Page 55 of I Am Salvation

He’s speaking about the system.

“Were you in foster care?”

He crosses the room and looks toward the window, his eyes distant. “No. I never got foster care. I grew up in group homes.”

Oh my God. No one even took him as a foster child?

He returns his gaze to mine and holds it for a moment. In his eyes I can see the shadows of his past—the pain and guilt that haunt him. I’m convinced he’s about to spill his guts to me.

But then he shakes his head sharply. “I’m done talking about this, Diana.”

Then he stalks toward me, grabs me, and crashes our mouths together.

Chapter Fifteen

Dragon

Her lips are already parted, and I dive my tongue in between them.

I promised I wouldn’t do this again.

I meant to keep that promise, but she wouldn’t stop talking. She makes me talk about things I don’t want to talk about.

She makes me think about things that I don’t want to?—

She groans.

She groans into my mouth, and my need for her escalates.

She’s a wildfire, and I’m consumed by everything about her. The ache in my chest matches the swell of desire inside me.

I pull back for a minute and gasp for air. Her eyes—wide and filled with a heady mix of anticipation and confusion—meet mine. She bites her lip.

Damn.

So sexy.

I promised myself no more, but every cell inside me craves her.

She makes me lose control.

“Stop.” I pull myself away. My hands are shaking. “We can’t do this.”

But even as I speak those words, they ring hollow in my ears, defeated by the pounding of my heart.

I’ve told her who I am, that I am evil, I am sin, but still…

Still she won’t stay away from me.

She kisses me with a passion I’ve never known.

I’ve told her I’m not gentle. Hell, I’ve shown her.

And she lets me.

She lets me do what I need to do.

I look at her, and there’s something in her eyes that haunts me. A glimmer of defiance, a look that says she knows exactly what she’s walking into but does it anyway. She’s not afraid.

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