The Deathtaker by SL Baum

Author:SL Baum [Baum, SL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Krista was on her couch, half asleep, when she heard a knock at the door. She’d changed into pajama shorts and a t-shirt and then put on a movie, when she got back from the diner, but she had ended up dozing off about half way through. Krista sat up and stretched her arms above her head, letting out a yawn. “Coming,” she mumbled.

The scratch in her throat as she uttered the single word reminded her of the mint tea she’d left on the table before falling asleep. Krista reached for the glass and took a gulp as another knock sounded. “I’m coming,” she said a little louder, standing up from the couch. She put her hands in her hair and rubbed her scalp; a little blood flow to the brain always helped to wake her up. Her grandmother had sworn by it.

When she opened the door, Sam took one look at her tired eyes and tousled hair and gave her an apologetic smile. “I woke you. Sorry.”

Krista rubbed her face. “I must have been exhausted. I don’t even remember closing my eyes. Come in.”

Sam stepped forward, closing the door behind him. “I stayed a little later than usual so I could close up with Jim. Opal and Pete took off right after you did.”

Krista leaned against the wall and smiled. “They are so cute together.”

Sam noticed his two swans on the table near the couch and placed the fortune teller down beside them. “I thought you might want this, since it tells the truth and all.”

“Yeah, yeah. Sam’s the greatest.”

Sam stepped closer to Krista and placed his arms on either side of her shoulders, his palms pressing into the wall. Krista looked into his eyes, suddenly awake. She felt the heat of his body as he leaned forward, getting even closer to her. She arched her back, an automatic response to his nearness, wanting to close the gap between them.

“I really want to kiss you,” Sam told her in a quiet voice.

Krista’s only answer was to quickly bring her mouth to his. She placed her hands on his hips and pulled him against her. Sam closed his eyes as his body pressed her flat against the wall. He moved his hands to the sides of her face, kissing her with abandon. Krista softly moaned against his mouth, and Sam could feel flames igniting inside him.

He pulled back and looked at her. “I’ve been picturing this in my head for weeks, maybe since the day I met you.”

Krista’s chest heaved as she tried to catch her breath. “You hated me then,” she reminded him.

Sam shook his head. “I tried to. It didn’t work.”

He brought his mouth down on hers, hungry for the taste of her once again. Krista moved her hands under Sam’s shirt, gripping his back, pulling him even closer to her. She nipped at his upper lip and drew his bottom lip into her mouth, sucking on the flesh. She leaned her head back slowly, dragging her teeth across the tender skin as she released his lip from her mouth.

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