Viper's Kiss by Shannon Curtis

Author:Shannon Curtis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2011-01-23T23:00:00+00:00

Maggie stood just inside the motel room, looking around the dingy interior with some misgiving. A neon light from a bar across the road bathed the room in periodic bordello-red flashes, despite the brown curtain she’d drawn across the window.

A queen-sized bed with a green and brown patterned quilt that looked like commando-camouflage baby vomit took up most of the space. Scarred wooden bedside tables sported lamps that looked like they were bought at a yard sale in the seventies, as well as a phone perched atop the local phonebook. Only one lamp worked, and it cast a weak golden light that had no effect on the gloom. An ancient television stand stood at the end of the bed, almost entirely blocking the path to what she assumed was an equally dingy bathroom.

Luke entered, closed the door behind him and leaned against it. Tall, blond and too damn dangerous for her peace of mind. Normally she wasn’t moved by a man’s good looks. She prided herself on being far too intelligent to fall for a pair of sexy blue eyes, but Luke was something else. He was a man of substance. He’d risked his life to save hers. Twice. He stared at her, his expression inscrutable. Silence filled the room.

“You drew the short straw, huh?” she said in a vain attempt to lighten the mood. Luke, Drew and Noah had held a furiously whispered conference outside the door for several minutes before Luke had finally pulled away and entered the room. She guessed they were discussing who would take first watch with her. They didn’t trust her. Luke didn’t trust her. She didn’t know why that hurt, but it did.

She looked down at the brown stained carpet. Memories of the scorching kiss they’d shared in a stranger’s backyard lanced through her. What had she been thinking? Well, obviously she hadn’t been thinking, she mused.

She wished she could say he’d overwhelmed her, but she’d wanted that kiss just as much as he had. Maybe even more. She was the good girl, the clever student who spent her time reading and studying. Good grief, she hadn’t even left the library after college, instead completing her masters so that she could forever remain surrounded by books, reading and studying. She was tired of thinking everything through, assessing possible outcomes. In that moment with Luke in the garden, she had just wanted to do something. Not plan it, not analyze it, just do it. And it had been wonderful.

Luke cleared his throat. “Uh, look, about before…”

She shook her head as she looked up. “No, it’s okay.” She knew what he was about to say. She didn’t want him to apologize for what had happened. Then she would have to feel sorry herself for the first time she actually let her heart rule her head. And she didn’t want that.

Luke frowned. “No, it’s not okay. It was unprofessional—”

She held up her hand to halt his apology. “Look, it’s perfectly natural. These things happen.”

Luke frowned again. “They do?”

Maggie shook her hair back as she took a deep breath.

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