classic “come hither” look. But that would be bad. Very bad right now. I shake my head. My hearing is out the door, and Pharzuph whistles as he enters the elevator.
Anna sets down her beer and stands. She’s still obviously inebriated, but she’s not falling over anymore. She’s just sloe-eyed and sexy, and I have to keep shaking my head. But she’s coming my way, and I feel the stirring. My head fills with fog, and my gut aches with a deep throb.
Anna presses her entire body to mine, and her hands are on my waist. My teeth clamp together. I grasp her shoulders and push her away as gently and quietly as I can, but she is unrelenting. I shake my head, feeling weakened by the emotion of the afternoon. Father is off the elevator now, walking, saying hello to people, flirting with strangers.
Anna’s hands roam over my chest, and down. I grab her hands but she yanks them away and says, “Don’t.”
Uuuugh, little vixen, do not do this to me. Don’t touch. Don’t speak. Just . . . I cover her mouth.
“Shut up,” I say in a low voice.
She goes still. Her eyes are on me, and they are sweltering, her lids dipping low. Come to think of it, I should probably cover her eyes, too. I should put her to bed and tuck her in tightly. All by herself. Fully clothed. Until she’s ready to behave again.
Sounds of the casino ring out in my extended hearing.
“You look familiar,” I hear Father say. “Are you an actress?”
A feminine giggle. “Nope.”
“Come on, with a face like that . . .”
Anna gently peels my hand from her mouth. She kisses my palm, and it’s so simple and sensual that I’m suddenly fighting for normal breath.
“I’ll buy you a drink,” Father says smoothly.
Anna kisses her way up my middle finger. I step back, but she’s still holding my hand, and she runs her tongue across my fingertip.
“Ah, damn it,” I whisper, yanking my hand away. She’s killing me. She’s going to kill us.
“Please . . .” She pulls her hair tie out, releasing her blond hair about her shoulders, those eyes still melting into me, begging me. It is nearly too much.
My ears fill with laughter from Father and the woman downstairs. I have no idea if he’s listening. He seems fully focused on his prey, but I don’t trust him. He clearly warned me against Anna.
“I will tie you up again if you don’t behave,” I warn Anna.
Her eyes narrow wickedly. “Oh, you’d like that, wouldn’t you?”
Anna Whitt just got sassy with me. And that is my breaking point.
The beast is alive, warnings be damned.
I grab her waist and turn her, pressing her back into the entertainment center so that I have leverage to press hard against her. The entire thing clatters madly. Her arms and hands are everywhere, clinging, digging, pulling. I kiss her hard, wanting to own all of her—every alcohol-laced breath of air that escapes her mouth—I want it all. We grope as we move to the couch.
Multiple footsteps are moving quickly down the hall.
I am on top of her, between her legs, realizing I should have ripped those shorts off before getting her this far. But I can’t stop moving; her body feels so good against mine, her kisses and moans a delicacy.
“Sounds like the daughter of Belial is drunk again,” comes Blake’s voice down the hall.
“Shocker,” snaps Ginger.
“We’re about to have company,” I say, devouring the soft skin at her neck. I push my hand up her shirt, feeling her silky skin, and let my thumb rub under her bra. She gasps and undulates beneath me.
Banging echoes through the room. “Oi!” Ginger shouts. “Open the damn door.”
“I’m busy.” I nip Anna’s bottom lip. The other Neph can lay off.
“The more the merrier,” Blake says.
I look at Anna and she shakes her head. Her eyes are still heavily lidded. “Just ignore them.” She grabs the bottom of my shirt and pulls it up, forcing me up, and she kisses a path across my pecs. Oh, yes.
I smash her into the couch with another blazing kiss.
“Don’t let that skank take advantage of you when you’re bored, son of Pharzuph.”
Anna tries to push her way up, shouting, “Who you callin’ a skank, you—”
Oh, hell. I quickly cover her mouth and she struggles to get free. I wish they’d just bloody go away. Just one more time together before this godforsaken night begins. I can make it seem like