He knew he would always be obsessed, would always crave her taste.
Draden didn’t move, staying as still as any predator with his gaze fixed on his prey. No muscle moved.
He was set on having her for the rest of his life, no matter how long or little that was, but he could see, if she agreed, he was going to have his hands full.
Her soft voice nearly was the end of his strength. Just when he was certain there was no way he could love her more, she did something like that. She made him feel as if he was everything to her. He’d never been everything to anyone.
You are safe, Lorraine. You will always be safe from me. You are the one person in this world I could never harm for any reason.
She went to him because there was no other choice.
I saw and recognized who and what she was by her shadow – by the tubes connecting her to everything. Every step she took, I could feel the channels opening everywhere until she took the one step that finally connected us.
My peony,” he emphasized. “And it’s only for us, no one else.” He liked the intimacy of having a special name for her no one else knew but the two of them.
Draden was hers. The one. The only. She didn’t know how she knew it, but she did know that nothing in her life was truer.
You’re the first thing I’ve ever wanted for myself. You’re the first time I’ve ever thought maybe I could have some kind of life. I don’t want you to go, not for my leopard or yours, but for me.
I’m totally susceptible to good looks. On the other hand, I don’t like bossy men, so if you want worshipping from me, you’ll have to keep your mouth closed and let me boss you.
Her body had been asleep but now it was wide awake and very aware of every inch of the Iceman. She’d already nicknamed him and thought of him as ‘her’ Iceman, even if it was just in her fantasies.
He found he was holding his breath. A part of him wished she had a man. That she wouldn’t look up, see him and smile that innocent, shy smile that told him she was interested in a monster. On the other hand, if she didn’t smile at him that way, he’d be crushed. Shattered.
That was always the trouble with you,” Steele murmured. “You’re so damned smart. You observe everything.
We don’t have to do a single thing until you’re ready. “ Gino pg.225.
He had the impression of Shylah pouting, and that made him happy. Just talking to her made him happy. The fact that she would circle around, hunt and find the man watching from the forest, was a complete turn-on. He liked that this woman would be his partner.
She had to know, soon or later, that he was no saint and never would be. He loved her, but if she was going to stay with him, she had to know the worst of him. He wanted honesty between them.
I detested that people who already had everything they could possibly want would step on others who had nothing. Would use them and crush them. I’d lived my life mainly in the streets and found out the hard way that people who could have helped just hurt us.
I don’t think I’ve actually seen you smile before, ” Wyatt observed. “This woman must be the real deal to teach you how to smile.
Come on, ghost man. You want this. You want to live. I know you do. Breathe for me. Take a breath.