Touch of Magic by Carin Rafferty

Author:Carin Rafferty [Rafferty, Carin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks Inc.
Published: 2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The Lovers Card

Struggle Between Sacred

and Profane Love

RYAN LEANED BACK in his chair and eyed Shana skeptically. What she’d just said sounded ludicrous. Of course, so had just about everything else she’d told him so far, and all of it had been true.

But uncontrollable sexual urges? Involuntarily, he dropped his gaze to the front of her T-shirt. The fabric clung provocatively to her full breasts. As he stared at the faint outline of her nipples, he was suddenly hit with an overpowering need to strip her clothes off her.

This is nuts! I’m only responding to her because of her stupid prediction.

Unfortunately, that didn’t curb the feelings moving within him. He longed to see her naked. He yearned to touch her body—to revel in the softness of her skin. He craved to feel what his touch did to her, and then he would show her what her touch did to him. And now that he had a warlock’s power, he could do that and more.

Oh, God, yes. So much more!

He dragged his gaze back to her face. Her expression told him she was aware of his stirring desire, and the heated look in her eyes said she was willing—and ready—to succumb to him.

He might have succumbed himself if she hadn’t chosen that moment to say, “See. The urge is already beginning to surface. In a few more hours, you won’t be able to think of anything else, and it will happen every night until we’ve achieved procreation.”

“I’ll admit that I find you attractive, Shana, but I sure as hell can control myself,” he declared, irritated that he had fallen so easily into her trap.

“Maybe you can control yourself as a mortal, but you’re now functioning as a warlock—a newly mated warlock,” she rebutted.

“You gave me a damn necklace. That does not make us married,” he said impatiently. “Even if it did, there’s a very big hole in your uncontrollable lust theory.”

She eyed him dubiously. “A hole?”

He nodded. “You gave me the necklace last night. If what you’re saying is true, then why wasn’t I hot to trot then? It sure as hell was dark outside.”

“You had given me the sleeping potion, Ryan. My libido was dormant, and because it was, so was yours.”

“That’s absurd. A man’s libido is not dictated by a woman’s.”

“As I keep reminding you, I am a witch, not a woman, and at this point, you are a warlock, not a man. Witches and warlocks function quite differently from your race, particularly when they’ve mated.”

“Oh, come on,” he drawled derisively. “Sex is sex, regardless of the race.”

She looked as if she would disagree, but then she shrugged and said, “If you say so.”

It was such an overt attempt at humoring him that his temper flared. When he realized the breeze was again surfacing, he drew in a frustrated breath. He didn’t like having his emotions so readily apparent.

Forcing his temper back into check, he said, “I know that you believe what you’re saying, Shana, but you told me your race is in danger of extinction.

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