Page 88 of The Stone Secret
“Where is this party?”
CHAPTER36
CURI
“Cut the chivalry and fuck me,” Cameron demands.
She has no idea how badly I want to do that right now. Her scent…her fucking scent is tugging on all the places inside of me that drive my beast wild, and if I believed she meant it, if I believed she was in her right mind right now, we’d be naked and joined at the fucking crotch already.
But this isn’t her.
There’s something wrong with her.
She makes a grab for me, her pupils dark and too large. I haul her close and pin her hands behind her back. “Stop! Cameron, you need to focus.”
“Please…please. Curi, I need it. I need you to…” She rubs against me, her mouth soft and pliant against my collarbone, moving up to my throat—tongue lapping at my skin.
Fuck, I’m gonna need a sainthood after this. I steer her toward the bathroom. If I can get her into a cold shower, then—
The door to my room bursts open with a splintering of wood.
“What the—”
Serath grabs hold of me and yanks me away from Cameron, throwing me against the wall. My back cracks, head banging to leave me momentarily stunned.
Cameron lets out a soft cry of protest, then falls into Serath’s arms.
She slowly raises her head and looks up at him as if he’s some kind of god. As if he’s the center of the world. Her scent spikes, and another joins it. They mingle and explode into a new intoxicating aroma.
I’ve read about this, and witnessing it now…everything suddenly makes perfect sense.
CHAPTER37
SERATH
Cameron is putty in my arms, rubbing against me as if she wants to sink into my skin. Was she like this with the Mason boy? Was he about to take advantage of her?
A red haze tinges my vision as I lock gazes with him. “I will kill you.”
He stands slowly, hands up in a placating gesture. “I was trying to get her cooled off. Trust me. I don’t take what isn’t freely given. She’s not herself right now.”
His words reek of sincerity, and my beast stands down.
“I believe him,” Selas says from the doorway. “Can you control your beast?”
It shoves against my skin, egged on by Cameron’s arousal, but I push back, using the anklet to ground me.
If I lose control, she’ll die.
I can’teverlose control. “I’m fine.”
“Then go. I’m right behind you,” Selas says.
The window is open, so I wrap Cameron’s hot, tight body in my arms and leap through it, morphing and taking to the air.
“Please,” she whimpers. “I need it. I need it now.”
“I know, my heart, I know, and I’ll do what I can to give it to you.”
