Page 9 of Rock Hard

I want to laugh. Seriously? Humans. Although I’m sure that a shifter wolf might be shocking for some. Living around here though, they better get used to it.

And Halloween is the perfect time to learn what’s hanging out in the dark around you.

I look down at her and her green eyes are wide and dark, her thick lashes fluttering and her peach cheeks flushed.

“Would you like to see my place?”

I couldn’t be more shocked when she says yes and follows me through the crowd to the the road.

“I only travel one way, sweetheart.” I lift her into my arms, enjoying the light weight of her and leap into the air, my wings going wide.

CHAPTER 7

Angela

“Shit!” I shriek and clutch wildly at any piece of him I can get a nail into. “What the hell, Granite? What are you doing?”

He smirks down at me and my heart skips a beat. Until I glance down and it seems like the world is miles and miles away underneath us. The air is cool on my overheated skin and my dress flutters around us in a peach and lace veil. “I told you that I only travel one way. I can’t even fit in a car let alone drive one.”

I huff. “I’m pretty sure we could have found a way to do this that didn’t involve sudden death from splatting into the ground!” I close my eyes and curl into him tighter. His body is warm and hard against me and my blood sings with the need for him.

He purrs in my ear. “Have I told you that it’s customary for gargoyles to mate with their one in the air?”

My eyes fly open and I screech, “Are you crazy? There’s no way in hell I will ever want to have sex while flying!”

He chuckles and his glittering sky-blue eyes wander down my body. “You’ll never know how good it is unless you try it, little one.”

“Not going to happen, Granite. And who said anything about having sex?” My out of control libido is about to smack the hell out of me because she wants to have him. Right this second.Little slut!

“What’s going on here, Granite? I thought we were just going to look at your place.”

“I’m just giving you a little fact, mate. I can’t help it you took it the wrong way.”

I lift a brow and pull back with a skeptical look. Until I look down and realize how fast we’re moving. I jerk back into him, shutting my eyes tightly. “Jeez!”

I want him. I want all of him. But there’s some part of me that knows if I have sex with him I’m done for. I’ll never be able to tell him good-bye. And I’m confused. Sometimes I want it. Sometimes I fear it.

“Shit!” Granite’s arms jerk me tighter against him as something slams into us and we whirl out of control.

I scream and scrabble to get as close as I can. “Granite! What’s going on? Where are we?”

“Flying over Magic but something is really wrong. I slammed into a shield and then something else hit me.”

He growls as my eyes open and he straightens out. But his blue eyes narrow and gleam with feral intent. “Demons,” he grunts under his breath.

“What?” My head whips back and forth. “Where?” But I don’t need him to tell me that something is up here with us now. I can see the red streak coming at us and I scream as Granite dips and dives, struggling to outrun the creature.

“Fucking asshole,” he growls and then it hits us again and I scream as his arms loosen and I feel myself falling. My eyes search desperately for him and I see a gray bullet heading straight for me, his arms out to catch me.

“Granite! Watch out!”There’s only seconds before I hit the ground and I close my eyes, my stomach twisting as I hope it’s quick.

“Ooof!”I grunt and grasp at Granite like he’s my last lifeline. His muscular arms wrap around me and tears streak down my cheeks. “Granite,” I whimper and hold on tight as he skims the lake below us. Water dapples the air around us, shimmering and wetting us.

Granite shakes his head like a dog and roars with laughter. “No faith in me, my love?”

“That is not funny, Granite,” I huff and relax as we fly away from Magic. I turn back and I can see the air is different around the town. My eyes narrow when I see the people moving around under what seems like a dome. “What’s going on back there?”

He glances back and then searches the air. “I’m not sure. But it must be serious if they’ve activated a dome to protect them and demons are hanging around outside it.”

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