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Here’s a little teaser excerpt from Demon:
In this scene Demon and Jacinta are on a taxi boat on The Orinoco River.
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Demon sat on a bench at the farthest end and held her close.
Jacinta counted the number of times the boat rocked. Twenty-three. He had said a couple dozen men.
An acrid aroma hit her nostrils before a motor roared to life.
“Okay.” His mouth grazed her ear. “No one can see your face. You can look around if you want to, but only over my shoulder.”
A boon she hadn’t expected. The sun lit the rippling river silver, but right below the bow, the waters held a brown-red tinge. She couldn’t see the far bank but glimpsed a thin black line when they neared the middle of the Orinoco. Birds gathered above an area to the left and swooped down to the surface in great, graceful arcs. Conflicting aromas mingled around a sharp bend, the pungent stink of fresh-cut bait when a fishing boat trolled past, the dank odors of oil, smoke, and gasoline, and when a stiff breeze reversed direction, the musty fragrance of males sweating.
The constant drumming of the engine drowned the men’s voices.
“Is Hugo your business colleague?”
He drew back and then nudged her jaw. “He’s a man I’m forced to do business with. He is not to be trusted. You’re never to be alone with him. Understand?”
“Sim. Yes, I understand. And Pedro, the one who will slice your balls? He is not to be trusted either?” Jacinta flinched at the flash of anger sparking from his eyes, now a deep brown.
“You’ll never see him. I’ll make sure of that.” He fiddled with a spike of her hair. “It’ll grow back. Unless you’d planned to cut it short when you say your vows?”
“I decided not to say them a while ago. After I first got to the school.”
“Tell me more about the school.” He shifted and helped her to straddle him. “Put your arms around my neck. I’m going to kiss you in a few minutes.”
For a second, she couldn’t breathe. She had never been kissed, but then she’d never done the other and that had definitely not been pleasant.
However, he had saved her from the direst ordeal, and she definitely liked being in his arms. And she could never repay him for his rescue.
The day girls at school had spoken of kissing. Waxed lyrical about how wonderful it felt and had gone all dreamy-eyed and giggled in a way that had embarrassed her to no end.
“We kiss to prove to Hugo that I am your woman?”
“Hugo and his sidekick, Brio, as well as the other men.”
A kiss couldn’t hurt.
“Is Brio on board?”
“No. He’s joining us in a couple of days. Now. The school. How many pupils?” He tweaked her nose when she didn’t reply right away.
“Forty-three. I was older than most of the girls. There were twenty-five boarders and the eighteen day girls. The day girls were all from Boa Vista. At first, we weren’t allowed to mix, but when the new principal came, that changed. And we were even allowed to go into the nearest towns. There were so many new and exciting things that I had never even heard of.”
“Like what?” His breath smelled fruity.
“Music. We sang hymns and chanted in the convent, but had only a rusted organ that no longer worked. I couldn’t get enough of music. All the rhythms. And all the instruments.”
“What else?”
“Ice cream. Popcorn. Apples. So many delicious tastes. After the first visit to town, I knew I would not take my vows. So I decided to do what the boarders did. Learn a trade.”
He captured her chin, moved his thumb along the seam of her mouth, and whispered, “Lick your lips.”
She was lost the second his mouth brushed hers. What a feeling he evoked. Ice and fire at the same time. Heaven. Bliss. All the stuff the day girls had told her was true. Pure enchantment, kissing. His lips proved soft and supple, firm and insistent, and made her head spin.
“Open for me,” he ordered.
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