Warflesh by Kim Knox

Author:Kim Knox
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Six

One of the attendants rubbed a soft, white towel down the length of Jon’s back, the woman’s pale hand skimming his skin. Lean muscles twitched under her light touch and Fina fought not to curl her own fingers into bloodless fists. Her jealousy was irrational, hell the behavioral therapists had supposedly worked out every negative emotion, but there it was, twisting a knot in her gut.

Fina closed her eyes and ignored the three women who dried her, letting them carry on with their job. She found it odd that a society who lived over vast lakes of spice-water had no interest in it, in the wildness it inspired. The Tir piqued her curiosity and she didn’t need that. She needed to focus. It wasn’t about her now, it was about Kian. Jonathon Raegh didn’t belong in her head. Yes, she could deal with the fallout of sleeping with him the next day.

“Please wear this, Ambassador Brodie.”

She opened her eyes to find Anrika holding up a long white shift made of translucent fabric. Fina bowed her head and let the woman ease it over and arrange the light material against her bare flesh. She looked beyond Anrika and found Jon staring at her as his own attendants fussed around him. He wore a similar, sleeveless shift and the nature of the material delineated the lithe strength of his body and gave her a tantalizing hint of his skin.

“Now you must drink this.” Anrika pressed a goblet into Fina’s hands, another attendant doing the same for Jon.

The cold metal of the goblet touched her lips and Fina sucked in a quick breath.

Vapors rose, the hint of cinnamon wrapping around her senses. She caught Jon’s gaze again. He watched her over the rim of his goblet and then tipped up the metal cup and drained it. An attendant peeled away his fingers, taking the cup from his tight grip.

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Warflesh

Fina’s heart hammered. His hazel eyes had darkened to a deep black, almost mirroring the shadowy darkness of Kian’s eyes. A wicked smile curved his lips, promising oh so many depraved and wanted things. She swallowed and the first trickles of the ice-cold water eased down her throat. Heat bloomed and a sudden, sharp thirst made her tilt her head back. Spice-water burned cold against her tongue, its ice turning to fire in her chest, before it flowed in a molten wave through her flesh.

Anrika eased the goblet from her lips and Fina pressed her hand to her flushed cheek. Her thoughts whirled and unknown hands steadied her as her body swayed, her bare feet finding the floor uneven.

“Fina…”

Jon’s voice melted over her and she sucked in a quick breath, her nipples peaking and a hot liquid ache sliding low into her flesh. She needed him. Right there, right now.

She strode forward, determined to close the distance between them. “Jon.” His name was almost a growl, in a voice that didn’t belong to her.

“Ambassador.” Anrika’s voice stabbed through the heat of her thoughts and the hands that had gently held her up tightened their grip, restraining her.

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