Page 32 of Stains of Desire
Then something starts happening with Dirk and Zoe.
Well, I guess his decades of fantasies just came true.
And I swear I must be hearing things because Ryker, who is the last person I would expect to be doing anything, has something going on with Julieta.
Good for him. He deserves to get laid after everything he's gone through.
The tent becomes full of everyone trying to hide whatever it is they are doing. And it's never happened before. In all the years I've spent with these guys, no one on our team has ever slept with a target.
Well, except for Kalim, and it happened a long time ago. We all took his sorrow as a lesson and have kept strict boundaries ever since.
I put my arms over my face, trying to block out the sounds of fornication all around me, but the pounding of my blood I've felt all day since seeing Penelope's picture only increases. And she's so close to me, it's borderline torture.
I want to make her shatter into so many pieces she can't think about anyone else touching her ever again.
I seriously need to stop these thoughts. I'm dropping her off somewhere tomorrow.
Where?
Why didn't Interpol tell us where her final location is?
What would she sound like moaning underneath me?
Penelope quietly sighs.
I slowly look over.
She's tapping her hand on her thigh. The only reason I can see it is her skin is so fair. Otherwise, it's too dark to see anything.
She's too tempting. I reach out and trace her hand, and she freezes.
What am I doing? Don't touch her.
I pull back.
Vanessa's whimpers become louder, and Penelope turns her head toward me. Her green eyes glow in the darkness. And the beast within me can't contain himself.
I stroke her cheek, and she closes her eyes. I trace her lips, wanting to make them swell by the pressure of my teeth. My heart beats faster.
Leave her alone. She's a target.
Fuck it.
I tug her off the mattress and onto me.
Her eyelids fly open, her lips sit inches from my face.
I lean up to her ear. "I listen to stop and no."
She inhales sharply.
"Do you understand?"
She nods.
I lick her earlobe, since I'm so close to it, and she shudders. When I suck on it, she moans, but it's quieter than the other noises around us.
"If I ever get you alone, I'm marking every inch of your body as mine. But what I want to know right now is, if I touch you, are you able to stay quiet?"
