again Beth could see a dangerous smoulder in his eyes. Not quite immune to my charms, she thought as her heart lurched.
Neither spoke and it felt as if the air between them was growing cold waiting for something to happen. Something was in the air between them. He was just a breath away from her now. Close up he radiated a power and purely male energy that almost overwhelmed her. His expansive chest blocked her view, massive and unyielding. The raw, male smell of him assaulted her senses. Beth summoned used every ounce of her self-control to stop herself trembling. She wasn’t sure any more if it was the cold any more, or the extraordinarily inappropriate animal attraction her body was having to the man.
His voice finally broke the spell.
“What are you?”
Strange way to put it, Beth thought.
“Who are you ?” she countered, jutting her chin forward.
“Melchior,” he said. “I am the protector of this forest and I need your phone.”
Beth sighed with as much drama as she could muster.
Talk your way out of this one Price.
“Ah, no signal up here. Sorry about that.”
The man shook his head.
“Give it to me,” he ordered.
“The name’s Beth,” she snapped back. “And there’s a magic word that’s missing there mugger.”
He didn’t rise to her bait; he just eyed her with a stone-cold glare.
“The phone.”
He held out his hand, clearly used to his every order being obeyed. In fact everything about him looked under control. He looked cold, cruel and calculating. He knew he had her cornered. She cocked her head up and looked at him through her dark eyes, fighting a sudden need to taste his skin with her tongue.
“Come and get it mugger,” she said.
Melchior didn’t hesitate. Before she could take a breath he had moved. He crossed the gap between them. Then he spun her around, twisted her arms behind her back and pushed her hard against a tree.
Beth’s face was pressed into the trunk of the tree as he kicked her legs apart with a brutal shove and planted his feet in between hers. His hard body was pressed up against her back, stretched out over the full length of her, and then still he towered above her.
“Don’t tempt him,” his breath was right in her ear. His face was inches from her.
Beth could sense he was off-centre. His breath was coming fast and he didn’t move as if felt like he was trying to control himself. She could feel the rough bark marking her cheek as she turned her head towards him. He pushed her harder into the tree. The breath was sucked straight out of her as she tilted her head right back to meet his green eyes. They burned into her with a depth that shocked her. His were locked on her mouth and she could see the blaze of raw desire in them. Oh Jesus he was going to kiss her.
She should have been terrified, but all Beth could feel was shameful lust, screaming through her blood. A hot, desperate need that slid down her body and throbbed between her legs. Her body seemed to move on its own accord and she tilted her head up, her lips aching for a taste of his hard mouth.
She thought she heard him groan, and then he turned his face away from her.
She felt his hips move as he pressed his body against hers, pressing the full hard length of him against her. He was aroused, his sex stretching up against her buttock in a thick hard staff against her.
Stop this now, a voice in Beth’s head warned.
She should resist. She should push him away and run. But instead she gave a low moan and pushed back against him. He gave a low growl that rumbled like a low thunder across the sky. The vibration moved through Beth’s entire body, as her nipped hardened to pebbles in an instant Before she could stop herself she was arching back against him, begging his hands to touch her. To take her hot skin between his fingers.
His hand moved. It slid up her side, scoring her skin with heat, and
Neither spoke and it felt as if the air between them was growing cold waiting for something to happen. Something was in the air between them. He was just a breath away from her now. Close up he radiated a power and purely male energy that almost overwhelmed her. His expansive chest blocked her view, massive and unyielding. The raw, male smell of him assaulted her senses. Beth summoned used every ounce of her self-control to stop herself trembling. She wasn’t sure any more if it was the cold any more, or the extraordinarily inappropriate animal attraction her body was having to the man.
His voice finally broke the spell.
“What are you?”
Strange way to put it, Beth thought.
“Who are you ?” she countered, jutting her chin forward.
“Melchior,” he said. “I am the protector of this forest and I need your phone.”
Beth sighed with as much drama as she could muster.
Talk your way out of this one Price.
“Ah, no signal up here. Sorry about that.”
The man shook his head.
“Give it to me,” he ordered.
“The name’s Beth,” she snapped back. “And there’s a magic word that’s missing there mugger.”
He didn’t rise to her bait; he just eyed her with a stone-cold glare.
“The phone.”
He held out his hand, clearly used to his every order being obeyed. In fact everything about him looked under control. He looked cold, cruel and calculating. He knew he had her cornered. She cocked her head up and looked at him through her dark eyes, fighting a sudden need to taste his skin with her tongue.
“Come and get it mugger,” she said.
Melchior didn’t hesitate. Before she could take a breath he had moved. He crossed the gap between them. Then he spun her around, twisted her arms behind her back and pushed her hard against a tree.
Beth’s face was pressed into the trunk of the tree as he kicked her legs apart with a brutal shove and planted his feet in between hers. His hard body was pressed up against her back, stretched out over the full length of her, and then still he towered above her.
“Don’t tempt him,” his breath was right in her ear. His face was inches from her.
Beth could sense he was off-centre. His breath was coming fast and he didn’t move as if felt like he was trying to control himself. She could feel the rough bark marking her cheek as she turned her head towards him. He pushed her harder into the tree. The breath was sucked straight out of her as she tilted her head right back to meet his green eyes. They burned into her with a depth that shocked her. His were locked on her mouth and she could see the blaze of raw desire in them. Oh Jesus he was going to kiss her.
She should have been terrified, but all Beth could feel was shameful lust, screaming through her blood. A hot, desperate need that slid down her body and throbbed between her legs. Her body seemed to move on its own accord and she tilted her head up, her lips aching for a taste of his hard mouth.
She thought she heard him groan, and then he turned his face away from her.
She felt his hips move as he pressed his body against hers, pressing the full hard length of him against her. He was aroused, his sex stretching up against her buttock in a thick hard staff against her.
Stop this now, a voice in Beth’s head warned.
She should resist. She should push him away and run. But instead she gave a low moan and pushed back against him. He gave a low growl that rumbled like a low thunder across the sky. The vibration moved through Beth’s entire body, as her nipped hardened to pebbles in an instant Before she could stop herself she was arching back against him, begging his hands to touch her. To take her hot skin between his fingers.
His hand moved. It slid up her side, scoring her skin with heat, and
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