The Falcon Finds His Mate by Candace Colt

Author:Candace Colt [Colt, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Spiders crawled up Jess’s spine. Ryan didn’t mean loving a stallion. Time to straighten things out before they stumbled into quicksand.

Fingers interlaced behind her, she edged to the front door with an eye to an escape route. "I need to talk to you about something else."

"No need." He fiddled with his tools. "The kiss shouldn’t have happened."

Of all the things he could have said, that? Shouldn’t have happened? "Why not?" She popped her palm over her mouth. Uh. Oh.

His hands froze over his workbench. "What did you say?"

Her eyes darted around the room’s four corners then froze on a door that was slightly ajar; a bedroom. Coming here may have been a huge mistake. But around him again, her anger dissipated and in its place, desire.

He coaxed her arms forward. "After further consideration, why not, indeed?"

With a gentle touch, he ran his hands up her arms and pulled her close. Then he glided his fingers along her jaws, softly tilting her head toward his. His lips grazed hers. Questioning. Wanting more.

Though her hands found their way around his neck, his hunger challenged her common sense. If she gave in, any caution messages from the universe would be forever silenced.

If…His lips sealed over hers.

She…Their tongues played.

Gave in…A guttural moan rose from his chest.

Jess broke the kiss. "Wait. We have to stop."

Eyes half shut, Ryan complied but didn’t release her. "What’s wrong?"

That was just it. Nothing was wrong. Jess had built a case for apologizing to Ryan. The plan was to say good-bye, not to be in his arms again.

Every automatic piston in her body had fired. Her breasts had swelled against his chest. A heaviness between her legs cried for relief. And his growing need responded.

"Jess."

His deep voice wrapped around her like a warm comforter. She rested her forehead against him as he rubbed small circles on her back.

After a long moment, he asked, "Is it because I’m a shifter?"

She wanted to shout ‘no’ to him; to the world; to herself. The truth was, she couldn’t.

"Maybe," she whispered.

"What am I right now?"

"A man." Fully human, gorgeous, and handsome.

His hand ran down her thigh, paused, then lifted her leg to his hip. She raised the other leg, locking her feet around him.

With a firm grip on her bottom, Ryan carried her to his apartment threshold where they interrupted their kiss, both panting as his eyes searched hers for indecision.

She pulled him close, sealed her lips on his, as he kicked open the door.

*~*

While Ryan took a business call, Jess waited outside on the small brick patio. She traced the filigreed pattern on a wrought iron table; every curve matched her twisting thoughts.

The plan had been to strike a peace deal so she wouldn’t have to duck around corners every time she saw him.

Instead, she’d gone willingly to his bed and didn’t regret a moment. She’d never forget this day. Nor would her lips, swollen from their kisses.

Or how her skin prickled where he had caressed her body, or how firm and full he felt inside her.

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