“And it’s just for the cauldron then,” he finally continued, voice low. “Not for anythingelse?”
My heart skipped a beat. What was he even asking? Surely he couldn’t wonder if I decided to stay because ofhim, right? Sure, there were rumours flying everywhere that we were in the middle of some kind of thing, and Saoirse couldn’t stop looking at us with a knowing smirk on her face, but none of that meantanything.
We were practicallyenemies.
“Moira?” He twisted to face me, eyebrows furrowed. “You didn’t answer myquestion.”
“Oh.” Heat flushed my cheeks. Luckily, we were in the shadows, and he couldn’t see. “What other reason would I have forstaying?”
“Right,” he grunted, and turned back toward thewindow.
With a frustrated sigh, I opened up my mouth to snap at him some more—it was becoming one of my favourite past-times—but a glowing blue orb rolled through the open door, distracting me from what I’d been about tosay.
I frowned and pointed. “What’sthat?”
Lugh twisted to face it and cursed. “That’s Sapphire. We need to legit.”
Without further ado, Lugh wrapped his arms around me and lifted me into the air. I let out a sharp cry, more alarmed by his bulging muscles than the blue smoke bomb about to obliterate ourminds.
Clinging on tight, I peered down at the Sapphire as he hastened across the room. The glow brightened in a flash, and then apffffftreleased the smoke. It surrounded us within an instant, dousing the entire room in a beautiful sapphirehaze.
It only took about five seconds for the effects to hit me. One moment, I was annoyed, uneasy, and curious about the glowing orb. The next, I felt drowsy and kind of elated to be held in Lugh’sarms.
They were such strong arms. I never wanted them to let go ofme.
Lugh stopped rushing through the room, thank the Morrigan. All the motion was making me dizzy. I just wanted to stop and stare at the floating cloud. And hisface.
He had a very niceface.
I wet my lips as he set me down, my feet finding the floor beneath us. Blinking up at him, I couldn’t help but fixate my gaze on his chiseled jaw, those lips that pursed with irritation every time I went near him, and those eyes. They were as black as the darkestnight.
Such niceeyes.
“Moira,” he said in a low growl. “Stop looking at me like that. We’ve been hit by a heavy dose of Sapphire. Everything you’re thinking, everything you’re feeling, it isn’treal.”
A slight frown pulled down my lips. He was partly right. We had been hit by the Sapphire, and it was specifically meant to make someone pliable, enhancing their libido. It would explain why I wanted nothing more than to curl my body aroundhis.
Nice face, nice eyes. And very nicebody.
But he was also partly wrong. What I felt wasn’t a lie, made up by some deep dark magic. I felt something for him, and it was veryreal.
A warning bell clanged in my head, and an ancient prophecy roared to life. One I couldn’t forget. One that meant I could never, ever meet mymate.
I snorted and swayed on my feet. Silly little prophecy. Lugh wasn’t my mate. He was the King of the Court of Wraiths. Whoever the unlucky bastard was who happened to be my mate, I hadn’t met him yet. Hopefully, I wouldn’t foryears.
In the meantime, what was wrong with having a little fun with this sexy-as-sin male? Practically purring, I rubbed my hands against his rock hard chest and leaned intohim.
He shuddered in response, and he wrapped his arms around my back. Tipping back my head, I peered up at him. Desire and danger swirled in his dark eyes, lighting magic up along my skin. His power curled through me, beckoning mecloser.
“Do you want this?” he askedthickly.
“Mm hmm,” I murmured, closing myeyes.
His lips crashed into mine as he kissed me with a fierce intensity that took my breath away. Gasping, I pushed up onto my toes and wound my arms around his neck. His hands slid down my back and skittered beneath my shirt, and he splayed his warm fingers against the small of myback.
Reaching up, I slid my fingers into his curly strands and clung on tight, pulling his mouth harder against mine. He groaned against me. The sound of his pleasure drove me wild. I didn’t know what it was about him, but suddenly I couldn’t getenough.
The kiss was great and all, but I wantedmore.
