure her of the future. “But you don’t have to worry about money. I have easily more than ten times what Ellipse is offering as enticement.” Cash, at any rate. It would take longer to count the worth of his numerous stags and investments, not to mention his estate. “There’s no need to be concerned.”

“Oh.” Now she felt foolish, but how could she have known? It wasn’t as if he wore a sign or something.

He watched her for a moment. “However, I wouldn’t mind entering the tournament if you’d agree to be a prize. It will be the last time I have such an opportunity.” Besides, he wished to gift her with the prize. She should have something of her own.

Andrea’s resolve crumbled at the sight of his sexy smile. Only a few more days and she could do something about the hot buttered rum he made of her insides. “Well...maybe this once.”

The smile became dazzling. She felt a little faint. “Just don’t make a habit of it.”

He stared at her red, full lips, very tempted to taste them. Had she used cosmetics? They were especially glossy and ripe-looking this evening.

“A couple more days,” she warned him, breathless. He had to stop looking at her like that.

Her scent curled around him, tried to mesmerize him as it played on his roused passions. It took a tremendous act of will to close his eyes and force his thoughts elsewhere. “After the tournament, then.”

The gravelly whisper set her hands to trembling. It was difficult to leave them in her lap when she wanted more than anything to touch him. Her throat felt tight. “After the tournament.”

He stood, carefully leaving the breadth of the table between them. “I would kiss you goodnight, but it wouldn’t end with a kiss.

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