Lethal Nights_Brute Force by Lora Leigh

Author:Lora Leigh [Leigh, Lora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250110367
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published: 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Emma Jane turned from where she stood at the bottom of the steps and silently hurried back to her room as she lost the fight with her tears.

The sobs were contained. Ilya couldn’t know she’d heard every word, every lost and broken dream that had echoed in his voice. Or the knowledge that he intended to leave her. He couldn’t know her heart was already breaking in two and it would continue to break, over and over again.

Sliding back into the bed, she knew there was no way to hide her tears from him. He’d know the minute he was close. She hadn’t cried in all the weeks since her attack. Tears didn’t help her think, they didn’t help her figure things out. They just gave her a headache.

A sob hitched her breath as she wrapped her arms around his pillow and held it to her. Her cries were silent, but her tears were slick and wet, dampening the pillow as they rolled from her. As her heart broke, over and over again, for her dragon.

She heard the door open and fought to stop the tears, the silent sobs. She had him for now. For now, he was here, and he was hers. Could she really ask for anything more from him? Did she have that right?

“Emma Jane? Baby?” He lifted her into his arms, holding her against his bare chest.

He must have undressed as soon as he came in, before he realized her heart was breaking.

“I’m sorry.” She tried to halt the sobs, because she knew earlier that day he’d been willing to promise her anything to make them stop.

Would he promise to stay?…

No! She tightened her arms around his neck. She wouldn’t do that to either of them.

“What’s wrong?” Cradling her in his arms as he sat on the bed, he pushed her hair back from her face, kissed her lips.

She could only shake her head. She couldn’t lie to him, she couldn’t tell him the truth.

“I’m okay.” She tried to stop the tears again, but they refused to stop. “You weren’t here when I woke up.” And she’d gone looking for him when she should have stayed in the bed.

“I’m here now.” His lips brushed hers, lingered, then his teeth nipped at the lower curve. “You can sleep now, baby. Let me hold you. I promise not to let you go.”

He wouldn’t let her go until it came time for him to leave.

But that time wasn’t now. He wasn’t leaving tonight.

Gripping the hem of her pajama tank top, she pulled it off, rose in front of him. Tangling her fingers in his hair as he stared up at her, his green eyes gleaming with hunger, she licked her lips.

“Don’t be easy, Ilya. Not even once,” she whispered.

“God, baby,” he groaned, burying his head between her breasts. “Your brother’s prowling the damn house. He hears me make you scream and he’ll slice my throat.”

Yeah. There was that.

“Will you make me a promise?” she asked as he slid the pajama pants off her hips.

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