Seven Secrets of Seduction by Anne Mallory

Author:Anne Mallory
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Element #1: It isn’t just essential to entice your prey, but you must make absolutely certain that you are the only thing on her mind morning, noon, and night.

The Eight Elements of Enchantment (work in progress)

He smiled at her, confidently walking backward without a thought as to where he would place his feet, already seeming to know the route. It should have been a disquieting thought that he had been here before and knew the area so well that he had it memorized, but she simply followed the spell and let him pull her into the darkened corridors. The twining hedges and sleeping flowers.

The lamps were sparse at the beginning of the path, only serving to cast enough light to increase the shadows and make the scene more intimate. The moon was a chipped disk, three-quarters full, increasing the feel.

She was tired of fighting it, fighting the urge to see, explore, feel.

A small area opened around the path. A place made just for a couple who wished to stop and enjoy themselves in one way or another. A brass sculpture of a cupid in flight nestled in the green stalks.

His fingers caressed hers. “What would your expert on seduction say about this scene?”

She looked around her, at the way the moonlight caught the closed edges of a flower, like a lover in wait. “You haven’t seemed very receptive to my attempts to translate previously. You are either a glutton for punishment, or it is I.”

“Or perhaps I just desire to hear you speak in your enraptured tones. To feel your voice wrap around and squeeze me.” He followed her eyes and touched the edges of the closed petals. “Come, what secret describes this scene?”

“Enjoy everything around you, even if you’ve seen it a thousand times before?” She said it as lightly as she could, as was often the case around him. She never knew whether to treat his attention as lingering amusement or seriousness.

His fingers touched her chin, lifting it softly. “Even should I see you a thousand times. Each time would be a new lure.”

She swallowed around the tightness in her throat. “You must be lured frequently.”

“Not often enough.” There was a ring of truth to the words that made her heart pick up more speed. Rationally, she knew that she was merely Miranda Chase, commoner, but he always made her feel as if she were something much more.

“You should write your own book, your lordship. Bottle your secrets.”

One brow rose, and his fingers moved along the edge of her chin and brushed the hair behind her ear, lingering there, the lightest touch of pressure urging her forward.

“I’d rather discover yours.” His fingers slipped down the side of her throat and over her shoulder.

“Oh?” she said faintly.

“Oh, yes.” The words tickled the heated flesh of her cheek. “I want to taste your secrets.” His lips grazed her earlobe and whispered into her core. “Will you let me, Miranda?”

Her fingers rose without conscious thought, up to his shoulders, and curled around, gripping the strength beneath with finality.

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