didn’t get muddied in this whole situation.
“So, what happened with the case?” I demanded.
He took a few steps from me, pulling out one of my kitchen chairs and deposited himself in it with a sigh, as if he realized the sex stuff was over for the night. “I didn’t stay to find out.”
“You left in the middle of your case?” I asked, my voice dropping in disbelief.
“I didn’t wait for the case to begin,” he answered with a grin. “Once I knew you were going to meet the Dreamstalker on his terms, I left.” He glanced at me and his gaze raked me from head to toe. “I couldn’t focus on anything else, knowing you could be dying.”
I approached him and sat down on his lap, straddling him. He wrapped his hands around my waist and buried his face in my chest.
“I’m not going to let you take the rap for me letting Quillan go,” I whispered in his ear and started kissing his neck.
“You don’t have a choice,” he responded, his hands on either of my breasts as I began rocking myself against the hardness in his pants.
“The High Court is going to be pissed you bailed on them,” I added.
He chuckled. “Pissed isn’t even the word for it.” He brought his hands back to my waist and dropped his head back as he closed his eyes while I continued to gyrate against him.
This wasn’t an argument that was going to be won tonight. For tonight, I just appreciated the fact that Knight was safe, that Sam was alive and the Dreamstalker was dead. Tomorrow I could face all the other problems that had recently become my life—I could face the question of the illegal blood on the underground market and I could figure out what the hell I was going to do about the High Court.
Knight glanced up at me and his eyes glowed that eerie luminescence I’d first seen at Bram’s party.
“Okay, big guy, what’s with the eye glowing bit?” I asked, while rubbing my fingers against his incredibly soft lips.
He diverted his gaze as if he was embarrassed. “Are they glowing?” he asked.
I tilted his chin up and smiled down at him. “Yep and now there are no interruptions like Angela or Bram’s party so you’d better tell me why.”
He sighed and it spoke volumes. Anything Knight didn’t want to inform me about, I wanted to know all the more. “It’s something Lokis do,” he said simply.
“That doesn’t answer my question,” I answered with a raised brow.
He chuckled. “Nothing with you is ever easy, Dulcie.”
“No tangents either,” I said with a smirk. “Nice try though.”
He returned the smirk. “I’ll tell you on one condition.”
“Name it.”
“Dinner tomorrow night, my house, eight o’clock.”
I narrowed my eyes and smiled. “Done.”
He grasped my waist and lifted me off his lap, placing me on my kitchen floor. Then he stood up. “Until tomorrow,” he said with a smile.
“Wait a second,” I started, my hands on my hips. “I just agreed to your condition.”
He nodded. “Yes, you did, but it isn’t tomorrow night at my house at eight o’clock, is it?”
I frowned. “But…”
“Dulcie, I know you too well. Between now and tomorrow night, there’s a very good chance you’ll talk yourself out of the fact that you and I are great for each other. So, rather than giving up my secret now, I’ll tell you tomorrow…once you show up for our date.”
I laughed even though I was annoyed.
He reached for me and placed a chaste kiss on my lips then pulled away, starting for the door. He grasped the handle and opened it, stepping into the darkness before he turned around and faced me again.
“And be sure to show up because this is one of my better secrets.”
Then he closed the door behind him and left me in my living room with only Blue for company.
“What a…” I started.
Blue glanced up at me and shook his canine head before closing his eyes as he drifted back into doggy sleep.
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