to press her into something she didn’t want to do.
She turned a little and leaned against the chairs behind her. She wanted better access than she had at the moment. The angle would allow her to reach more of Linc, the man on her left. She chanced a glance up at his face and saw that he was focused on the man still trying to gain the sympathy and understanding of his Ardin. He wasn’t even the man in huge trouble, but he seemed ready to explain away everything.
Cami was determined to use this. They wanted her here. They were going to have to deal with her little change in plans. She ran her hand slowly up his leg, but stopped at the knee. Nothing too expansive yet. She wasn’t going to be too blatant. Well, not unless she got a really good opportunity.
Linc tried moving his leg a little to the side. As if she’d be that easily discouraged. She’d teach them that plans have a tendency to go awry if there was another person involved. If she was lucky, they’d get tired of trying to ignore or avoid her touch and kick her out of here. Not that she expected that to happen. She couldn’t really interfere with their ability to listen to the people before them. She couldn’t distract both of them at the same time so one of them would always be listening.
Drawing her fingers in circles up the inside of his calves, she barely noticed when another man stepped up to add to the tale. Her focus was entirely on what she could do to Linc at this moment. She knew she could reach up and cup his cock, but he’d grab her hand and her foray into temptation and distraction would be over.
She sneaked a glance up at him to see how he was reacting. His eyes locked with hers and his lips pulled back in a silent, warning snarl. She smiled brilliantly at him and glanced pointedly toward the door. If he wanted her to stop, he’d let her out of the room.
He shook his head and raised a brow. She took that as a challenge that he didn’t think she could do much in her position. Slipping her palm behind his calf, she used her nails as she stroked up and down in a slow, meandering pattern. Following the taut muscles all the way to the back of his knee, she drew her thumb back and forth.
Cami could probably do much better at distracting him if she tried touching herself. The audience in front of them held her back from doing that. She wasn’t going to provide that much of a show for those trying to give their report. With a little luck, she could show him how it could have been if they had waited to do this until she was ready.
She leaned her head against his leg and slowly leaned close. Resting her cheek against his outer thigh, she nuzzled back and forth for a few moments in a deliberate mimicry of scent marking. She turned her head catching his eyes before nipping his thigh, hard. He jerked and gasped, automatically reaching for her, but she’d already straightened and swiveled to start on Colm.
She’d started with Linc because of his temperament. He was the more relaxed and easy-going of the two men. She’d known he most likely wouldn’t cause a scene and stop everything simply because she was baiting him. Now, though, she had to try it on Colm. It required a little more courage. She wasn’t sure what the gruff man would do when she started or if her game would have any effect on him.
She didn’t glance up at him to see what he was thinking. Not yet. He would have noticed what she was doing to Linc. He was wearing some shorter, sturdy boots today, not the nearly knee-high boots she’d grown accustomed to seeing when they’d been traveling.
She had room to play. Now she just had to work up the nerve to do it. Taking a deep breath, she put her hand on his calf, but decided if she was going to do this, she was going to do it right. She began stroking the skin just above his boot.
Sitting here sucked. It didn’t take her long to come to that conclusion. She was on display. She’d definitely hold a grudge about that for a long time. There had to be easier ways they could have