Throwing her arms around him, she deepened the kiss, hertongue meetinghisin a violent clash.Her legs cameup and wrapped around his hips, and he hissed at the feel of her warm centergrinding against his hard length.She undulated wildly, her firm breastspressing against the hard wall of his chest.Man, she felt good.So good he hadto slide a hand between their bodies to reduce the friction that wasthreatening to ruin this whole thing.
She moaned at the contact of his fingers on her core, so hepressed against the fabric of her leggings, lettinghistouch both soothe and inflame.The scent of her arousal stoked his, making himcrazy, making him want more.
Now.
He spun her against the wall and, using only his severelyreduced angelic powers, he lifted her up next to a painting of loose rubies anda pearl necklace spilling out of a gold chalice.The surprise in her eyesturned hot as she hung there, exposed to his gaze and his mercy.With his handsfree and her body pinned so she could barely squirm, he peeled off herleggings, leaving her only in her silk shirt and bright aquamarine laceunderwear.
Stunning.
His mouth watered as he skimmed his palms upher creamythighs and hooked his thumbs under the elastic ofher panties.
“Yes,” she breathed, her body quivering with anticipation.“Touch me.”
She said it as if hewas capable ofresisting.No chance of that.He’d love to take the time to tease her,to make her beg, but he was like a man who had been wandering in a scorchingdesert for days and who had just come upon an oasis.
Greedily, he pushed one thumb between her folds and strokedher silky moisture through her slit, circling her swollen nub before droppinglower to penetrate her deeply.She threw her head back and arched into his handas much as the angelic hold on her would allow.
Damn, she was beautiful, her hair whipping around her faceas she tossed her head, her cheeks glowing with a rosy tinge that matched thecolor of her tongue as she held it between her clenched teeth.
Eager for more, he tugged off her panties, carefulto nottear them when they caught around her ankles.As hestraightened, he kissed and licked his way up her leg, savoring her smooth skinand every little catch of her breath.His own breathing was labored, hisheartbeat hammering inside his rib cage as if urging him on.Not one to ignorethe signals his body was sending him, he flicked his tongue over the swollenhills of Jedda’s sex.At her cry of ecstasy, he dipped his tongue into herslick valley, making her cry out again and making his cock jerk with the firststirrings of orgasm.He didn’t want this to end, wanted to lick her until shebegged him to stop, but it had been a long time since he’d been with a female,and his body was humiliatingly ready to go off.
With a snarl of both regret and anticipation, he roughlyparted her thighs and entered her in one smooth motion.His power still heldher against the wall, so he planted his forearms next to her head and steadiedhimself as he surged against her.
“Razriel,” she moaned, jolting himout of his lust with the use of hisangelname, butonly until she locked her legs around his waist and arched, taking him so deephe didn’t think they’d ever come untangled.
His blood pumped like he was in battle, adrenaline searinghis veins and skin until every part of him felt more alive than he’d been inyears.Decades.His balls throbbed and tightened, and panting, he pounded intoher, her delicate whimpers mingling with his groans of pleasure.
She came with no warning, stiffening against him, a muffledshout tearing from her throat.Her silken sheath squeezed him, catapulting himinto his own electric explosion of ecstasy that made him see colors that puther hyper-bright room and clothes to shame.
As they came down, he realized he’d released the power thatheld her against the wall, and now she clung to him so tightly that not even adrop of perspiration could get between them.
Damn, that had been good.
“You know,” she murmured into his neck, “you never told mewhy you tracked me down at the conference and what it is you wanted me to findfor you.”
This probably wasn’t the time to show his hand, but hedidn’t have to bluff, either.“Must be something in the air,” he said, pullingback just enough to gauge her response in her expression, “because I actuallywant what Shrike wants.”
She stiffened against him, and panic flared in her eyes.“Idon’t understand.”
“The gems,” he said.“The remaining two Gems of Enoch.Iwant them, and I believe you’re the key.”
Chapter Eight
It was all Jedda could do to not erupt in afull-blown panic attack.And gem elf panic attacks were messy.Sort of anexplosion of fine diamond dustpoofingall around herin a massive, choking cloud.And that shit got everywhere and into everything.The last time she’d had a panic attack, the abrasive particles had clogged hervacuum cleaner’s air filter and scratched her glass coffee table.
Slowly, so she wouldn’t arouse suspicion, she lowered herstiff legs, allowing Razr to slip from her body.
He was still hard.Could he go again?Because she could.Over and over.
That had been the best sex she’d had since...well, ever, theintensity and abruptness making itall the moreintoxicating.His complete dominance ofher,immobilizing her so she was helpless to do anything but surrender to his touch,had been unexpected, exciting, and something her human partners had never done.
She was still a little dizzy as she pushed away from him andgrabbed a silk robe from the closet.Peridot green, of course.
“Look,” she said, sounding like she’d just gotten up after awild night of partying and not enough sleep, “I don’t know why these gemstonesare suddenly on the radar, but you heard me tell Shrike that I can’t find them.And even if I could find them, I’d have to give them to him or that Lotharcurse is going to make my life a living hell.”
Gods, what was she going to do?Breaking the curse, if itwas even possible, would buy her some time, but given that Shrike had sent agoon to watch her, she didn’t think she’d getthatmuch more time.
And really, why were the stones in demand after decades ofobscurity?Both her gem and Reina’s were safely ensconced in the most securevault in the universe, and it wasn’t like thedhampiresgave tours of the facility for people to see what was inside.Shecouldn’t even get inside, and she was a client.
