Witch Moon by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781466093829
Publisher: Maggie Shayne
Published: 2012-03-25T17:26:42.059000+00:00

Chapter Six

It was after ten by the time Bella finished helping Jonathon clean up from dinner and Rowan was settled into her bed, sleeping restlessly.

She sat beside him now, on a wicker love seat on the deck in back. Stars glittered by the thousands from a clear deep blue sky, and she wondered how death could lurk so near on such a beautiful night. The moon was nearly full, and it bore a rose-colored halo this night. That gave Mirabella pause. Her mother used to call that a Witch Moon, because of the red garter the moon appeared to wear. In some traditions, the red garter was still a symbol of the Craft. Bella's mother always said a red-ringed moon meant an added boost to a Witch's magickal powers. But others called that ruby halo "blood on the moon" and took it as a bad omen. A sign of danger.

Bella didn't know which belief was correct. Maybe both. Maybe the added danger made the boost of power necessary. Maybe that was why they came as one.

"You could stay, you know," Jonathon said softly.

She drew her gaze from the moon to look into his eyes.

"I didn't mean.... " He swallowed hard. "We have guest rooms."

She nodded. "If I stay I won't be in any guest room, Jonathon. And I think after what happened between us this afternoon, we both know it. Besides, I have some things I need to do tonight," she said, keeping her tone level with effort. It was difficult, out here, alone with him like this. She was finding herself more and more drawn to this man with every moment she spent near him. And that was dangerous. She knew it too well.

"Did I scare you off with that...that kiss?"

She lowered her head. "It was a little more than a kiss. If Rowan hadn't called, I...." She lowered her head, licked her lips. In her mind she saw them tearing at each other's clothes in her back yard. Making love, standing up, in broad daylight. It had been that frantic what had happened between them.

"I wish she hadn't called," he said, and his voice was coarse.

She lifted her head. His face was close. He bent to her, kissed her. And that heat began uncoiling inside her all over again.

He slid his mouth from hers, over her jaw, and to the tender skin of her neck. Bella tipped her head back and curled her fingers in his hair. His lips, his mouth and teeth on her skin...it was too good. Too wonderful to resist.

"I'll slow down if that's what you want." He murmured, lifting his head. His hand was at her blouse, his fingers fumbling with the buttons. "But tell me now." A button came loose. She didn't say anything. He undid another. And then his hand slipped inside her blouse, and inside her bra, and closed around her breast. His breath stuttered out of him as she sucked hers in at his touch. Callused skin. Warm and rough. "You're not saying anything," he whispered.

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