Page 18 of Monster's Heart

“Ugh, no. Especially not the grunglewogs. Those gory little brats tear their prey limb from limb then devour them while they are still screaming,” I said, nose wrinkled in disgust.

“It helps to wear headphones,” he said, a grin quirking up the corner of his sexy mouth.

Geez. I was frigging addicted to those lips already, and he’d only kissed me once. But it was like a thirty-minute long kiss and it was really involved. There were arms and tails and hands and touching and tongues tangling, tasting and teeth nipping.

Fuck.

My breathing changed and my body swelled just thinking about it.

“Not here, Luna,” he whispered, bending that talented mouth to my ears. “Soon,” he mumbled, his tongue darting out and licking my earlobe, sending shivers dancing down my spine.

Sten straightened nonchalantly, and I stood there shivering, panties dripping from a solitary swipe of his tongue. He winked, opening my door for me, and gently nudging me inside.

“Tomorrow,” he said, and his eyes glowed a bit as he pulled the door shut.

I looked through the peephole and saw his face, eyebrow arched as he mouthed lock your door, and so I did. Obeying wasn’t really my thing, but the second he commanded it, I moved. But I never stopped watching him as he melted into the shadows, walking down the long stretch of corridor, getting further away from me with every step.

“Wow,” I said aloud, turning and leaning my back against the door.

My dorm room was standard issued. Gray walls. Two twin beds. One window facing east. But my first roommate graduated early and now that meant I had it all to myself for the second semester. I appreciated that since most nights I stayed up way later than any sane person should. I wondered if Sten was a night owl, er, Hobgoblin too, or if he was an early riser.

I touched my fingertips to my still-tingling lips and smiled. The day had gone nothing like it had started. Failing a class was not something a Cordoza did. Not ever. But all thoughts of professors and grades left my brain as I sat on my bed, gazing out at the darkening skies.

He kissed me.

Sten’s looming figure played over in my mind. The surprising gentleness of his touch. The way his blue eyes bore into mine, and how his hard, muscled body felt so hot, I thought he might burn me alive.

My sex ached, clenching on air, and I wondered for the first time what it might feel like to have a man bring me to orgasm. I mean, I had kissed boys, but that was all. I never went all the way. Never wanted to. But suddenly, I was curious.

Would Sten be as hot all over?

Would his big, blue Monster body fill me to the max?

Stretching me just right as he took my virginity?

I was so damn needy, and wet, just from fantasizing about it. There was no way I would get any sleep that night. All I could think about was him and how good he felt when he was kissing me stupid in his room. My body heated, and I whimpered as I crossed to the window, searching the shadows for any sign of him. At that rate, I was going to burn up with virginal lust just thinking about my big blue Monster.

So hot.

Like sizzling hot.

Ooh, but what a way to go!

CHAPTER 8

Sten

Walking beside her tonight instead of following her back to her room felt good.

Really good.

Yeah, I’d been making sure she returned to her dorm every time she left my room.

How could I not?

She was so soft, so fragile, and there were big, bad things at Blackthorn Academy, and on Northumberland Island. Scary, dangerous things that could hurt her, which was completely unacceptable to me.

I wasn’t a total stalker, but yeah, I stood outside Amrin’s dorm for a few—hours, not minutes. But that didn’t make me a psycho or anything. Well, maybe it did.

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