Chapter Two

The pressure of his complete body pressed against mine as he held me to him. Unlike before in the darkness, it seemed he was solid and yet only half there. My captor released my right arm but still had one of his arms around my waist. Now that my eyes adjusted, I glanced around the room and noticed we were in a sumptuous bedroom that wasn’t my own. A large bed stood along the wall covered in cerulean and silver coverings. A gray couch with splashes of cobalt sat at the foot of the bed. An antique chest of drawers was to the left of the bed. The carpet matched the colors and brought them together. The lighter blue walls made it seem like the room was awash in twilight. The coolness of the night loomed just on the other side ready to descend over me.

“Where are we? How did I get here?”

“You’re at my house. We came here by the means of how my kind travels.”

His kind? “What’s that supposed to mean? You’re an alien that pursues women and whisks them away to torture them in a plush pad?”

A chuckle slipped from his lips. “No. I’m not. I brought you here so we could be alone together. Here you can’t get away from me and there will be no interruptions. Please listen to me. Once I’m done, I’ll do whatever you wish. I’ll remove myself from your life and you’ll never see me again. I’ll bring you home and you needn’t tell anyone what happened. I’m just asking you to trust me. I did save your life the other night. Doesn’t that count for something?”

“Let me go, and maybe I’ll listen.” I didn’t care if he was going to tell me he was on the Titanic when it sank. All I wanted was to get away from him. Not to mention, I wasn’t going to let him see that I was trembling inside with fury and fear from being ripped from my house. The two emotions were so entwined that it was tough to tell them apart.

He brushed the hair away from my neck and planted his lips on my skin. My kidnapper ran his mouth over my throat sucking in the flesh and then nibbling on it. I drew in a quick breath when the pleasure of his act slithered along my veins. The anger died for a quick moment. He kissed my throat again, trailing the tip of his tongue along my jugular vein.

“You taste better than you smell. Would you let me indulge in sampling your lips before I release you?”

“I don’t have a choice. You’re the one holding me hostage. I imagine you want to tie me to the bed, too. Then you...” I turned my head toward him only to be met with his dazzling smile and those eyes that captured me. The rest of my retort died on my lips.

With our mouths being within centimeters of one another, all thought flew from my mind. The fear inside me evaporated. My hand suddenly had a mind of its own. I reached up and placed it on his cheek. Once I touched his face, an electric jolt passed through my body. He uttered a small moan. We both leaned closer until our mouths met in a kiss. I tried to scream at myself to stop. This man had wrenched me from my house by some unknown means, but my reason escaped me. It was all instinct. And my desires dictated they wanted to kiss him, to feel his body pressed against mine. That I would find myself dying in his arms because all I yearned for was for him to consume me.

Before I could have more than a taste of him, he pulled away. As promised, he released me. Once I found myself away from him, I could rationalize again. The impression of his lips still burned on mine. I brushed my fingers across my mouth to remind myself that the gesture had occurred.

I stumbled backward and fell onto the couch. The luscious cushions almost swallowed me whole. He perched on a chair opposite me. “What’s your name? Since you’re forcing me to kiss you, I figured I needed to know.”

“I’m not forcing you to do anything that you don’t want to do. At least I assume you wanted to.”

“Why assume? Can’t you read my mind?”

His brow furrowed. Those stormy gray eyes darkened the longer he stared at me. “No. I can’t. It’s quite frustrating. I also can’t influence you which is doubly aggravating.”

“Why do you say that? Not used to having people not bending to your will?”

A scowl settled on his lips and pinched the side of his eyes emphasizing the creases around his and making him appear entirely feral. “Usually they do.”

“I wonder what makes me the exception.”

“I don’t know.”

“So what’s your name?” I asked, trying to pull my gaze from those tantalizing eyes of his. The longer I looked at him, the more turned on I became. It felt as if I was burning up. I pressed my hand against my forehead to see if I had a fever and that this might be some hallucination. It came away cool.

Tingles of pleasure shot through my body and settled between my legs. I shifted uneasily in my seat. Dizziness overwhelmed me. He was across the room, but something in me was drawn to him. I needed to feel his lips on my flesh again.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

“I’m fine,” I lied and tried to keep my cool. But my whole body trembled with a deep hunger for him that I couldn’t comprehend. I didn’t know him. Something was going on that I didn’t understand.

He got back up and kneeled before me. “You’re not all right.” He laid his hand on my cheek. “You’re not warm. Do you feel okay?”

I heard what he asked me. Those sensuous lips formed around his words and each time they moved, I inched a little closer to him. My body’s reactions were beyond me. It seemed that I was in a dream. A strange nightmare that I couldn’t shake and yet part of me didn’t want to. I wanted him to keep on touching me. I needed it.

Instead of responding, I grabbed his face between my hands and pulled him to my mouth. His body stiffened against mine, but he yielded to my demanding tongue that plunged between his lips. The taste of him settled of my tongue. I yearned for more. His fingers raked down my back. The tips of his nails pressed through the fabric of my blouse into my skin. I straddled him, trying to merge our two bodies. I ran my hand down his chest feeling the powerful muscles underneath. I kept going lower until I found his erection. When I did, he broke the kiss and pulled away from me.

“What’s the matter with you?” Concern lit his eyes. His brow was furrowed, and the corners of his mouth were pinched together.

“What’s your name?” I squeezed him a little harder and he groaned.

“I thought you hated me and wanted me gone.”

He was growing stiffer the more I touched him. “Part of me does. I can’t explain it. There’s this other part that’s driving me wild. I don’t normally act this way with men. Especially those who threatened me. Now what’s your name?” I kissed his throat.

He hissed when I bit him. He pulled away from me then and retreated to his seat across the room. I remained on the floor. I closed my eyes and tried to gather my wits. This is crazy. I never lose control like this. Whatever is happening to me? All I want to do is fuck him. Whatever he did to me was beyond normal. It was supernatural. This man was more than human. The shock widened my eyes, but it didn’t stop the ache I had for him. A deep need to have him between my thighs and pumping into me burned in my body.

He shook his head and pushed the hair away from his forehead. He tented his hands and clasped them before him I tried not to look at him, but a pain started inside of me then speared to the core of my being. I doubled over resting my head on the carpet and tried to take slow breaths to calm the raging ache inside me. I scraped my fingers along the rug.

“Tell me what ails you, Madi.” His hot breath exploded by my ear.

“I need to be near you. It hurts when you go away.”

When he ran his hand down my spine, the hurt eased. His touch seemed to be the only thing that kept the pain at bay. “I’m going to take you to someone who I think can help. Are you okay with that?”

I lifted my head and gazed into his eyes. The tenderness I saw in them was real. He did actually care about me. How could he care for me when we didn’t know one another?

“Yes. Make this stop. Then my life can return to normal.”

“I don’t think your life will ever be the same, but if you wish me gone. Then I will go. But it would hurt me not to see you again.”

A half-hearted chuckle moved over my lips. “We’ll see.” Tears slid down my cheeks. What the fuck is wrong with me? I can’t continue this way. He wiped the tears away and scooped me up in his arms. At once, the agony I’d been in disappeared. I breathed a sigh of relief and buried my head into his shoulder and let him spirit me away.