Free 3013: Renegade by Susan Hayes Page B

kiss her. “Yes.”
    “But you won’t unless I say you can, right?”
    “You’re not a sex toy, Alayna. You have the right to tell me no. But be careful. Like I warned you last night, you’re playing with fire.”
    She stood up on tiptoe, her face upturned so that her hot little mouth was close enough he could kiss her if he dropped his head…but he didn’t. He had to show her she could trust him.
    Even if his dick never forgave him for it.
    “I’m not afraid of you, Nik.” Her hands landed on his chest and she held herself there, close enough he could feel her body heat.
    “I think you are afraid of me. But you shouldn’t be. If there’s only one thing you believe, Alayna, believe this. I will never hurt you. Neither of us would. You’re precious to us.”
    She narrowed her eyes in challenge and slid her hands up until they were clasped around the back of his neck. “I’m not afraid.”
    “If you’re not afraid, then prove it. Kiss me,” he challenged her back, pushing her as far as he dared.
    “You don’t scare me,” she snarled and then tugged his head down. The moment their lips met, his world lit up like a match dropped in rocket fuel. She was all fire and fury, her fingers gripping his hair as her teeth closed on his lower lip.
    Fuck, she was so sexy when she let herself get wild.
    Alayna knew he’d been baiting her, but it didn’t matter. She’d never backed down from a challenge. He was wrong, too. She wasn’t afraid of him. Not anymore. How could she be when he’d restrained himself for her, letting her take control. She knew his type. Knew he wasn’t the kind of man who took orders from anyone. But he had. For her. They still had a long way to go before she even considered forgiving them for what they’d done to her, but it was a start.
    Nik’s big hands stroked down her back, pulling her in tight to his hard body so that she could feel the hot spike of his erection pressing against her stomach. He ground their bodies together as his mouth laid claimed to hers, and she laughed as his natural need to dominate came back full force.
    “Something funny?” he asked, barely moving his lips far enough away to get the words out.
    “You. I thought I told you not to move?”
    “You kissed me. Did you think I was going to stay still after that?” He brushed his lips over hers slowly as he worked one hand under her shirt and past the waistband of her borrowed shorts to cup her bare ass cheek.
    “Not really, no.”
    “See? You’re getting to know me already.” His next kiss cut off her off before she could retort. She let her eyes close and parted her lips, inviting his tongue to invade her mouth. He groaned deep in his chest and crushed her to him as he took the kiss deeper. Tongues battled, twining and tangling as their breath mingled. Sparks danced up and down her spine and her pussy was dripping cream. Alayna started to climb his body, pulling herself up higher so she could wrap her legs around his hips. She needed to grind her pussy against him to get some relief for her throbbing clit, but he eased her back down to the ground and then lifted his mouth from hers.
    “I need to taste you before I fuck you,” his told her bluntly, his dark eyes gleaming with an inner fire that was all for her. Alayna nodded once, and he gave her a near feral grin as he guided her backward until she felt the cool, hard surface of the wall behind her. It was the same wall he had pinned her to last night. Had it only been last night that this had all started? It seemed longer somehow. She reached up and touched the scratches she had left on his cheek. They had only just begun to heal.
    “I’m sorry about these,” she found herself apologizing before she even knew she intended to say anything.
    “I’m not. You’re wearing my mark, so I have no problem wearing yours.” Nikolai kissed her again, this time with a hint of tenderness.
    “When you put it that way…” She playfully tapped her nails