Song of the Ancients (Ancient Magic Book 1) by Sandy Wright

Author:Sandy Wright [Wright, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kal-Ba Publishing
Published: 2015-05-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32: Lilith

The change of plans couldn't have gone better if he'd orchestrated it himself, Nicholas thought as he and Lilith got into his car to leave. Samantha was upset, but he would deal with her later. "Could we have dinner?" he asked. "If you have no other plans for this evening."

Lilith looked surprised but nodded.

He turned off the forest road and headed west, not toward Sedona, but to Jerome. "I think tonight's dinner should be a special affair," he said smoothly. "I have just the place in mind."

* * * * *

"Nice choice. Are you trying to impress me?" Lilith looked around the candlelit room. "I've always wondered about this place. People say it's haunted."

They sat on the enclosed balcony of The Asylum, a restaurant in Jerome's Grand Hotel, so named because it was a miners' hospital, which also housed a mental ward.

Nicholas stared moodily outside at the breathtaking view down the mountain, wondering how to broach the topic of her old boyfriend.

"Nicholas?"

Directness would probably not be the best tactic. He turned away from the dark mountainside and gave his guest a slow smile, looking first at her lips and then sliding his gaze up to her eyes.

"It is haunted." He crossed his arms on the table and leaned in toward her. "I stayed here when I first arrived in Arizona. I woke up in the middle of the night and my room was freezing."

She shrugged. "So?"

He moved closer, brought his lips to her ear and breathed softly before speaking, noting with satisfaction when she gave a little shiver. "It was July, hot as hell, and the windows were open." He leaned away from her, again pleased when she inclined toward him, as if an invisible gossamer string attached them. "I woke to hear someone crying and moaning next to the bed."

"So you weren't alone?"

"There were no other living beings with me." He dropped his gaze again to her lips. "As I said, the hotel is haunted." He leaned in again. "But if you don't believe me, I could book a …."

Nicholas let his comment hang between them while the waiter uncorked their Shiraz, pouring a bit for him to sample.

Lilith slipped off her shoe and worked her bare foot under Nicholas's pant cuff and up his leg as he nodded and the waiter filled their glasses. "You were saying?" she prompted when they were again alone.

Nicholas swirled the dark liquid in his wine glass, letting the silence draw out, and doing his best to ignore her toes working their way up his calf. "I don't want to make this awkward for you," he began. She had been ridiculously easy to draw in. No wonder Nuin had taken advantage of her.

She moved her foot further up his leg, smiling.

Perhaps direct would be better. Before she molested him under the table. "I think I should explain why I invited you out tonight."

She wrapped both feet around his leg and pulled it between her knees under the table. "Why don't you show me instead?"

Nicholas gently untangled his leg from hers, noting her confusion and then hurt.

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