Definitely not a question now.
Yet I found myself nodding, accepting this bizarre proposal despite every logical instinct inside me rioting and demanding I say no.
It’s just a walk.
You’ve lost your mind.
It’s the right thing to do…
There was just something about him, something I couldn’t quite identify. And my friends wouldn’t let me go too far, right?
“Just a walk,” I whispered.
“Yes.” The word was a promise against my mouth, followed by the briefest of touches that left meneedingmore.
“For a kiss,” I all but begged.
He arched a perfectly sculpted brow. “Another one?”
“The other didn’t count.” We’d barely brushed our mouths, let alonekissed.
His hand slid up my arm, leaving a trail of goose bumps in its wake. My chest burned with expectation, my legs shaking in anticipation. He wrapped his palm around the back of my neck, holding me tightly as if he owned me, and firmly pressed his lips to mine.
Fire licked through my veins, heating my body in a way I’d never experienced, the energy inside me roaring to the surface to meet his in a foreign mating I couldn’t describe, onlyfeel. His touch inflamed my very being, his hand anchoring me to him in the most delicious manner.
And then he cursed.
Loudly.
People around us were screaming.
I blinked, confused. Startled by the chaos erupting throughout the bar.
Then I noticed the scorched walls.
Smelled the scent of burning wood.
Felt the hot wave traveling over the crowd as an inferno surged across the room.
My lips parted on a scream, the stranger wrapping his arms around me, sheltering me from the tornado of sensation beating down upon us just as the world went black.
Chapter2
Exos
“She burned down the bar?” Elana’s question felt weighted, accusatory. “What did you do to her?”
Oh, it wasn’t what I did to her but whatshedid tome. “Nothing.” I couldn’t bring myself to tell the truth, to admit that I’d let her kiss me.
What the hell had she been thinking, anyway? Kissing a complete stranger? For fuck’s sake.
Right, more importantly, why had I allowed it?
Because she was gorgeous.
Because she seduced me with her elemental gift for spirit.
Because I’d wanted to taste her plump lips all night despite knowing it was wrong.
