Shadow Thief - Eva Chase Page 0,82

final thrust inside me sent me reeling with the burst of my orgasm. My eyes rolled up, stars sparkling behind them while my body clenched around his fingers.

Snap caressed my cheek even as he rocked inside me through the aftershock. His voice came out soft and fierce at the same time. “My peach. My Sorsha. Mine.”

I wasn’t in any state to argue that sentiment, if I’d even wanted to. It was all I could do to keep my hold on his cock and stroke him faster to bring him with me.

As the rest of my body sagged with satisfaction, he let his eyes haze, giving himself over to the pleasure now that he’d fulfilled my end. A groan reverberated from his chest. His hips jerked.

He tugged me to him suddenly, his mouth crashing into mine. A tremor raced through his body as the hot gush of his release spurted across my hand.

“Oh,” he mumbled. “That—”

He cut himself off with a breathless laugh and kissed me once more. This one lit me up from head to toes even in my sated state. I nestled closer to him instinctively, resting my hands against the warmth of his chest.

When the kiss ended, I glanced at him coyly through my eyelashes. “So, was ‘more’ the right choice?”

“Yes. Yes. And for you too.”

Apparently my enjoyment had been so clearly on display that he didn’t feel the need to ask. I was okay with that.

As I tipped my head to rest it on the pillow, Snap gazed down at me. A hint of uncertainty crossed his face. “What usually happens now?”

Ah. Yeah, I guessed in some ways that was a trickier subject than the sex act itself.

I skimmed my fingers up and down the taut planes of his stomach. “Sometimes people like to consider it done and leave. Sometimes they’d rather be close for a while longer, so they stay together while they sleep.”

“Then I will stay,” Snap said decidedly. He wrapped one arm around my shoulders and lay his cheek down by me on the pillow, tucking my head under his chin. His mix of bright and dark scents enveloped me. I relaxed into his embrace with only a small pang of regret that for all I knew, this might be the only interlude we’d get before our lives went even more to hell.

27

Sorsha

The computerized interface in Ruse’s snazzy car was so complicated I couldn’t figure out how to connect my phone, so I settled for making my own soundtrack. “Don’t stop deceivin’,” I sang as the four of us cruised into the docklands, hidden behind our tinted windows. “Hold on, send ‘em reeling.”

Ruse shot me an amused smile as he took a turn. “You’re lucky you don’t get arrested, messing with the words that badly.”

I stuck my tongue out at him, because I was just that mature, and leaned my arm against the window ledge. The faded factories along the river looked even drearier today with a haze of clouds graying the sky. There was no rush hour out in this part of town. The growl of our engine was the only sound on the street.

Of course, that’d be exactly how Meriden and his co-conspirators liked it.

We’d already decided that parking right by the drop-off spot was too risky. Ruse drove a few blocks farther and pulled up to the curb around a corner. The plan was that Thorn would lurk in the shadows where Meriden had gotten out yesterday, and Snap would linger close to our corner. When the minivan arrived, Snap would alert us and Thorn would give chase on foot. We were hoping either he’d discover a building here where Meriden was conducting his current work, or we’d be able to close in on whatever other vehicle picked the guy up in the area, if one had.

At the very least, we’d figure out more about his route than we’d been able to last time.

Thorn swiveled in his seat to beckon to Snap. “It’s an hour earlier than yesterday’s drop-off. We’ve got time to patrol the wider area first. Come on.”

Snap balked, his gaze sliding to me for a second before he met Thorn’s eyes. “I’d rather stay close to the car. Isn’t Sorsha’s safety the most important thing?”

“We’ll be ensuring her safety by confirming none of our enemies are staked out nearby,” the warrior said. “You can test the surroundings for signs of where they might have been here before as well.”

“And, y’know, I’ll be right here in the car with