Compelled (The Secrets of Dragons Book 1) Read Free Page A

people darkness was claustrophobic and filled with threat. The sun chased away the demons, but if she couldn’t sleep during the sun, lack of sleep was probably making her fear even greater.
    “I…” she stammered before getting up and leaning across the table to kiss him. Her lips touched his like a bolt of lightning that flowed directly into his cock. It rose tightly against the inseam of his jeans, but it didn’t stop him from kissing her back. He welcomed her tongue, wrapping her head with his hand to keep her from changing her mind and pulling away. Lou didn’t, her mouth warm and silky as she pressed her lips to his. Was she always this forward?
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    Eric turned and then leaned back against the counter as he dried his hands. To see Alex kiss another man would infuriate him, but to see Lou doing it was intriguing. No woman was a threat to his and Alex’s relationship, but some of the ones in the past had been a horror. The bad female energy had created tension in the house and he hated tension. So far Lou had proven herself as amiable and sweet. She was also sexy as hell.
    What he noted now, was Lou being the aggressor with Alex, and it struck him as unusual. He loved the man dearly, but Alex was rough around the edges when it came to sex. Of course they both enjoyed things wild and demanding so that made for warm fuzzy nights in bed.
    He liked Lou’s style. The embrace relayed a sense of passion, and he could see just the mildest flashes of pink tongue as their lips parted and then reconnected. What had he missed that caused Lou to kiss Alex? Could her response simply be from the compassion in Alex’s offer to spend the night Alex truly had a kind heart so the question hadn’t surprised him. Eric had felt the tension of her comment rise in the room. Alex’s emotions often flowed from him as a viable presence, although he was usually the only one who felt it.
    To think of her terrified and unable to sleep as darkness fell was disturbing in a way that touched something in his soul. Who was this woman? They had both felt it as she got up and scurried to the safety of her motorcycle. She was something special, and they had to have her as a part of their lives. She was the counterpoint they had been looking for, and they both sensed it like a wildfire in their minds.
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    As quickly as she had stood, Lou gently pulled away from him and sat down. He was left with the oddly sweet taste of her on his tongue and a raging hard-on. Her face was now brilliant red as if she further embarrassed herself with the kiss. “That was unexpected, but nice. You have amazing lips, Louisiana.”
    “It was amazingly heartwarming of you to offer to stay rather than berate me for mentioning my childish fear. I felt the need to kiss you. I’m not usually brazen.”
    She was absolutely adorable, and now he had a reason for the blush in her cheeks. She was embarrassed not only by the admission of things that go bump in the night, but also for kissing him. He had the overwhelming urge to push a bit and see what she did. “I wasn’t complaining, but I think Eric is jealous. You should kiss him, too.”
    Eric stepped across the kitchen and knelt down before her. The smile on Lou’s face was ethereal as she giggled and then leaned forward to kiss Eric. So she was aggressive one moment and pliable the next. It was an interesting combination rolled up in a voluptuous package. Lou was probably close to five eight or maybe nine. She was overweight, but not horribly so. It actually settled well on her rounded hips and equally proportioned thighs, but he never had a thing for skinny women anyway. His interests were more focused on a healthy body and a bright personality. Lou seemed to have both and first assessments of her were panning out as truth. He had felt an instant attraction to her and so had Eric. There was something compelling about Lou, and they both wanted to be with her and get to know her better.
    Lou pushed her tight braid