Book 1 - Page 66 (1/2)

”Shut your d.a.m.ned mouth.” He caught me by the elbows and shook me so hard my teeth snapped together. ”Just shut up and let me talk.”

I slapped him hard enough to turn his head. ”Don't touch me.”

With a growl, Gideon hauled me into him and kissed me hard, bruising my lips. His hand was in my hair, fisting it roughly, holding me in place so I couldn't turn away. I bit the tongue he thrust aggressively into my mouth, then his lower lip, tasting blood, but he didn't stop. I shoved at his shoulders with everything I had, but I couldn't budge him.

G.o.dd.a.m.n Stanton! If not for him and my crazy-a.s.sed mother, I'd have had a few Krav Maga cla.s.ses under my belt by now...

Gideon kissed me as if he was starved for the taste of me and my resistance began to melt. He smelled so good, so familiar. His body felt so perfectly right against mine. My ni**les betrayed me, hardening into tight points, and a slow, hot trickle of arousal gathered in my core. My heart thundered in my chest.

G.o.d, I wanted him. The craving hadn't gone away, not even for a minute.

He picked me up. Imprisoned by his tight grip, it was hard to breathe and my head began to spin. When he carried me through a door and kicked it shut behind him, I couldn't do more than make a feeble sound of protest.

I found myself pressed against a heavy gla.s.s door on the other side of a library, Gideon's hard and powerful body subduing my own. His arm at my waist slid lower, his hand delving beneath my skirts and finding the curves of my b.u.t.t exposed by my lacy boy shorts underwear. He wrenched my h*ps hard to his, making me feel how hard he was, how aroused. My s.e.x trembled with want, achingly empty.

All the fight left me. My arms fell to my sides, my palms pressing flat to the gla.s.s. I felt the brittle tension drain from his body as I softened in surrender, the pressure of his mouth easing and his kiss turning into a pa.s.sionate coaxing.

”Eva,” he breathed gruffly. ”Don't fight me. I can't take it.”

My eyes closed. ”Let me go, Gideon.”

He nuzzled his cheek against mine, his breath gusting hard and fast over my ear. ”I can't. I know you're disgusted by what you saw the other night...what I was doing to myself - ”

”Gideon, no!” G.o.d. Did he think I left him because of that? ”That's not why - ”

”I'm losing my mind without you.” His lips were gliding down my neck, his tongue stroking over my racing pulse. He sucked on my skin and pleasure radiated through me. ”I can't think. I can't work or sleep. My body aches for you. I can make you want me again. Let me try.”

Tears slipped free and ran down my face. They splashed on the upper swell of my br**sts and he licked at them, lapping them away.

How would I ever recover if he made love to me again? How would I survive if he didn't?

”I never stopped wanting you,” I whispered. ”I can't stop. But you hurt me, Gideon. You have the power to hurt me like no one else can.”