meal.”
“Who brought us here, Rene? Was this Chessa’s plan?”
His upper lip lifted in a snarl. “Yeah, her and her people.”
Chessa and “her people” meant for her to use Rene? He was
all hers? For the moment, she didn’t care about the “why.”
Her breasts tightened.
Lord, how many times could she take him before her hunger was assuaged? She hid her excitement, pasting a concerned
look on her face. “Are you uncomfortable?”
He rolled his shoulders. “A little stiff.” His eyes narrowed
as she pursed her lips to prevent a smile. “ My shoulders are a
little stiff. It’ll get worse the longer I’m layin’ here.”
The smile she’d fought quirked up one side of her mouth.
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“A warm bath might ease your muscles. Would you like me to
bathe you?”
His glower grew impossibly darker. “Fuck no. Stay the hell
away from me.”
Disappointed, but beginning to enjoy the fact he was helpless, she walked around the room, aware his stare followed
her. And if the sway of her hips was a little exaggerated . . .
he deserved a little teasing. His surly rejection stung. “Why
do you think they didn’t chain me, too?” She wrapped her
arms around her middle, pretending a chill while plumping
her breasts above her arms.
Rene snorted, but his glance strayed downward. “Did they
need to? You’re stalkin’ me, now!”
She realized with a start she’d walked around the room
in ever-tightening circles, drawing closer to the bed. “I’m
sorry,” she said automatically, but not really meaning it. She
was becoming such a liar.
The muscles in his neck and jaw tensed as he lifted his
head. “You keep sayin’ that.”
She didn’t blame him for not believing her. The excitement
humming through her body, lifting goose bumps on her skin,
found its center in her woman’s core. “I really can’t seem to
help myself.” The truth, this time.
Anger drained from his face. His expression grew bleak. “I
know.” He took a deep breath and relaxed against the mattress, his gaze lifting to the ceiling. “Natalie, I need you to
think. You seem driven to fuck and feed. I get caught up in
it, too.”
She heard what he said, but had difficulty focusing to really absorb why he protested his fate so much. Her body’s
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needs ruled her. Didn’t he feel the same way? Didn’t he share
the elation—the passion that even now unfurled inside her?
That thought brought her up short. It can’t be happening this
quickly again! The acknowledgement had a sobering affect. When
he looked at her again, his steady gaze only underlined the fact
she was reacting to something she had no control over.
She had no real power here. She was ruled by her body and
the moon—and submitting to her hungers.
“You can’t have me,” Rene said, his face hardening. “I’m not
here of my own free will . . . and I would never choose you.”
Natalie swallowed the bile rising in the back of her throat.
The hope she hadn’t even realized she harbored splintered
like brittle glass.
“He’s lying, you know,” Nicolas said, wicked delight in his
tone.
Chessa lifted her shoulder to shrug off Nicolas’s hand as
he played with a strand of her hair. She stood in front of the
table with the row of monitors—all trained on various views
into the chamber Natalie would share with Rene over the
coming days.
The monitor she stared at gave a view of Rene chained to
the bed that had ignited a slow burning fire deep inside her.
His body, gloriously naked, was stretched, his sex the only
part of him not horizontal.
“His cock says he’s lying,” Nicolas said, his words gusting
softly into her ear.
She suppressed a frisson of awareness that raised the fine
hairs on her neck. Rene was the man exciting her—never
Nicolas! “Think I don’t know it?” Chessa couldn’t stop star-100
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ing at Rene’s gorgeous cock. Still glistening from his cum
“Who brought us here, Rene? Was this Chessa’s plan?”
His upper lip lifted in a snarl. “Yeah, her and her people.”
Chessa and “her people” meant for her to use Rene? He was
all hers? For the moment, she didn’t care about the “why.”
Her breasts tightened.
Lord, how many times could she take him before her hunger was assuaged? She hid her excitement, pasting a concerned
look on her face. “Are you uncomfortable?”
He rolled his shoulders. “A little stiff.” His eyes narrowed
as she pursed her lips to prevent a smile. “ My shoulders are a
little stiff. It’ll get worse the longer I’m layin’ here.”
The smile she’d fought quirked up one side of her mouth.
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devlin
“A warm bath might ease your muscles. Would you like me to
bathe you?”
His glower grew impossibly darker. “Fuck no. Stay the hell
away from me.”
Disappointed, but beginning to enjoy the fact he was helpless, she walked around the room, aware his stare followed
her. And if the sway of her hips was a little exaggerated . . .
he deserved a little teasing. His surly rejection stung. “Why
do you think they didn’t chain me, too?” She wrapped her
arms around her middle, pretending a chill while plumping
her breasts above her arms.
Rene snorted, but his glance strayed downward. “Did they
need to? You’re stalkin’ me, now!”
She realized with a start she’d walked around the room
in ever-tightening circles, drawing closer to the bed. “I’m
sorry,” she said automatically, but not really meaning it. She
was becoming such a liar.
The muscles in his neck and jaw tensed as he lifted his
head. “You keep sayin’ that.”
She didn’t blame him for not believing her. The excitement
humming through her body, lifting goose bumps on her skin,
found its center in her woman’s core. “I really can’t seem to
help myself.” The truth, this time.
Anger drained from his face. His expression grew bleak. “I
know.” He took a deep breath and relaxed against the mattress, his gaze lifting to the ceiling. “Natalie, I need you to
think. You seem driven to fuck and feed. I get caught up in
it, too.”
She heard what he said, but had difficulty focusing to really absorb why he protested his fate so much. Her body’s
into the darkness
99
needs ruled her. Didn’t he feel the same way? Didn’t he share
the elation—the passion that even now unfurled inside her?
That thought brought her up short. It can’t be happening this
quickly again! The acknowledgement had a sobering affect. When
he looked at her again, his steady gaze only underlined the fact
she was reacting to something she had no control over.
She had no real power here. She was ruled by her body and
the moon—and submitting to her hungers.
“You can’t have me,” Rene said, his face hardening. “I’m not
here of my own free will . . . and I would never choose you.”
Natalie swallowed the bile rising in the back of her throat.
The hope she hadn’t even realized she harbored splintered
like brittle glass.
“He’s lying, you know,” Nicolas said, wicked delight in his
tone.
Chessa lifted her shoulder to shrug off Nicolas’s hand as
he played with a strand of her hair. She stood in front of the
table with the row of monitors—all trained on various views
into the chamber Natalie would share with Rene over the
coming days.
The monitor she stared at gave a view of Rene chained to
the bed that had ignited a slow burning fire deep inside her.
His body, gloriously naked, was stretched, his sex the only
part of him not horizontal.
“His cock says he’s lying,” Nicolas said, his words gusting
softly into her ear.
She suppressed a frisson of awareness that raised the fine
hairs on her neck. Rene was the man exciting her—never
Nicolas! “Think I don’t know it?” Chessa couldn’t stop star-100
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ing at Rene’s gorgeous cock. Still glistening from his cum
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