Unintended Guardian by Jami Gold

Author:Jami Gold [Gold, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Multicultural & Interracial, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
ISBN: 978-1-942928-00-3
Publisher: Blue Phoenix Press
Published: 2015-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Griff stared at his hand, willing it to leave his side and pull the blanket down and drench the room in deadly sunlight. Kala blocked his way, but she was only human. He could stop her with the ease of flicking a fly.

Her tiny hands caressed his bare chest. Sensations shot through him, energizing his limbs—and his groin. His gaze snapped to her face, where a smile as golden as the sun curved her lips.

“You’re right.” Her hand circled his nipple, eliciting feelings he didn’t know were possible. “You have suffered long enough. All I’m saying is that you should enjoy life a little before you end it all.”

Her fingertips dipped down his chest and skimmed along his waistband. Her meaning was clear enough that his jeans became tight as a certain body part voted for her plan. That wasn’t going to happen.

Logically, he should have broken her hold on his hip and moved back, but she deserved an explanation first. “Gryphons don’t sow wild grains, or whatever the human euphemism is. We take only one mate in our lifetime.”

“And you’ve already taken yours?”

“No, but—”

“Then let it be me. If you still want to kill yourself later, that’s your choice. But until then, live.” She stood on tiptoes, slid her hands behind his neck, and pulled his lips to hers, murmuring, “Let me first help you to live.”

Tingles sparked along his mouth even after she released him, and her challenge swam around his head like a siren’s song. Her offer was beyond tempting, despite going against everything he’d assumed about humans and how his life would unfold.

Would it be so bad to enjoy himself—at least once—before accepting his fate? If his life was forfeit anyway, the short lifespan of this human was irrelevant. And the other prohibition against befriending humans didn’t matter either, as he didn’t have a treasure for her to steal.

His reasons for avoiding her evaporated, and he bent down, giving in to his urges.

His lips grazed hers, slowly, tentatively. He was choosing to take the path that was wrong, yet it all felt right. Too right.

An ache burned in his chest with the desire for more. He once again surrendered and swept his tongue along her lips. She eagerly opened for him, and her taste flooded his mouth.

He absorbed her sweetness, her caring, her goodness and drank freely from everything she’d give him, as though she could somehow make him better by proxy. As though she could somehow make him worthy—worthy of living, worthy of his treasure.

Worthy of her.

She let him pull her into his arms, and her body molded against his. Everything about her was welcoming, accepting—stirring his desires. If only he could ignore the dishonor in his soul from losing his treasure and stay here. Right here.

This was home. This was perfection. This was everything he’d never known he wanted.

Heat burned through him. Although how much was passion and how much was shame at the realization of his yearning, he didn’t know.

How could he want her even more than regaining his treasure? His disgrace was complete.

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