Page 23 of Winter's Scorching Kisses
Grabbing her hands with one of his, he forced them above her head as he used his weight to keep the rest of her bucking body down on the ground.
“Stupid human. You would’ve hurt yourself worse with that move than myself.” He shook his head, his silver hair cut short and his black eyes boring into her soul. “Will you stop your squirming?”
“Never!” It wasn’t a lady like thing, but she hawked a loogie in the back of her throat and spat at him.
It landed true, splatting right across his face.
“Bitch!” The ice giant let go of her for a brief second to flip her over onto her stomach. Then she felt him lean over her as he caught both of her wrists again, and then he nuzzled the back of her dress.
Her mouth popped open. “Did you just wipe your face on my dress?”
“It was your spit. You honored me with wearing it on my face, and now I’ve returned the favor.” He growled in her ear. Then he ripped her arms behind her back and tied them with a rope despite her kicking and thrashing about below him.
“Let me go!” Adorra screeched, as her heart thundered in her chest nearly causing her to go deaf with its pounding.
“I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
“Why not?” Despair pitted in the bottom of her stomach. This was so much worse than Keir kidnapping her. At least Keir was a small desperate man searching for a master to tell him what to do in his miserable little life, but this was a well-muscled ice giant with unknown intentions.
“I’m under orders.”
“From who?” Adorra was bewildered by his statement. It made no sense that someone would hire an ice giant to kidnap her, or that any ice giants would want her.
He went silent as he finished tying her wrists, and her heart never ceased thundering in her ears. The ice giant grabbed one of her shoulders and spun her back around and yanked her into a sitting position.
“Now behave yourself.” His eyes narrowed in on her.
Adorra was tempted to let out another piercing scream, but she reasoned that it would get her nowhere and piss him off to no end. He watched her with his obsidian eyes, bottomless pits into the realms of hell. She wasn’t sure if she saw flames in those depths, but she wouldn’t put it past a giant to have hell flames burning inside of them.
He pointed a finger in her direction. “Don’t you dare scream again.”
“Or you’ll gag me?” She filled in.
“Exactly.” He confirmed.
A prickle spread across her flesh and tingled the hairs on her head as his dark eyes studied her. Her heart tripped over itself. She wouldn’t have expected an ice giant to have such a finely chiseled jawline. From all the stories she’d heard, she would have expected him to be… grotesque, but he was weirdly easy on the eyes.
Her eyes dipped down to his expansive chest, and she was amazed he hadn’t crushed her when he’d pummeled her to the ground. Everything about him screamed menace, but despite her troublesome behavior he’d handled her fairly gently.
“Not surprised that I know your language?” He cocked an eyebrow.
She shrugged her shoulders as she shook her head. “Not really. It would make sense if you spend your time kidnapping humans.”
“I don’t kidnap humans.” His eyes darkened if that was possible.
“Could’ve fooled me.” Adorra rolled her shoulders already tired of having her hands tied behind her back. The ropes were beginning to chafe her wrists. She wasn’t used to this kind of abuse. “Couldn’t you loosen these or take them off altogether?”
The ice giant shook his head. “Not until I’m sure you won’t bolt off into the forest.”
She ground her teeth. She would never be released then because there was no way she could promise not to bolt if given the chance. Which meant she would just have to let her arms go numb before the uncomfortableness became pain.
“Maybe the information I hold will allow me to untie you and make you stick around.” He continued to study her with those demonic looking eyes of his.
Adorra snorted as she crinkled her nose at him. “Like you could ever tell me anything that would get me to stick around.” The moment he released her, she planned on darting away before he could react. Irking him and risking death was better than any future with this ice giant in front of her, with his sharp jawline and steep nose. She shook her head. Not the right time to be studying his surprisingly handsome face.
“I have news about your sister, Jasmine.” A smirk spread across his face, knowing he had something over her.
“My sister…” she trailed off. “You couldn’t know anything about my sister.” Her eyes narrowed as she eyed him.
