Kaily Hart by Rise of Hope

Author:Rise of Hope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Devon knocked on the heavy door again. For the fourth time. How ironic would it be if she’d finally gotten up enough courage and he’d already left? God, maybe she’d really missed her chance this time because she’d been standing here like an idiot for ten minutes already. Then the door swung wide and she swallowed her tongue, along with everything she’d been going to say.

“What the hell…” he muttered.

Seth had a white towel wrapped around his lean hips and nothing else. His dark hair was damp and several drops of water clung to his wide shoulders. Smooth, brown skin stretched taut over the powerful muscles of his shoulders, his arms, his chest and down. Her mouth went dry. She couldn’t help but wonder if he was like her. Apart from the hair on her head, she didn’t have a single hair on her entire body. She’d never thought about it much before, but she’d known it made her different. A wash of heat flared into her cheeks because now she was thinking about it. A lot.

He looked at her for a second before he motioned for her to come in and shut the door.

“What are you doing here? It’s late.”

An open duffel bag sat on the huge bed. Her stomach clenched. He sounded none too happy to see her. This really could be her last chance.

“I—I still have questions.”

“Yeah?” He turned away and tossed a couple of bunched-up shirts into the bag. “I’d say Noah’s got that covered.”

“I—I still have questions for you, Seth.”

It felt good to use his name, too good. She could almost fool herself into thinking that’s what caused him to pause, his jaw to clench.

“I’m the last person you should be asking. Ask Noah. He has all the answers—or as much as he’s willing to share anyway.”

Devon’s mind was overloaded with information, with trying to grasp everything that had happened, trying to reconcile it with what she’d known, yet all she could do was stare at him, at his naked chest. She’d seen it plenty on the day he’d rescued her, but this was different. Completely. All he had on was a towel, a towel that dipped low on his lean hips so that she could see the defined cut of his muscles there. And the marks. She could see the tops of his marks.

Beautiful, so beautiful.

She raised her hand toward him without thinking, not sure what she intended, but froze when he flinched, leaned back out of her reach.

Of course. He wouldn’t want her to touch him. Not now. Maybe no one ever would. Not regular touching, anyway. Did it really matter? It wasn’t as if it was anything she’d miss. Right? She curled her hand into a fist and fought to keep her face impassive.

“Sorry,” she choked. “It’s hard to remember.”

“Remember what?”

She could understand why those who’d raised her had forbidden touch. Even though it was still hard to fathom, she’d be a risk to them. To everyone. And it scared the hell out of her.

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