Page 80 of Cruel Destinies

He closed the door and came toward me, placing warm hands on my hips and pulling me against him. I draped my wrists over his shoulders, clasping my hands at the base of his neck.

“So, how did the big demonstration go?” he purred, the husky timber of his voice making my core clench.

“I would say it was solidly mediocre,” I said.

His resulting chuckle vibrated through me from our multiple points of contact. “And…did you…”

“No, I pretended to fail at my siren voice,” I answered his unfinished question. “Poor Niko was terrified.”

His eyes narrowed and began to smolder for a different reason. “My father asked you to use it on Niko?” His fingers pressed into my hips as they curled with his anger.

“It’s okay,” I reassured him, smoothing my hands against his neck and letting my fingers coil into the base of his hair. “Even if I had gone along with it, I wouldn’t have made Nikodo anything bad. I don’t like the idea of makinganyonedo something they don’t want to.”

He closed his eyes for a moment, and I could see the struggle to calm himself on his tense features. His expression smoothed out, and he opened his eyes, looking down at me with a twinkle of mischief.

“What about making someone do something theydowant to do?” he asked in a low tone.

My pulse spiked with a thrill that my conscious mind didn’t yet understand. “What are you implying?”

One corner of his lips tilted in a sexy, devious smirk. “I simply thought you might want to have the Dragon Prince at your mercy.”

My breath hitched as my chest quivered with dark exhilaration. “Are you saying you want me to use my siren voice on you?” I barely managed to speak the words audibly.

He inclined his head toward me, coming just close enough to brush his nose against mine. “I promise I want to do more than you can imagine.” Then he kissed me so softly, so teasingly, that I feared I was going to explode on the spot.

When he pulled his lips away, I was so lightheaded I could barely breathe for a moment.

“You trust me enough to give me that control?” I asked in a whisper.

He looked into my eyes, a strange devotion peering out beneath the dark promise within them. “I do. Just don’t make me run naked through the school or anything.” He chuckled.

“Well, now that you’ve put the idea in my head…” I teased, looking away in mock consideration.

He breathed a laugh, his breath hot on my face, his eyes never breaking from mine. “Tell me what you want me to do to you.”

A thrilling need shot through me, turning my insides into a bedlam of writhing desire. I was both enthralled and hesitant. I had never once considered using my siren voice in this way, and it made me feel just as naughty as it did powerful. Could I really do this?

I stepped back away from him, nearly stumbling into his bed before shakily perching on the edge of it. I looked up at him, unsure where to start or how to begin.

“Take your shirt off,” I said.

He arched a brow at me. “Come on, baby. Hit me with the real thing.”

I pulled my lips between my teeth at the sexy tone in his voice. He was serious, and nothing had ever excited me more.

So I drew on that well of willpower within me and said in that melodious, alien voice, “Take your shirt off.”

He smirked even as the power of my siren dilated his pupils, and he tucked his fingers under the bottom of his shirt and pulled it over his head.

After raking my eyes over the delicious sinews of his exposed, bronzed abs and chest, I glanced at his face to gauge his reaction. He didn’t look appalled or manipulated. No, he looked just as full of anticipation and desire as I was.

“Now what?” he murmured, and my eyelids fluttered with the heady thrill of this little game.

“Take off the rest of your clothes,” I commanded.

Slowly, he unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, then let them fall to his ankles, stepping out of them like a Greek god, maintaining eye contact with every movement. His large cockwas hard and ready, and for a long moment I just stared at it, debating just what I wanted him to do with it.

Suddenly, I knew exactly what I was going to do.

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