Page 6 of V for Vengeance

From what I understood, Fredrick rarely showed his face in public, so knowing Phillip, he’d find his way to the elusive Blood Mage. The well-connected Hunter had informants all over this club who’d gotten him in without alerting Fredrick and his six henchmen. I mean, we couldn’t all be pretty girls who beguiled the bouncers with our awesome boobs.

After my little hot shower session with Sloan, Jo came out of her room in a dress that was practically a second skin. Her brown hair was curled and organized into an updo with a few spirals left loose to kiss her neck. For all I knew, her makeup was done by a professional.

My jaw nearly hit the floor when I caught sight of her. I stared like I’d never seen a beautiful woman before. She, however, took one look at me, sighed, and then whisked me away to her room. With quick hands, she removed my clothes and put me into a dress similar to hers. It happened so fast I couldn’t even blush when I was down to my underwear in front of a woman I was not-so-secretly attracted to. Didn’t even turn a hardcore shade of red when her eyes glided down my body with a little too much interest.

After I was dressed to her liking, she did my makeup. I didn’t miss how her thumbs lingered on my lips, or how she leaned in as close as she could, caught my gaze in the mirror, and then brushed my silky hair off my shoulder and collected all the red into a chic updo.

I didn’t breathe for as long as it took for Jo to finish her seductive torture. My heart never stopped trying to beat out of my chest the entire time she worked on me. For the half hour we were together, I forgot which one of us was the Siren. I barely caught sight of my own reflection because I was captivated by the woman who looked like she could hit the red carpet andsteal the show. By the time she was finished, my juvenile attempt at sexy was replaced by a fully realized seductress of the night. Even my eyeliner was better than Phillip’s for once.

“Come along, V,” Jo said in my ear, snapping me out of my reverie.

Right. Club. Blood Mages. Mission. Fuck.

I jerked my eyes over to her as she slipped her fingers between mine and tugged. The caress sent a little jolt down my spine, and I did a poor job of keeping it off my face. I’d fucking trained for this. Why did I become an amateur every time someone did something sexy? Why wasn’t I better at this by now?

Jo’s dark eyes caught a stray beam from the overhead strobe lights, casting the beautiful Fae’s body in an iridescent glow. Her gaze took a pointed path down my body. I’d been plenty acquainted with that look. I’d seen it on Phillip and Sloan enough to know it anywhere. Hell, I’d seen it on the bouncer only ten minutes ago.

Desire.

Is she…into me?

I sucked in a breath, skin on fire and sure to burn if she touched me anywhere else. The way she made me feel was different from Phillip and Sloan. I couldn’t explain how or why, just that it was. Something about the sultry vixen got to me in ways others couldn’t, and I’d be the first to admit I was terrified of exploring what it all meant.

I swallowed to wet a dry throat. “C-come? Oh, um…yes,” I muttered, skating my eyes over to Cash and Sloan. Both seemed surprised by the highly charged sexual air between us, but neither one said a word.

Sloan smiled like he always did when he wanted to encourage me. “I’ll see you in a bit, love.”

“Uh, yeah. Be careful,” I replied slowly, feeling a squeeze on my hand before Jo dragged me away from the other two.

Don’t get distracted, V. Your life depends on it.

Chapter 4

I Kissed a Girl, and I Liked It

It wasn’t clear to me how it happened, but one second we were following my mark—who’d walked to the back of the club—weaving through a throng of happy club-goers, hands joined, the thunderous music a punishing beat on our ears; then we were in a long corridor, my back painted against the wall, Jo’s arms caging me in, her knee pushing between my thighs, and her powerful obsidian eyes penetrating my very soul with their pointed gaze.

A breath escaped my lips. Which was better than the moan I’d nearly let loose instead. The friction between my thighs was an instant problem because of my heightened senses. Her thigh brushed over a place that was never satisfied, and my pulse thrummed to life, plenty acquainted with the feeling of desire.

I blinked, not sure what to think before Jo spoke, her intention-rich voice dropped to a sensuous whisper, “Have you ever kissed a woman, V?”

Excusie?

To say I hadn’t expected the question would be an understatement. But my body’s reactions were what concernedme the most. The electric sensation that throbbed between my legs and the heat that captured my body at the mere thought of kissing her was a warning that I was about to make an absolute ass out of myself.

I was going to beg for it. I was going to fall right into the trap she’d set out for me. Here, on a mission with a woman I’d barely known for a month. Someone who could easily cut my head off and go about her day like it was just another thing she’d checked off her to-do list.

I’m a little worried about the people I seem to be attracted to these days…

I opened my mouth, but the answer never came. I’d been silenced by the ferocity of her gaze and the seduction of her question. My brain knew it. My heart knew it. But my body didn’t get the damn memo. It reacted the exact opposite of someone who’d trained their entire life to thwart advances of this kind.

Holy shit.

Jo’s eyes glided from mine down to my lips, then back up again. It was the only warning I got before her head bent down and her mouth covered mine. One of her soft hands cradled and lifted my chin to give her better access to my lips.

I stiffened, heart hammering, but she dragged me closer. Her tongue forced its way into my mouth, and a moan dislodged from my throat—the one I’d only just managed to smother.Fuck, fuck, fuck.Her lips tilted before her tongue twisted and flicked over mine, coaxing it into action.

I thought Phil and Sloan were demons when it came to kissing, but neither of those dudes had a damn thing on Jo. She knew her way around a woman’s mouth. I was liquified goo with the strength of her kiss, barely breathing, a total mess in a gorgeous woman’s arms.

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