waiting for me to turn around.
“Mimosa,” Talon informed me. “Might take the edge off.”
I wasn’t a big champagne drinker, but I accepted it. I was on edge, and right now, I needed to chill, because I got the feeling this was just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
“How does it work?” I asked after I took a long swallow, surprised by how smooth it was. In my experience, the champagne always overpowered the orange juice. Not the case here. “Obtaining a possession?”
“I’m more than happy to share all the details, but I find it’s easier to understand if you see it firsthand. Please remember, it’s not information I divulge to just anyone. As you can imagine, what we do isn’t something that’s public knowledge.”
That I believed. Far too much risk. Especially in the public eye.
I took another drink. “As you can see, I’m not in a position to alert the media.”
His eyes narrowed. Clearly not amused.
“If you want me to work for you, it’s important I know what it entails, right?”
Talon moved forward again, this time close enough I was forced to look up to hold his gaze. I could feel the heat of his body against mine, felt my knees turn to jelly at my body’s insane reaction to him.
His finger glided along my jaw slowly, back and forth. “Working for me’s not the only thing I want from you, Braelyn.”
“What do you want?” My words were so softly spoken I was surprised he heard them. Surprised I spoke them.
Talon leaned in, his lips brushing mine. “Everything.”
My belly went topsy-turvy, my skin heating, my respiratory system kicking into overdrive. No one had ever said something so … seductive to me. I probably should’ve felt like one of his playthings, but oddly, I didn’t. Well, maybe a little. Regardless, I was intoxicated by the rush it gave me.
That rush intensified when his hand covered my throat, his long fingers cupping my jaw and holding me securely so that I couldn’t move. There was no pain, just a clear delineation between our roles. He was in control.
Our eyes remained locked, and I could see the intensity swirling in those molten gray orbs as Talon leaned in. When his lips came over mine, I inhaled before giving myself over to his kiss.
At that moment, my world spun and shifted, every single molecule in my being focused solely on how dominating his tongue was as it took what it wanted, licking, tasting. My breasts were hypersensitive, my pussy throbbing, and I had this overwhelming urge to climb his body, to hold on for dear life and let him take me for a ride that I knew would alter my life forever.
Part of me expected the kiss to be quick, but it wasn’t. In fact, it intensified even more when Talon pressed me into the rail, his hard body pinning me in place as his hands moved, roughly gripping my head in a manner that told me he couldn’t stop himself. I understood all too well because no one had kissed me like this.
“Kissing you…” Talon murmured, “it’s my new addiction.”
That pretty much said it all. This wasn’t a simple mating of tongues. It was a clash of energy that caused vibrations to radiate through my nerve endings. It was a violent hunger that couldn’t quite be sated. I went with my instinct to reach for him, gripping his hip with one hand, sliding my thumb into the belt loop on his jeans, and securing myself to him so he couldn’t get away.
Not that he was trying. No. Not Talon. He was in full control, inhaling, devouring. And here I was, on the opposite end of the spectrum. I’d never felt so out of control, so dangerously close to losing myself.
It wasn’t until the glass I was holding in my other hand disappeared that reality came back. Thinking I’d dropped it, I expected the glass to shatter, but it never did. That was when I remembered Ari was there. He’d taken it. He was watching us.
“Talon,” I mumbled against his mouth, attempting to break the spell because we had an audience.
To my surprise, his lips retreated, but he didn’t release me, pulling back just enough to stare down into my eyes.
“I want you,” he growled softly.
“I want you, too,” I admitted, surprised by my boldness as well as my sincerity.
“Fuck.” Talon jerked me into him, once again crushing his mouth to mine. His hands slid beneath my arms, lifting me like I weighed nothing,