ENTRY 2 - GREEN - WINNER!!!

Fallout 

by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle
http://karlybm.blogspot.com

 The Wild Rose Press available 17th Feb 2010

Tully bit her lip. She almost preferred to be angry at him. At least that made her feel in control of something. Anger she understood. Anger could drive a person, give them the strength to overcome obstacles in their path, push them when they were at the end of their limits. She admired Jake and the strength he'd summoned in order to survive the pain and torment of his injuries. But she didn’t want to fall for the guy.

"I'm glad you explained, but let's just forget it happened. I don't usually…I don't know what I was thinking," she finished, feeling the heat rise in her face. Jumping to her feet, she began to collect their dirty plates to clear the table.

"Probably the same thing I was," he murmured and his gaze dropped to her lips. His voice had taken on a smoky, seductive tone that made her breath catch.

Standing beside her, he put a hand on her arm. "I never said I regretted anything that happened. The only regret I've had all week is that I was stupid enough to walk away." He slid his hands down her arms until he held her wrists. With gentle pressure he pulled her close enough to feel his breath, warm against her face.

Somewhere, on some level, she knew this wasn’t a good idea, but it became impossible to resist the magnetic-like draw he sparked within her. Her breath caught and her eyes fluttered shut as she waited for the touch of his mouth.

A shiver of delight raced through her body as his lips moved like a butterfly’s caress against her neck and she tipped her face back to allow him further access.

Deep inside her a field of galloping elephants were throwing a party, and a warm glow began to spread through parts of her she’d long denied having anyone pay attention to.

His touch grew bolder, his kisses harder along the exposed length of her neck and she shivered as he ran his tongue slowly, deliciously along her skin. Tasting her, savouring her like some long denied indulgence.

Catching her breath she pulled back slightly and saw his gaze, hot and simmering, and a shot of liquid desire went straight to her loins.

Bending his head he caught her lips, dragging a response from some place deep inside her that she’d almost forgotten existed. His probing tongue teased and caressed her own, tangling enticing and daring her to take his lead. Spurred on my his silent challenge she deepened the kiss, nipping and biting his sensitive lower lip, until a deep groan of approval escaped his chest and vibrated through her own. 

Something primeval and urgent broke free inside her and a need to be touched and to touch in return took control.  The scent of desire radiating between them drove her to deepen the kiss.  She suckled gently on the fullness of his lower lip, and felt the immediate swell of his groin press urgently against her belly as his hands slid around her hips and moved lower to cup her backside, pulling her firmly against him.  

With a muffled curse against her mouth, he lifted her off the ground to hug his lean hips. Her legs automatically circled his hips snugly.

“Lounge or bedroom?” He asked against her mouth.

“How long will it take you to get us upstairs?” she asked her voice sounding breathless.

His mouth smiled beneath hers as she continued to drag her own lips against his, reluctant to interrupt the drug like addiction of his hot mouth on hers. “That depends…what’s the magic word?” He teased pulling his head away from her tempting lips to taunt her.

“Now?”

His slow sexy grin spread across his face and he gave a nod as he moved toward the staircase. “Close enough.” Without breaking the hold on her lips, he climbed the stairs and manoeuvred them into his bedroom.

With deliberate slowness he allowed her to slide down the length of his body until her feet touched the ground. His eyes glittered with sensual satisfaction at the delicious torture the friction evoked between them.

“You sure about this?”

“Why are you still talking?” Tully growled impatiently.