Page 13 of Snowed in with the Demon Lord
Her punch wasn’t strong enough to do any damage, but it still hurt. I caught the second punch she threw, hand clampingaround her wrist. Heat stirred in my heart as our eyes met, anger and sorrow mixing.
“I tried to save you,” I pointed out.
“Yeah? But you didn’t tell me we were messing with the thing that kept you alive. You’re an asshole, Abaddon, and I don’t want you to die.”
“It wouldn’t have made any difference,” I snarled. “Whatever went wrong still would have happened.”
She wrenched her arm free of my grip and swung again. This time I caught her punch with ease. Suspicious ease.
My aches and pains were gone, I realized. Somewhere in the middle of this argument, they’d faded out. The flame in my heart burned high again, too. Something odd was happening, and I didn’t understand it.
In that moment, I didn’t care. I looped my tail around Holly’s torso and pulled her closer. She gasped and pulled back, but lacked the strength to resist as I drew her close. Or perhaps she didn’t want to. Her eyes flashed with passionate emotion as I pinned her to the sofa, our faces inches apart. A tremor in her breathing, a blush spreading across her cheeks, the little whimpering sound she made as she gazed up at me, all said she wanted more.
“I do not intend to spend my last hours on Earth arguing about blame, human. There are far better ways to spend that time.”
10
HOLLY
Ashiver ran through me at Abaddon’s words, and I tried to speak. I’ve no idea what I was trying to say, though. All I managed was a whimper and a nod.
Abaddon smiled, a hungry, dangerous expression. Lowering himself over me, he brought his gorgeous lips to mine, his body pushing me down onto the sofa as he kissed me.
It was glorious, passionate, electric. The kiss I hadn’t admitted I’d ached for, overshadowing everything I’d ever felt with a human. Pressing my body up against him, I felt the heat radiating from him, hot enough to burn but somehow safe for my touch.
He had my right hand pinned, but my left was free, so I reached up and slid it into his hair, pulling him to me. He chuckled into the kiss, sending rumbling vibrations through my body, which made me gasp and arch against him. Through his boxers and my jeans, I felt his hard cock like a rod of steel. Abigrod, big enough to scare me.
I shouldn’t do this.The rest of me shushed the sensible voice. She might be right, but I didn’t care. Abaddon was a demon, okay, so what?
I wanted him. I needed him.
And he had me.
His mouth left mine, and he kissed his way along my jaw until he reached my ear. His free right hand slid down my side, caressing me through my t-shirt. And his wicked tail coiled around me, slipping under the waist of my jeans and into my panties. The broad, spade-like tip slid between my soaking folds, setting off a fireworks display in my soul.
Razor-sharp teeth nipped at my earlobe, and then he whispered. “Such an eager little mortal, aren’t you?”
I couldn’t argue that, and wouldn’t have if I could. Legs spread wide, I gasped for air as he teased me, his cock growing even harder and larger. His lips and teeth moved down to my neck, nibbling and kissing and licking, each movement making me squirm and moan under him.
“I asked you a question,” he reminded me as he reached my collarbone.
“Yes.” I breathed the word, and don’t know how Abaddon caught it. Somehow, he did.
“You are beautiful, and sexy, and Ineedyou, little mortal. You are mine.”
At the last word, the tip of his tail vibrated, pressing between my folds and pulling a sudden shriek from me. He held me in place, his clawed fingers gripping my hip, and his tail thrummed against me, teasing and tormenting.
Should we even be doing this? He’s hurt, he couldn’tstanda couple of minutes ago.I kept the question to myself, because the answer was definitely no, we shouldn’t. And I didn’t want him to stop.
A moment later, he pushed himself up and off me. Had he read my mind? Or come to the same, frustrating conclusion?
“Undress.”
So that’s a no, then.
Abaddon’s voice was firm, low, and dangerous. The thought of disobedience never crossed my mind. Even before I decided, my hands were moving, pulling up my t-shirt and throwing it away. I kicked off my boots, undid my jeans, and slid them down along with my panties.
And blushed bright as what I was doing caught up with me.A demon says strip, and I’m naked in ten seconds? What thehell,Holly?
