Free Angels and Hunters (Stoker Sisters 2) by Kailin Gow Page B

as much attention as you are?”
    He leaned in closer, and closer. She felt his breath, saw the sparkling specs of green in his eyes and heard the yearning groan that rumbled in his chest before rising to his throat. “I will devour you before the evening ends,” he whispered.
    His lips brushed across hers and for a moment Sadie felt overly conscious of her surroundings. Not one to favor public displays of affection, she felt the disapproving eyes of patrons on her. 
    “No doubt those young men wish they could…” He brushed his lips over hers teasing her with a touch that was delicate yet possessive.
    As Ashwin’s lips pressed over hers, devoured her and pull her in, body and soul, the people around her, as well as their opinion of her, became insignificant.
    Though seated beside one another, their small table was suddenly an annoyance. She wanted to climb over him, straddle him, get closer, obscenely close. She wanted to feel his warmth, feel the touch of his hands over her skin. She felt him deepening his kiss until she could feel his fangs against her tongue. How wonderful it would be to just let go and let him ravish her.
    When he pulled back, she sighed her disappointment, eager to taste so much more of him.
    “Let’s get out of here,” Ashwin said, getting up and holding out a hand to her.
    Giggling and feeling sinfully alive for the first time in a long while, Sadie stood, her hand securely in his as she followed him outside. “I thought you were hungry.”
    He stopped, turned to her and cupped her cheeks. “I am,” he said in a deep rich tone that melted any remaining reserve she had. “More than you can imagine. The innocence that once enveloped you has now turned into burning passion. I must admit, the slight reserve I still sense in you has me eager to seduce you, while the passion that burns at your fingertips leaves me dizzy.” Ashwin’s genteel way with words left her reeling. He was of a time of romance and dreams…a time when men were gentlemen and women were ladies in speech and behavior. He made her feel like a princess, like she was the only woman in the world, precious and desired.
    With fierce determination Ashwin led her to his car and, once inside, she found herself wrapped securely in his arms, strong, possessive and unrelenting. She wanted to lose herself in that embrace, to fill her senses with every ounce of him.
    “How I’ve waited to have you, Sadie. How I’ve anticipated the woman you’d become; passionate, fiery and wanton.”  His lips burned over her ears and down her neck.
    “Well, the years have brought about a degree of maturity and…” Her voice trailed off as she realized what had unleashed the passion she now felt. That night with Keegan. She’d been so intent on showing herself to be just as sexy and arousing as Alexis, she’d thrown herself at Keegan.
    Though Ashwin’s lips played over her skin and returned to taste her mouth, her mind’s eye was filled with images of Keegan. With an increasingly heavy sense of guilt weighing in on her, Sadie was about to pull away from Ashwin when he suddenly stopped kissing her and pulled back.
    She stared at him. Had he read her mind? Could he sense how her sentiments had suddenly shifted? 
    His eyes were distant, hard and defiant as they stared over Sadie’s head and out the passenger door window. She turned to find the source of Ashwin’s sudden anger and the blood drained from her face as she turned to face Keegan.
     

 
     
    Chapter 9
     
     
     “ K eegan,” she whispered in disbelief. “He really did escape.”
    “It pains me to know you didn’t take me on my word.”
    Shocked and barely able to breathe, she turned to Ashwin. “You're one of Skars’ men. I just…”
    “I’ve lied to Skars more times than I care to count. But you… You're the pure-hearted one. The Angel. I would never lie to the one destined to give vampires hope in their battle against Strigois.”
    While relieved to see Keegan