Page 61 of Red Moon Secrets
Chapter14
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Soft lips are on mine, greedy hands are scouring my body, and my eyes dart open to see no one is there. My heart beats heavily in my chest, trying to assess what just happened. It feels like tiny spiders are crawling over me, while the sudden abandonment of the phantom touch leaves me bereft.
Freaky.
I head out of the room at Gage's house to join the three men who are planning a rescue without me.
"Too dangerous," Gage says, dismissing whatever plan lies on the table.
"That's what you've said about everything I've thrown out there," Chaz mumbles, crunching up a paper and tossing it to an overflowing pile of other failed plans.
"If we do anything that risky, we'll all end up behind bars. Then who will save us?" Gage says, sounding haughty and not at all urgent like he needs to.
"Drackus," I say, adding to the conversation and drawing their attention. "And Mom."
Gage rolls his eyes. "Drackus can't save us from the council's prison, Alyssa. It's not like Castine's dungeon. We have to be smart about this."
"I'm sure you'rerealconcerned," I hiss, sarcasm oozing out of me.
He turns his back on me, and sips his coffee as though it's just another morning.
"You're leaking again," Dice says, frowning while pointing his finger at me.
"What?"
"Succubus. You're leaking it again. It's making me all… annoyed. I really need to work with you on capping it off when it's not in use."
"Bigger problems than dripping sex right now, Dice," I chastise, trying not to throttle him.
"It's distracting," Chaz says, his eyes moving from me to Gage and then to me again. "Succubus. That's odd. You don't leak anything else. Why leak succubus?"
"Maybe it's because she's close to changing," Gage says idly, moving away from the bar as though he's bored, and then he comes to stand dangerously close to me. My heartbeat quickens as an old ache tries to return.
Hell no. Not happening. Never again. Never.
He smirks as he sees my inner battle that makes not one damn bit of sense. I love Kane. Why am I feeling tempted? Kane's life is in danger, and I'm struggling to take a step back from Gage.
"Something wrong, Alyssa?" he asks with a knowing grin I want to slap off his face.
Something has been wrong for a while. I thought it was better. Why is it back?
He leans down, letting his breath trail across my face, and then he smiles wickedly before walking around me, leaving me breathless.
"Alyssa?" Chaz says, breaking into my thoughts.
"Yeah," I say, clearing my throat. "We need a plan."
His eyebrows cock up, as if he's amused or confused. I'm not sure which.
"I realize that. That's sort of what we've been doing all morning. You okay? You don't look so good."
"I'm fine," I lie, hating myself for the feelings I shouldn't have. Kane. I have to find Kane.
Nothing. Every plan we havefalls apart because of some miniscule detail Gage points out. I've done well to keep my distance from the dark user since this morning.
Chaz has been reading numerous books he swiped from the council's library. Aunt Hilly has been of no use. She has nothing helpful to offer despite her knowledge of the inner workings of the council's prison.
