The way his hands had lurched up to grab her wrist and underneath her chin sent – mixed messages, maybe. There was a roughness in it, a forcible suggestion she should stop, as if everything he was projecting was stay away from me. But then... he was holding her there, too, drawing her closer in spite of the warning.
And this pent-up aggression, or frustration, or whatever it was, was the most intriguing he had been thus far. Mattie’s heartrate betrayed her calm expression as it picked up, stomach fluttering furiously at the prospect he might touch her more, or kiss her back with that same propulsive energy. She felt danger now, as if she had walked into the dragon reserve alone; she was playing with fire.
Fortunately, playing with fire was what she had set out to do all along. So – “Perhaps you should have asked me that earlier,” Mattie teased, because she had plied him with questions enough already, and leant in a fraction of an inch to keep closing the distance again. “Now I suppose you’ll just have to find out.” She pressed her mouth to his again, kiss a little deeper, a little more assured. Because yes, she was sure she wanted to go down this path, wherever it might lead.
And this pent-up aggression, or frustration, or whatever it was, was the most intriguing he had been thus far. Mattie’s heartrate betrayed her calm expression as it picked up, stomach fluttering furiously at the prospect he might touch her more, or kiss her back with that same propulsive energy. She felt danger now, as if she had walked into the dragon reserve alone; she was playing with fire.
Fortunately, playing with fire was what she had set out to do all along. So – “Perhaps you should have asked me that earlier,” Mattie teased, because she had plied him with questions enough already, and leant in a fraction of an inch to keep closing the distance again. “Now I suppose you’ll just have to find out.” She pressed her mouth to his again, kiss a little deeper, a little more assured. Because yes, she was sure she wanted to go down this path, wherever it might lead.
