Suddenly, he put a hand against the wall next to my head, leaned over me, and whispered, “I know what you’re doing, but I don’t care what barrier you put between us right now. I don’t regret what happened.” His mouth moved even closer, his lips barely brushing the shell of my ear as he continued speaking. “Because I’m going to do everything in my power to ensure it happens again.”
Shit, how did he read me so easily? Still, I couldn’t find it in myself to regret what just happened either. At least not right now. Maybe later, when I remembered that I wasn’t supposed to trust him until he’d earned it. At the moment, my hormones were in charge and those bitches were stupid and drunk on lust. I needed to keep the wall between us intact until they were no longer making my decisions for me. Once I was able to think clearly, I’d decide what to do about the chemistry between us.
While a denial wanted to fall from my lips, I swallowed it and lifted my hands to Macgrath’s chest, pushing him back a little. “I think it’s obvious you and I need to discuss this, but now isn’t the time or place.”
He saw right through my calm facade and the corner of his mouth lifted in a crooked smile. “So when is the time and where is the place?”
Once I was satisfied I no longer looked as if I’d been mauled, even though I had been in the most pleasurable way possible, I glanced up at him. “Later.”
His gaze sharpened and I knew he was enjoying this. He was a predator after all. They loved nothing more than the chase. “That’s not an answer,” he commented, his voice little more than a growl.
I pulled the curtain back with a sweep of my arm. “It’s the only one you’re going to get.”
His retort was lost in an explosion of glass and magical flame. A blast of heat reached my face just before a heavy weight hit my back. My head struck something hard and I groaned. Just as my vision began to fade, I lifted a hand and whispered one word. The word that would save us all.
As the spell snapped into place, I sank into the black.
