Page 44 of Blood Magic (Ariel Kimber 3)

I moved my hands to the side in a slow movement and didn’t stop until I could wrap my hands around his biceps and I collapsed against his chest. I held onto his biceps as I shoved my face into his neck.

I let go of the one bicep, the one on the inside of the couch, and scooted around on top of him while moving my legs around.

I ended up half on top of him with my knee in-between his legs and half smooshed in-between Julian and the back of the couch. My right hand was still wrapped firmly around his bicep with my arm across his middle.

Julian wrapped one arm around my shoulders and the other one he placed on my thigh.

My beautiful purple silk robe still covered me like a blanket. An expensive blanket.

Julian squeezed my thigh gently, and asked in a husky voice, “Is that why you came down here? To tell someone about what you found out?”

I sighed and snuggled closer into his side.

“No,” I told him. “I saw your SUV in the driveway and came down to see if you could help me find him using magic. I looked through most of the books on the shelf in my room and came up blank. I don’t know where to start and needed someone’s help with it. I don’t know how to use magic for something like that because I’ve never done anything like that before. I figure if he could use it to try and find me then why couldn’t I do the same to try and locate him.”

Julian let out a slow breath and I felt his body go lax beneath me.

“I can’t help you with that kind of thing,” he murmured. “But Quinton sure can. And, if it’s not something he knows how to do, he won’t stop until he figures it out for you.”

I closed my eyes in relief. Quinton could do anything. With him on the job, I’d find Rain Kimber in no time.

“We’ll call him in the morning,” Julian mumbled sleepily. “Now, sleep, honey. I’m exhausted.”

I could hear the exhaustion in his voice and immediately felt guilty.

Quinton had lectured me enough on the subject to know that magic came at a price and it always took it’s toll out of the practitioner.

I thought about my healed cheek, and it was entirely healed, and what it probably had taken out of Julian to do that for me. He’d used his magic today and bled for me.

He was exhausted, and it was all my fault.

Damn.

I was hungry, but that no longer mattered. I was going to sleep here on Dash’s couch with Julian because that’s what he needed, and I would give it to him.

“Night, Jules,” I whispered. “Sweet dreams and don’t let the bed bugs bite.”

He laughed softly and said, “Night, my sweet witch.”

I melted into him.

I let his words and his laughter wash over me and I willed myself to sleep.

With Julian’s heat wrapped around me, it didn’t take long.

Chapter Fourteen

Julian

I couldn’t stop my fingers even if I had wanted to. They had a mind of their own. I kept running them through the damp, blonde locks of hair hanging around her neck.

I continued playing with her hair long after her breathing evened out and her body grew heavy on top of mine.

She was asleep, and I still continued to run my fingers through her soft hair.

All the while, my mind raced with images of another beautiful girl who had magic and had wormed her way into my life. That was the only thing the two of them had in common.

Annabell was on the shorter side and so thin she looked in danger of having her legs snap like twigs when she walked. She had small tits and no ass to speak of. But still, she’d been beautiful. She had thick, gorgeous black hair that was shiny and just begged for you to sink your hands into it while your tongue was roaming around inside her mouth. Or other places. I knew from experience how great that felt because I had done it as often as she’d allowed me to.

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