Page 70 of The Dragon With A Girl Tattoo
“My what?”he asked, confused.
She grinned as she rose, and he took the moment to admire her plump ass.It was a joy to behold, that ass, and made him think he might possibly be able to indulge in more bedsporting in the immediate future.
“Just you.”She paused at the bathroom door, giving him a look that went straight to his belly and groin.“If only I had someone to help wash my back ...”
He was in the bathroom before the door swung shut.
And he was right—her ass, and all the rest of her, stirred his passion to the point where they had a very satisfactory lovemaking session in the tub, albeit one that resulted in Yrian asking the steward for extra towels to mop up all the water that had been splashed around the bathroom.
FOURTEEN
BECKET
“So, you’re on a cruise?”Billie’s voice was full of mingled disbelief and amusement.“With Yrian?”
“Yes, but it’s not like that.The demon who kidnapped me dumped me on a ship that makes its way through the Egyptian underworld.You can’t leave until you pass muster with a goddess named Maat, who basically checks to make sure you’re a good person.If you are, you can go wherever you like, including back to the regular world.If not, you’re stuck here.”I paused in my explanation and eyed Yrian, who lay spread-eagle on the bed, sound asleep.
Even asleep, he made my heart race and my libido kick into high gear.
“At least you won’t have to worry about being trapped there.You’re one of the nicest people I know,” Billie said, giggling a little.“And your boyfriend is so thirsty.”
I puzzled over that for a few seconds, then realized what she’d been trying to say.“I certainly am thirsty for him.Did Skye divide up the winnings?”
“Yes, and she put yours in your account.She also said that since we don’t have any gigs for six weeks, that we should use that time to write a few more songs.When will you be back from your cruise that isn’t a cruise?”
“Yrian says it takes four days to get through to the end with Maat, so I imagine that we’ll hang around for a few days trying to find—and deal with—his evil brother.I’ll text or call when we’re back, all right?”
Billie agreed to pass on my plans to the others, and after another fifteen minutes of excited chat about what the others were going to do with their winnings, the few weeks off, the next event, and even how she had gone out on a couple of dates with one of the women from the Revolution band that won the contest, we hung up and I stared down at my hands, lost in thought.
“You frown.You are not happy?Has your bandmate said something to upset you?Would you like to see a pug-dancing video?”
I turned my head to find Yrian watching me, still spread out on the bed, his delectable self calling to me.I was up and moving over to him before I realized it, curling up next to him.“Did I wake you?I’m sorry if I did so, but you said I wouldn’t disturb you if I stayed in the cabin.And thank you for the offer of dancing pugs, but I don’t think I need one right now.”
“You did not wake me.”He didn’t embrace me as I expected him to, and for a few seconds I wondered if he was pissed that I had (despite him refuting the fact) woken him up, but that thought melted almost immediately under the molten look of his eyes.“Do you regret offering to assist with Kashi?”
“Who, me?No, of course not.”I stopped cuddling into his side and sat up, my leg pressed against his because I could not stop touching him when he was close.“It’s part of the deal.I help you, you help me, and everyone is happy, right?”
