I felt so self-conscious I couldn’t enjoy the moment.
I glanced over at the twin tables of horrible ladies who’d taken an obvious fancy to the stranger.
Their eyes glinted with cold malice.
I was right, I thought. I shouldn’t be here.
I was a bookworm at heart, preferring to curl up beside a roaring fire with a heavy tome in my lap.
My face burned with embarrassment and I turned to leave the dance floor.
“Excuse me,” I said, sadness dripping from every word.
The stranger caught my arm and spun me around.
He held me so close I could smell his aftershave.
It was a heady mix of something foreign.
It made my head spin.
The stranger placed a finger under my chin and raised it so he could peer into my eyes.
“Look at me,” he said. “I want to watch you.”
Yes, sir.
I was vaguely aware of the ladies sitting at their tables, only now, they weren’t laughing.
There was nothing funny about the way he looked at me.
A smile curled one corner of his lips and his hand wrapped around my neck.
My pulse quickened and I wondered if he could feel it too.
He was so close, his lips within inches of mine.
And yes, I ached to feel them on mine.
He angled forward and I shut my eyes, raising my face to meet his lips.
Then I felt them.
An explosion of color and light lit up inside me like a firework.
Something prodded deep in my chest, something that’d lay dormant my entire life.
The stranger caressed my lips and probed with his tongue.
I allowed him entry and met his passion with my own.
I squeezed his hand and gave myself to the kiss.
I felt the hard bulge in the front of his pants, pressing against me.
I rubbed my legs together and felt myself grow slick.
When we finally parted, I panted for breath and placed a hand to my chest.
My heart pounded faster than a racehorse.
The stranger placed a hand to his own chest and must have felt that same racing rhythm.
We shared a smile.
I covered my mouth with a hand and giggled.
I couldn’t help but glance over at the other tables and noted with satisfaction the jealous ladies wore irritated grimaces.
I turned back to the handsome devil that’d ensnared me in his net and knew without a shadow of a doubt our meeting wasn’t a random thing.
It was preordained.
We were meant to meet.
We were meant to kiss.
Another flush spread across my cheeks.
And with the way I was feeling, I got the sense we were going to do a whole lot more before the night was over.
“Would you like a drink?” the stranger said.
“Sure. And do you know what I would like even more?”
“What?”
“Your name.”
“Iav.”
“Iav?”
For some reason, another shiver rushed through my body.
“What’s your name?” Iav asked.
“Emma. My name’s Emma.”
“Nice to meet you, Emma.”
Then Iav did a very strange thing.
He bent down and kissed me on the hand.
“Another mojito?” he said.
His thumb gently caressed the back of my hand and his eyes—my God, those eyes!—drilled into me, pinning me in place.
“Um, uh, yeah, yes,” I managed. “Please.”
His smile curled the corners of his lips into a full grin and, not taking his eyes from mine, he said:
“I like it when you beg.”
“I’m not begging,” I wanted to say, but the words died on my lips.
A ripple of goosebumps ran through me, a knock-on effect from the earth-shattering kiss we shared.
I hadn’t begged but I knew right then and there I would if he told me to.
What was happening to me?
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In space, no one can hear you scream...
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I've been reading romance and science fiction my whole life. I always wondered why those genres hadn’t been a mash-up years ago and now I'm super excited I get to combine them into a single steamy encounter!
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DEVIL IN THE HOLD
Book Three in the Fated Mates of Breeder Prison series
by Tammy Walsh
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