Where Demons Fear to Tread by Stephanie Chong

Author:Stephanie Chong [Chong, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781408951866
Google: tKQVu06AftsC
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Published: 2011-09-16T06:05:44+00:00

Julian was losing his grip on his demon’s nature.

Once again, he watched her go. He heard her door shut, and the sound of the lock clicking echoed in the marble-floored suite. It was the sound of finality, and in this moment it felt as though she was barred from him forever.

Drawing a shaky hand through his hair, he collapsed back on the bed, breathing in shallow pants until the intense feeling of loss passed. How he had managed to remain so casual at the end was a mystery to him, when he’d wanted to dive between her spread legs and taste her, to tease her for an hour or so until she finally came. He’d wanted to take her by the hips, to drive into her until the words demon and angel had disappeared from her vocabulary and she was reduced to a quivering mass of boneless contentment.

Screw waiting. He’d flung those words out carelessly, because there was nothing else he could say. He stared at the ceiling, still fully erect and frustrated on more than just a physical level. He wanted her, no, he needed her in more than just body. He needed her in soul. That is, if he even had a soul anymore.

Briefly it crossed his mind that he had a key to her door, and that he was fully capable of using it. In the past, he would have done so without remorse. He would have gained access to her room, and easily overcome her faltering willpower.

But now? What was stopping him?

Absolutely nothing. Rising from the bed, he opened the door and paced out into the living room. Went to stand by her door, listened for noise from within. Heard only silence. His hand, holding the plastic card key, hovered over the doorknob for a very long moment.

A single swipe of the key would open the lock. One small push of the door would open it.

The only thing that prevented him from going in was a promise.

He marched back into his own bedroom, bolted his own door shut, turned off the lights and cursed the thoughts that rushed into his mind.

Somewhere along the line, although he didn’t know where or when, this had stopped being a game of seeing whether he could seduce an angel. She was no longer just another passing conquest, or a challenge to alleviate his boredom.

He was dangerously close to falling in love.

Who ever heard of a demon in love?

Lust, he could handle. Lust could be easily slaked by any number of women who would be more than willing to satisfy his needs. No, lust was not the problem. By far the more disturbing emotion was a vague feeling throbbing in the center of his chest, infecting him like a virus integrating itself into his body. Perhaps it was too early to call it love, but if left unchecked, Julian was certain that this emotion would develop in that direction. Love was a sentiment for weak-minded fools. He’d been a fool for love during his human life, with Luciana, and it had not ended well.

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