Unexpected Places by V. K. Black

Author:V. K. Black [Black, V. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Ariana and Luke stared at each other for long seconds. Awe, excitement, joy — she read all those things in his eyes. She read them easily, because she felt them too.

Then his eyes hardened. Right at the exact same time reality dawned on her. She’d loved every minute of today. The almost sickening excitement of crawling through that dark tunnel, not knowing what would come next. The thrill of finding something so valuable and old and beautiful. That feeling of camaraderie they’d shared.

But now they were back to business. She had to steal those emeralds and save Jason. Oh, and she owed Luke sex.

Dragging her eyes away from his, she said, with an attempt at nonchalance, ‘I guess we need to get back to the boat before dark.’

Luke nodded, then folded the animal skin carefully around the two beautiful gems, and stowed them in the pocket of his boardshorts. ‘Yeah.’

They crawled, in total silence, back the way they’d come.

When they finally emerged into the afternoon sunlight outside the mountain, she took a huge gulp of fresh air, but the humid heat, after the relative coolness of the tunnels, hit her like a sludgy cosh. ‘The swim back to the boat will be great, won’t it?’ she remarked inanely, wanting to break the awkward silence.

‘Yeah.’

Great.

They started off toward the river. It was downhill this time, and easier going. ‘Thank goodness things cool down once the sun sets.’

He grunted this time. Could mean he agreed with her.

She knew she should shut up. His lack of communicativeness was annoying her, but she tried again, tossing over her shoulder as she slithered down a small hill, ‘What are we going to do tonight — I mean…’ Clamping her hand over her mouth, she felt herself flush. She sped up. Which was a mistake. Her feet slid from under her and she landed heavily on her bottom on the thick, wet grass.

Luke strode up beside her and helped her to her feet. ‘I know what you meant,’ he said harshly. ‘While we still have some sunlight, we’ll motor to where the two rivers meet and drop anchor. Then tomorrow, I’ll navigate around all those sandbanks.’

Wow, a whole speech.

Ariana nodded. Those blue eyes were so icy. Mr Intimidating sure was back with a vengeance. A wave of irritation washed over her.

Fine. You don’t trust me. Well that’s good, because you shouldn’t.

She kicked herself for getting all cosy with this man. Her only concern was Jason, which put Luke and herself on directly opposing sides.

Did he still want to have sex with her tonight? She glanced up at his frigid, hard face.

They reached the river and swam to the boat. Same delicious cold water. No smiles or yells this time. As she climbed aboard beside Luke, his eyes flicked over to her. Her T-shirt had ridden up over her bottom. Luke’s eyes lowered to her exposed thighs and pink panties.

And she had her answer. Her pelvis gave a huge throb. Yes. Sex was definitely on the menu tonight.

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