The Sheik and the Siren (Elemental Series) Read Free Page B

the mast so you wouldn’t be tempted to come after me and therefore drown.”
    “I want you,” he blurted out, not able to keep his desire a secret any longer. “Take me, right here, right now,” he begged her, not able to control his insane lust for this alluring woman.
    “Where’s the rest of your crew?” she asked, looking around. “Did they already jump ship?”
    “Nay, ” he answered, but gave her no more information. He didn’t need to. She looked deep into his eyes again, seeming to be probing his mind for the answer.
    “His crew is in the hold,” she called out to her thieves. “But don’t worry, they can’t hear us.”
    Ace wished now he’d not given Boots the order to stay below no matter what happened. Of course he didn’t know he’d be having so many visitors aboard the Paradigm today either, or mayhap he would have reconsidered.
    “They’ve been told to stay below no matter what happens,” she relayed to her men.
    “Stop it!” he said, angered that she was reading his mind, not knowing how she was doing it. He felt out of control and vulnerable under her perusal, of not only his body but his mind as well. He only hoped she wouldn’t find out about the precious cargo in his cabin of exotic spices and fine linens that he’d put there for safety. Nor about the bag of coins and gold.
    “Don’t go in the hold,” she told her men, “it could be too dangerous if they choose to fight. Instead, get to the captain’s quarters anon. There you’ll find gold coins, exotic spices and fine linens. Be careful with them, as these are the most valuable items. Now go! Collect them and let’s get out of here,” she told them. “Quickly!”
    “How can you do that?” he asked her. “How can you read my mind?” His heart beat rapidly as she leaned forward, her body now pressing against his. He could feel t he swell of her breasts and her taut nipples right through his tunic. And then she reached up and ran her hands down his arms that were extended above his head.
    “You have nice arms, as well as a sturdy chest.” She brushed her fingertips past his nipples, making him flinch and about driving him from his mind. Then her hands grazed his outer thighs and slipped around to his backside, as she gave him a playful squeeze. He lurched forward, only managing to thrust his erection right against her. Her eyes opened wide and she jumped back, looking down to his large desire to lay with her.
    “You obviously want me, Sea Lion,” she said.
    He released his breath and bit his bottom lip so hard he thought it would bleed.
    “Lion of the Sea,” he corrected her in a low voice, “not . . . sea lion.” By the gods, she knew how to roil him in more ways than one.
    “Same thing,” she said with a half smile.
    “’Tis not the same,” he told her. “I command the sea, I am not a damned seal.”
    “ You command the sea?” She started laughing then, finding him amusing for some reason.
    “Damn,” he swore when he saw her men leaving with the goods from his cabin , parading right in front of him. “God’s eyes! Not my sword too,” he cried out, seeing that pass by him as well. Now he wished he’d left it at his side instead of putting it in his cabin so he wouldn’t be able to free himself. And to make matters worse, the man with the peg leg walked by holding up Ace’s favorite tunic, measuring it against his chest. Right behind him, and the man with the eye patch had in his grip Ace’s lucky deck of cards.
    “ I find you . . . interesting,” she said, reaching up and brushing her lips past his in a wisp of a tantalizing kiss. Vibrations ran rampantly through him, sending a delightful shiver all the way down his body.
    He squeezed his eyes closed and licked his lips, savoring the exotic flavor of the siren. She tasted salty like the sea yet sweet like a honeyed mead all at the same time. She smelled like fresh air and sunshine though it was dark and raining all around them. His hair hung