Free Waiting by Kiahana Page B

me in the most intense, pleasurable way, then keep taking yourself away from me."
    "Piper, I..."
    This time I cut him off, leaning up on my tip toes and wrapping my arms around his neck, melding our bodies together as our lips met. This is a hungry kiss, one we've both wanted and for some reason had been holding ourselves back. The reason didn't seem important anymore.
    He lifted me while pressing me up against the wall, my legs automatically wrapping around his waist, my dress inching up to my hips. If he weren't blocking me I'd be giving a peep of my crotch to anyone in the vicinity. Thankfully we were in a cave and no one was standing behind him.
    "I'm so sorry, " he said when I broke off the kiss to breathe while he continued to kiss a searing path down my neck, then nibbled on my earlobe while grunting. "After I realized Francis brought you here I came up with the fastest solution where you end up alive if no one else did."
    My hands grasped his shoulders, my head falling back against the wall as I closed my eyes and enjoyed the wicked flick of his tongue over my sweat slicked skin.
    "...can't ignore me all night and we need to get this settled."
    Francis' voice floated up to my ears, effectively ruining my mood.
    Parker eased me back down, not stopping his trail of kisses until my feet were flat on the ground and my dress was set back in place. My breaths came in short pants, still too excited from being near Parker.
    "Wasn't ignoring you, I was enjoying myself for once instead of worrying about you or trying to save your ass. That alright?"
    Parker's eyes turned back to black as soon as Francis came into view, the trickle of purple immediately fading.
    "Enjoy yourself in the morning. You brought me Quinn, what was your original plan?"
    Francis winked at me before turning his gaze back to Parker in all seriousness.
    "Quit flirting with her!" Parker's arm tightened around my side, pulling me closer to him. "My plan was to have him drink from your prisoner you told me you had, then use the law against him. But you had to ruin it by bringing Piper here. You continue to risk her life as if it means nothing, but I assure you it means everything." His tone was deadly, actually making me feel bad for Francis before I remembered the fear of being chained to his bed .
    "I'm sorry about that, Piper. You know I had no intention of doing so but you played along nicely. One little nip from you and we've got him. I might be in the clear sooner than I thought, then you two can be on your merry way, me just an afterthought."
    His tone was light but I could see the hurt in his eyes.
    "Never an afterthought, " Parker spoke immediately before seeming to regret it. "You're my brother. Once we're done with this I'll make you take a blood oath to never kill another human again unless it's life or death for you, then we can pu t the past behind us." Francis' eyes showed he thought Parker was lying. "I'm serious. We can be together again, as long as you're done with your old life."
    I felt like I was intruding on a very serious family moment and tried to take a step back, as if to disappear altogether, but Parker's arm held me firmly in place.
    "I'm done being a Pulpa. I never really was good at being one since I seem to still have feelings deep down inside me, but I know I did horrible, unforgiveable things and I'm going to spend the rest of my years trying to make it right with you." His face brightened again, as if he'd never been having that serious conversation. "Karma is a powerful being and I for one am seriously unbalanced as of today. What do you say we clear things up with Quinn then I'll do something nice for you two, you know, to up my Karma?"
    He winked again but this time Parker just rolled his eyes as we followed him back into the main area.
    I couldn't help but smile, picturing the two of them rough housing, barbequing, doing anything together that didn't involve