Page 103 of Memories Like Fangs
She practically purred. “I do love your consistency.”
“I amconsistentlyobsessed with you.”
“You never know how to stop flirting, do you?” Byrd threw her head back and laughed. When she looked back at me, her eyes and smile were bright. “Maybe we should just forget dinner?”
I shook my head as I smiled. “Lo primero y más importante, necesito cuidarte.”
Her brows lifted, teasing yet curious. “Was that your sexy Spanish or your bossy Spanish?”
“Both,” I said in English with a soft laugh. “But, seriously, I need you to eat something without a nutritional label on its packaging before we live out everything I have been imagining today. Priorities,mi libélulita.”
Byrd pouted so adorably that I almost did forego dinner.She is so cute when she’s being a brat and questioning me. “We ate lunch at that one hole-in-the-wall place a few hours ago.”
“Yes, but that washoursago, and you needrealfood.”
“Are you sure you are actually going to be able to hold out until we get food and eat?” Byrd lifted onto her tiptoes for our lips to be just a breath away from each other. It took everything in me not to lean down and kiss her. I stared down at her soft lips. My hands were clenched into fists to resist pulling her in more. The littlemalcriadaknew I was barely clinging to any semblance of control because she gave a soft chuckle that tickled my lips.
There was a reason I called herla hechicera.She knewexactlyhow to tempt me.
“You need your strength for everything I want to do to you later, Sweets,” I said, distinctly not answering her questionbecause I wasn’t sure Iwouldbe able to last, but I had to try to make sure we both could. I gave her a quick kiss before turning her around and slapping her on the ass. I fought the urge to grip my hand around it after. Instead, I said, “Now, go pick out something to eat.”
“Ugh,fine, Little Miss Responsibility!” She groaned, but there was mirth and that sexy teasing tone in her voice still. Something came through our bond that reminded me of the night that I had saved her from Lilah. Before I could try to decipher it, Byrd swayed her hips hypnotically to the nightstand and grabbed a sleek leather folder labeled “menu” in stitched gold.
What was it about this woman that made me into a fucking man who literally got a boner just from her breathing? Was she a witch after all, who cast some kind of love spell on me?
She flipped the menu open and scanned through it. “Ooooh! They have a braised short rib with a roasted garlic mash and Brussels sprouts! Yes, please! Can you grab the brown sugar lemonade, too?”
“For you, I would buy the whole restaurant,mi tesoro,” I winked before getting my wallet and the hotel keycard from my jacket pocket. I pulled up the restaurant’s number on my phone. “Instead of ordering and waiting for them to come up here, I’ll head downstairs to get it. I’m sure the others will be ordering room service, so this will be faster and keep the food fresh.”
“Don’t keep me waiting for long, Quinny-Quinn,” she called out after me as I headed for the door.
“I wouldn’t dream of it,mi vida,” I promised, and then I was out the door before I could change my mind about food.
I was so mesmerized by the delicious embodiment of temptation that was my girlfriend that I hadn’t even looked at the menu before I called in our order, so I just ordered some chicken pasta dish with a smoked gouda sauce and pancetta thatI knew Byrd would want to share. By the time I got down there and paid, they were preparing to bag our food up and bragging about how they believed in fast service along with luxurious food. I tipped the server and the chef over 50% for their speedy work.
On the way back to our room, my hands were full—one with the takeout bag and balancing two tall drinks with condensation slicking the sides, while the other had the keycard at the ready. I was so proud of myself for making record time of returning to the room in less than twenty minutes. I even had my mouth open and ready to make some quip.
Then, I opened the door.
All thoughts of dinner, jokes, and time vanished instantly.
Byrd waited for me like a fucking fantasy made real. She stood in the middle of the room wearing only an embroidered golden bra with cutouts and a tiny buckled strap that only brought out her bountiful cleavage even more, a matching high-cut thong that curved lovingly over the lines of her hips and waist, andmymotorcycle jacket—unzipped and hanging open like an invitation. Her long pink locs were down, tousled, and curly from the two-strand twists they had been in. Her eyes were twinkling with teasing amusement, and her lips were parted into a satisfied smirk as she saw the way I froze.
It was her flashing me during our sparring all over again. I couldn’t think beyond what was in front of me. I had seen Byrd in lingerie and naked before. The sight shouldn’t give me pause anymore. I should be used to it. But, despite Byrd and I being together for several months now, I knew already that I would never be used to Byrd’s existence in any capacity. I would never get enough of her. I was one of the most powerful huntresses alive, and I knew at least five different ways to kill every kind of supernatural creature. Yet, Byrd could reduce me to a simping mess by doing nothing at all, by just standing there half-nakedwiththatlook in her eyes. She was my weakness and all of my power at the same time. There was nothing I could do against her.
My brain was just a buffering wheel that stopped completely every time I tried to move past how the delicate detailing hugged her round softness.
Or, how that damn buckle was the only thing between me and her delicious nipples.
Or, how her tantalizing scales winked at me in the lighting, beckoning to be touched and send electric shivers through her beautiful body.
Or, how fucking hot her ass was peeking undermyjacket.
Or, just the fact that she was inmyjacket.
Or, how the pure desire between us turned our mating bond into a cosmic lightning bolt that could have cut through diamonds with its energy and heat.
I couldn’t fathom a world where this goddess had come from the heavens and was showing me her bountyandwas interested in a poor, insignificant creature like me. How was she mine? How was I so fucking blessed?
