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Still, he’d rather figure that one out, even withhis limitations, than be here waiting. And thinking of those boot prints that had appeared out of nowhere in the forest.
It was very possible something other than a human was stalking them—
“Daniel?” came a distant call.
“In here,” he said over his shoulder.
Lydia opened the same door he had, and as her body was silhouetted by the light streaming in from the foyer, his instinct was to block the view of her with himself. But before he could get into position, he remembered that all the glass had a reflective coating on it. No one could see her from the outside.
Still… “Come in, but close those doors, would you?”
“Sure, but what are you doing in here?” she asked as she stepped in and did as he’d requested.
“Oh, not much.” With all the light cut out once more, the visibility improved. “Just watching the night sky. There’s a moon tonight.”
“You’re stargazing without me, are you?” Her voice was warm. “Hey, where are you…”
He wished he was merely looking at the heavens. “Just follow the sound of my voice.”
As she closed in, he covered a little cough with his hand and glanced over his shoulder. Outside, there was nothing moving in the back of the property, no shadows zeroing in on the house, nooutright attack marshaling on foot or from the air—
“Oh,” she said as she bumped into him. “I’m sorry.”
Putting his arms around her, he shook his head. “Don’t be. I don’t mind at all.”
With the curves of her body registering, he swept his hand up her spine and found the tie in her hair. Pulling it free, the waves swung down and they were a little damp, smelling of her shampoo.
“Mind if I kiss you?” he murmured.
“Mmmm, please.”
She was the one who brought his mouth downward, and as their lips fused, he moved his hips into her own. He had no idea whether lightning was going to strike twice, and he told himself that his getting physically aroused shouldn’t matter. There were many things he could do to her—
The hardening was both natural and normal—and a total fucking miracle. And she felt it, too. Her lower body moved in closer, and the sound she made, of hunger and satisfaction combined, juiced him further.
As they continued to kiss, the darkness was erotic as fuck; it meant he felt her even more—and he backed them both up, orientating himself with his hand extended out and batting at thin air. When he found the table he was looking for, the one that ran down the back of one of the silk sofas, he laughed deeply in his throat.
Thank you, Phalen.
Courtesy of the woman’s relentless minimalism, there was nothing on its surface. Which was fucking perfect. He lifted Lydia by her waist and set her on the lip. Conscious that this was a semi-private situation at best, he didn’t want to waste time, but as he got back with the mouth-to-mouth, he was aware that no one knew what tomorrow was going to bring. So he had to savor this.
Taking his hands down to her breasts, her knitted sweater was a soft cushion over her contours, and he couldn’t help it. He had to taste her. Easing her back a little farther, he pushed the folds up, and she had no bra on—so as he went down with his lips, there were no barriers. Sucking on her nipple, she groaned and linked her hands behind his neck, pulling him closer, closer… closer still.
She was wearing leggings, and they melted off her thighs as he pulled them down—
Outside in the hallway, voices volleyed back and forth, some kind of casual conversation burbling along, and his head whipped up. There was nothing to see—unless someone opened something. And talk about opportunity. The room had, like, three sets of doors that broke up the wall-to-wall shelving. He might as well have chosen to do this in the frickin’ boardroom down in the lab…
“They’re moving on,” Lydia whispered.
“Good.” He palmed her breast and rolled histhumb back and forth over the tip. “I want to finish what we started.”
Lydia gasped and then laughed softly. “I am not shy, but I’m not exactly an exhibitionist, either.”
“Do you want to go back to the bedroom—”
Thump. Thump.
The sound of one and then the other of her shoes hitting the floor was her response, and he smiled into the velvet void.
