You Both (Vampire Assassin League Book 29) by Jackie Ivie

Author:Jackie Ivie [Ivie, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-06T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“Oh Ethelstone...that was—. It was—. It just—. I can’t describe—. Wow. I can’t even finish a sentence here.”

The response was a rumbling noise through his throat where Stephanie had her ear pressed. She’d never felt so wondrously alive. Replete. Happy. Supremely satiated. The scope of it was beyond fathoming. If there was such a thing as an afterglow, she had it.

“I mean—oh. I don’t know what I mean.”

“It was good?” he asked, his voice faltering slightly.

Stephanie huffed. “Oh, please. You are probably one of the best lovers on the planet. I’m sure I’m not the only girl to tell you that. And that means—crap. We should have used protection.”

She lifted her head. Ethelstone’s face was lit by firelight on one side, shadowed on the other. He had his lips in a kissable pout. His eyes narrowed. The man was beyond gorgeous. He was beautiful. Comparing him to a fictional Norse god was probably inadequate. She put her hands beneath her chin in order to study him. The light was even burnishing his hair and scruff of whiskers to a light reddish tone. Stephanie looked him over critically. Wow. There wasn’t an imperfection anywhere. Not even a pock mark.

But then she noticed something really odd.

The firelight was on one side of them, but the flames weren’t in sight. Stephanie peeked over his shoulder. Caught a gasp that could easily have been a squeal. The flames were below them. So was the floor. They were hovering about six feet above the rug-strewn hearth area.

“Um. Ethelstone?” Her voice shook.

“Ja?”

“We’re...floating.”

His lips quirked. “I know.”

“We’re not touching a surface. Any surface.” Her voice got steadier as it rose. He didn’t seem to notice.

“I...lost my head for a bit there.”

“No. You don’t understand. We’re floating. As in...floating!”

“That bothers you?”

“Ethelstone!”

He regarded her for long moments while her heart stalled. Restarted. Gave a slight thump before it found a rhythm again. And there was a weird echo accompanying all of it.

“I am a vampire, Stephanie. I can do all kinds of things.”

“You know what? Right now, I don’t care about the stupid assignment or what you say you are or aren’t. Okay? Just get us down.”

“You are totally safe.”

“Now, Ethelstone.”

He sighed heavily, reached behind him to unfasten her legs, placed them atop his, and then dropped. The landing was loud. The thud nearly drowned out his grunt. It sent a whoosh of air toward the fire that worked like a bellows. Flames immediately leapt up, highlighting the scene.

“Oh. Crap. I didn’t mean like that. Are you hurt?”

He shook his head, rolling it along the rug.

“Come on. That had to have hurt.”

He lifted his head and caught her gaze with his quasar blue one. “I am a vampire, Stephanie, but I was a Viking first.”

She swallowed. She didn’t move her gaze. “So?”

“Pain had no place in our world. It would not be skoruligr.”

“What does that mean?”

“Manly.”

“Oh. Wow. That’s a bit...primeval.”

“You refer to me?”

“Admit you felt pain.”

“But, I do not. Not anymore. I feel nothing but elska.”

“I’m almost afraid to ask.

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