Ky Katana by Cheryl Kahn & Heather Marie Adkins

Author:Cheryl Kahn & Heather Marie Adkins [Kahn, Cheryl & Adkins, Heather Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: a five senses series standalone
Publisher: Radiant Road Press
Published: 2023-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Water sloshed around us as our bodies crashed together. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I noticed the plop as Reyes dropped his phone into the pool, but neither of us reacted. His arms snaked around me, yanking me against him with a ferocity that stole the breath from my chest.

Reyes’ lips were warm, slightly salty from the hot springs. He returned the kiss feverishly, his mouth forcing mine open, his tongue sliding against mine as if he were claiming me. His fingers dug into my hips, an uncomfortable pressure that still sent a thrill of desire shivering up my spine.

My fingers slid over his smooth, slippery chest, and I cupped his cheek, trying for some kind of intimacy like in the movies. But his fingers hardened and he turned into the kiss, devouring me, not as if he desired me as a woman, but as if I were a life raft on a stormy ocean.

There was violence in his kiss, the same way he carried his anger with him on a daily basis. My body didn’t seem to mind, reacting to his kiss and touch like I expected, but my mind railed against the whole situation. Something didn’t feel quite right; something felt disjointed, like I was trying to fit two puzzle pieces together when they didn’t match at all.

But I pushed past the unease and allowed myself to sink against him, to disappear into his kiss. Even with the hard hands and devouring kiss, I could enjoy it.

As long as I didn’t think too hard about all the one hundred and fifty thousand reasons Reyes wasn’t the right guy for me. In the heat of the moment, desire won out.

Reyes cupped my hip, his hand going places no other hand had gone, sliding to palm my butt and drag me against him.

Then, out of nowhere, my starfish markings flared hot.

I did my best to ignore them. In the back of my mind, I thought maybe it was happening because I’d just expended so much energy trying to heal my thumb. Some kind of leftover fatigue brought out by the desire coursing through me and heating my skin. So I ignored it. I stayed behind the darkness of my eyelids and tried to enjoy the kiss.

Until Reyes let out a little cry.

My eyes popped open, and I released him, my first thought that I’d bitten him or something in my ineptitude. I couldn’t step away from him, though—we were connected.

By… stems?

I couldn’t make sense of what was happening right away. It was too odd, too like something out of a horror movie.

Long root-like spines connected me to Reyes. Six of them, each originating from my starfish-shaped markings. The heat had grown nearly unbearable, but I hadn’t noticed, being submerged like we were in the hot springs. At the end of the spines, starfish-shaped “hands” had latched onto Reyes in the same place on his body that they existed on mine.

“What’s happening?” Reyes barked. Real fear shone in his dark eyes.

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