Under His Wing (King of Prey Book 7) by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour, LLC
Published: 2018-09-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

After several deep breaths, Lisa collected her thoughts enough to speak. “What are you doing?”

He splayed his hand under her butt. “I’m not sure.”

The smallest of laughs came from her. “Way to instill confidence.”

He slid his hand from her hair to her neck. He cupped her head, tilting it back more as he stared at her lips.

“Are you going to kiss me?” she asked, her voice sounding weak and high-pitched.

“More than likely,” he returned, raw determination on his face.

She gulped.

He rubbed his body against hers and continued to fixate on her mouth. “When I learned what they were doing, I panicked. I thought they had you. I thought I’d get here too late.”

She wasn’t sure what the hell the man was talking about. That was nothing out of the ordinary. Gardelle was different from most men she knew. With that said, this was strange, even for him. “Huh?”

“You smell incredible.”

She blinked up at him. “Um, thanks?”

He put his face into her hair and inhaled again, growling slightly, the sound turning her on more. His lips met her ear and he planted tiny kisses there, placing them along her neck and then her jaw. He got to her lips and stopped just shy of kissing them. Instead, he remained there, unmoving.

Lisa fought the urge to turn into the kiss. Gardelle was important to her, despite the fact she wasn’t to him…despite his bizarre behavior. She didn’t want to risk chasing him off for good. Or worse yet, incur the wrath of her bestie. Sabrina was always lecturing Lisa on how dangerous it was to be so wanton and wild. So sexually demanding of different men. If Sabrina found out Lisa was close to demanding a whole lot more from Gardelle, she’d flip her lid and lose her shit.

Dramatics would ensue.

That was never good.

Gardelle eased his lips over the corner of her mouth and Lisa’s willpower wavered.

It was weak.

Dammit.

“Gardy?”

He licked her lower lip—and Lisa shot out of his embrace, putting a good two feet between them. She knew her expression more than likely made her look like a mad woman. She couldn’t help it. She was too stunned to bother masking her reactions.

He reached for her and she dodged his grasp, instead bending and retrieving her car keys from the ground.

She stood, keeping her distance from Gardelle. “Don’t take offense to this. You’re a really strange guy. But you’re acting even stranger. I didn’t know that was possible. Something is really different here and it’s kind of wigging me out.”

He licked his lips. “I suppose to you, I seem different.”

“Seem? Uh, try are different. Very different,” she returned, watching him carefully, wondering if he really had been drinking. He seemed sober. Then again, she’d never seen him shit-faced, so she really wouldn’t know the difference.

He glanced upwards, appearing nervous. He reached for her. “Lisa, come. I need to get you somewhere safe. Somewhere that isn’t out in the open or close to a portal.”

She pointed at him. “All of what you just said is weird.

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