Free No Limits by Jessie York Page A

this,” Riley said.
    “Aria explained what happened and it’s not your fault,” he said. “It’s hers. Don’t let yourself feel bad for what she’s done.” He rubbed Riley’s back soothingly.
    As soon as Aria had left Luke had knelt down on the floor beside Riley and he ld her in his arms. Part of Riley felt safe in his embrace. He had strong, lean, powerful muscles and his body radiated a certain comforting warmth. Somehow he smelled incredible, like expensive musky aftershave or cologne. The other part of her was horrified, however. She had rarely said more than a couple words to Luke before. He was like a famous person in her school; she saw him and heard about his life but he seemed too perfect to be real. Now all his attention was focused directly on her. It seemed unreal.
    “We’ll find some way to get you out of this,” Riley said. “We’ll both get out.”
    “Of course we will,” Luke said. “We’re fighters. “Okay, look up at me. Let’s clean up the blood.”
    Riley looked up at Luke and her heart melted. He was so beautiful. His sweet puppy dog eyes were dark brown like his hair. The effect was to give him something of an exotic look. His face had the symmetry and structure of a supermodel’s face.
    “It’s not too bad,” Luke said, thought Riley knew he was lying. “Is there any water around here?”
    Riley nodded. The Amazons always left a bottle of water in the cells in case lovemaking made one thirsty. She pointed to the bottle wordlessly.
    Luke gently let go of Riley, leaning her back against the wall. He walked over to the bottle, picked it up, and walked back.
    Then something magical happened. Luke set the bottle down on the bench, grabbed the bottom of his spandex tee-shirt with both hands, and lifted it over his head. Riley started breathing heavily as his gorgeous torso was r evealed. She had never been so close to it before. Now she could make out his rock-hard square pectoral muscles and each one of his eight distinct abdominal muscles. She had a nearly uncontrollable urge to reach out and touch his abs.
    Luke put his shirt over the opening in the bottle and flipped it over so that the water seeped into his shirt. Then he put the bottle down, knelt in front of Riley, and dabbed her face.
    “So you’re an Amazon,” he said. “That’s not all bad, right? Aria said that gives you some pretty cool powers.”
    “Not in here,” Riley said. “Not while I’m wearing this.” She pointed to her silver bracelet.
    “Still, you’ve got your powers most of the time,” Luke said. “What kinds of stuff can you do?”
    Riley knew he was trying to make her feel better by finding the silver lining in their situation so she played along. “Well,” she said, “I’m really strong. I can run super fast. My instincts are phenomenal and they’re training me to be a great fighter. Oh, and they want me to get pregnant and have a daughter, so pretty soon you should be able to start calling me Super Mommy.”
    Riley had meant the last part as a joke but it didn’t sound funny coming out of her mouth. She winced. Luke noticed.
    “You’ll be okay,” he said. “I promise.” He leaned towards her.
    For a split second Riley thought he was going in for a kiss. All of his girlish fantasies replayed in her mind at once. Without knowing what she was doing, she closed her eyes and pursed her lips instinctively.
    Luke was not going in for the kiss. He had just been reaching around to wipe some blood off Riley’s neck. Riley lips didn’t connect with his. Instead, they landed on his cheek. Luke’s opened his eyes wide in surprise just as Riley opened her and discovered what had happened.
    “Oh no, I’m so sorry,” Riley gushed. “I didn’t mean to…”
    She didn’t get to finish her statement because at that moment Luke kissed her directly on the lips.
    Riley had never kissed a boy before so she didn’t know what it was supposed to feel like. All she knew was that kissing Luke felt