her mouth to stop the scream, but the touch was familiar. Gentle. Hot.
Dark.
She started to jerk away from him, hating that his touch, even when he was close to going insane and probably about to rape her, was hot enough to set her skin on fire. They were both naked, Talon covered in sweet and Jamie trying to understand. “What...happened?”
Her voice came out choked, strained, and not only because his hand was on her mouth.. Chills covered her body at his touch, but this time it wasn’t because of her desire for him. Something in her stomach curled, telling her that he was different. His voice, when he had said her name, had not been his normal facade of emotionless. No, it had sounded of power and confidence, despite the drastic change. His hands, tightening on her arms and jaw, only loosened when she gasped at the lack of breath.
“We need to leave. Now. I have to call Lucian,” he told her, sounding as if he didn’t care if she listened or not. His hands left her body completely, and his body, which had been pressed against hers so closely, pulled back and in the now-light room, she saw his skin glistening.
Her shoulder burned. Jamie didn’t move from her place in the middle of the wall. She was frozen in place, trying to understand what had happened. Talon hadn’t answered her question, and it didn’t seem like he was planning on it. He was now standing near the window, pushing the curtains aside and letting out the black smoke. It was so calmly done, so weirdly serene, that it sent her emotions swirling.
“Tell me what happened,” she said unsteadily, rising to her feet. She covered her hands with her body, freezing. The sheet that had been wrapped around them was on the other side of the room, the side that he was on.
He looked at her, and she gasped.
His eyes.... were silvery. Black. Surrounded with an almost godly ring of gold. Jamie felt the blood in her veins freeze, turning to ice. She knew that he sure as hell wasn’t human. Jamie jerked back, scrambling to the back of the wall. The danger that radiated from him was chilling, the evil and calculating look in his eyes turning her soul to ash.
Talon looked as if he were going to kill her. She had no idea what to think as she stared at him. He was leaning so casually against the wall, and yet she could feel the malice from several feet away. Was he going to kill her? she thought desperately, grabbing the closest thing next to her. It was a shirt -- his shirt. She put it on quickly, feeling stupid and in danger.
“Talon,” she snapped, trying to get a reply.
He merely raised a brow at her. “What.”
“Tell me...what happened. I don’t know what to think, to say....was it because of what we...did? Why are you staring at me like that...” His eyes burned into her. Her chest heaved as they stared at each other, her panic rising even greater than before. Her hands reached for something else as lights turned on gradually in the room.
They came in contact with the soft material of her sweat pants. She pulled them on, flipping her hair over her shoulder because it was getting in her way. Jamie could feel Talon’s eyes on her, could feel the heat searing her.
She stood up to her full height and looked for her jacket, but stopped dead when he said, “Want your bra?”
When she looked at him, her bra dangled from his finger and he had a smirk on his face. Except, it wasn’t a playful smirk. Nothing about him had ever been playful, and he certainly wasn’t going to change now. She marched over and grabbed it from him, giving him the worst look of her life.
“Take off my shirt so I can get dressed. Shower and then we are leaving. I’ll have my squire pay for the room and the transaction will be transferred back to your card. I’ll be on the phone, so don’t interrupt me when you get out.” With that being said, he turned his back on her and faced the window, dismissing her.
For some odd reason, angry tears burned her eyes. She turned on her heel, forcing herself to walk with steady legs to the bathroom. “I should have known,” she whispered, a thin hand reaching to her face. She wiped at the tear and started to get undressed