“Oh great Peter’s hairy toes, Sin, you know me better than that. I wasn’t going to do anything other than summon her maid to care for her.”
Callie snorted at that. “It’s a very bad thing when a woman is this far into her cups and still no man wants to tup her.”
The men exchanged a shocked look.
Seeking to get her away from the others before she entirely destroyed herself, Sin scooped her up in his arms and carried her from the hall.
She sighed, then wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. Sin trembled at the feel of her hand in his hair as she ran her fingers though it, lightly brushing them against his scalp.
“You are a strong one, aren’t you?” Her breath against his neck sent chills all over him. “I like the way your arms feel when you hold me.”
Then she gave a sharp yank on his hair.
“Ow!” he said sharply. “What was that for?”
“I thought you’d left me, ye bonnie arse.” She kicked her legs and squirmed in his arms. “Put me down. I’m mad at you.”
Sin tightened his hold on her. He wasn’t about to put her down. Not until he had her safely in her room.
“Mad at me?” he asked incredulously. “For what?”
“You’re a large, aggravating beastie. That’s what you are. Turning me head and making me want you, then leaving the first minute you can.”
In spite of himself, he grinned. There was something about this drunken lass’s outspokenness he liked. “Making you want me, eh?”
“Aye. I want a kiss from you, husband.”
He set her down only long enough to open the door to her room.
She swayed slightly, then threw her arms back around his neck and tried to kiss him. She missed his lips and planted a hot kiss on his jawbone.
Hot chills erupted like liquid fire all over his body.
He hissed as she licked his flesh with her tongue. “Mmmm,” she moaned. “You’re all prickly and hard.”
She had no idea just how hard he was.
Sin kicked the door closed as she pulled back.
“Where were you?” She tried to put her hands on her hips, but they fell limply to her sides.
“I was riding.”
“Oh. You’re favorite thing to do. How could I forget? It’s the only thing you enjoy doing.”
“Aye, and you like to dance. Tell me, were you drunk before or after you went downstairs?”
“Definitely after. There was this one tall man who said he’d be happy to take your place tonight if you didn’t feel up for it.”
“Oh, I’m up for it all right.”
Before he could think better of it, Sin stepped into her arms and pulled her close, then gave her a proper kiss.
Callie’s head swam even more from the taste of his lips. Oh she liked this man even when he made her mad. She ran her hands through his hair, delighting in the feel of it as she tasted the heavenly heat of his mouth. Moaning, she surrendered all her weight to him and clung to his broad shoulders.
She felt his hands roaming her back, pulling at the laces of her gown. A shiver ran over her as she thought of what he was going to do to her tonight. He was going to see her in ways no man had ever seen her before. Touch her in places no one had before and do things with her she had only vaguely dreamed of.
The very thought made her blush.
