Captivated: 3 (Mating Ritual) by Ria Candro Read Free Book Online Page B

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    Was her relationship with Adamon destined to forever be this way? Her trying to sway him to indulge in eroticism with her, while he played the reluctant partner? If so, she didn’t know if she could survive it. She wanted passion. She wanted someone who wanted her. She didn’t know if life with Adamon would be enough anymore.
    “Damn those Spygians,” she hissed to herself as she unlocked the front door and tugged it open just enough that she could slip outside. Without any location in mind, she started toward the corner of the farmhouse.
    If it weren’t for them, she wouldn’t be questioning her relationship with Adamon right now. She’d been perfectly content with her lot of in life. But then they’d shown up and made her heart beat faster and her body quake in a way she hadn’t known was possible. And then, once Bannor had touched her…
    How could she even consider other men after having met the luscious Spygians? There was no comparison. They were far too fine, too delicious, for any woman to resist. Just thinking about them made her stomach flutter and her loins grow moist.
    Her thoughts heavy, Cindra rounded the corner of the farmhouse. She had but a moment to process the two figures standing next to the house, before she ran face-first into one of them.
    A squeal automatically burst from her, but the man she’d run into clapped his hand over her mouth to muffle the sound.
    “Shush,” he whispered. “You wouldn’t want to wake the others.”
    Her heart in her throat, she stared up at the man. His features were ones she’d memorized over the past few days. Long, dark hair, full lips, a classically handsome face with long, thin nose. His bronze eyes glittered down at her in amusement.
    Frowning, Cindra lurched back out of the Spygian’s grasp. She threw him and his companion, the man with the glowing green eyes, an evil glare.
    “What are you two doing here?” she whispered furiously.
    The bronze-eyed Spygian exchanged a glance with the green-eyed one, before shrugging and turning back to her with a semi-guilty smirk.
    “Let me guess. Because I’m your mate .”
    “Well…yes,” answered the bronze-eyed Spygian.
    Heaving a labored sigh, she stalked past the two men and headed for the barn several hundred feet from the house. She didn’t need to glance behind her to know the Spygians followed her. Their eyes were like laser beams on the back of her neck.
    “I wish you would all stop saying that,” she finally muttered.
    The Spygians fell into place beside her, one on each side.
    “But it’s true,” said the bronze-eyed Spygian, raking her with his intense gaze.
    She did her best to stifle the squirm of discomfort his regard sparked within her, instead irritably asking, “What are your names again?”
    The bronze-eyed Spygian grinned at her. “I am Stefon.”
    “And I’m Tempos,” said the green-eyed one.
    “Well, Stefon and Tempos, you should both be sleeping. It’s the middle of the night.”
    Tempos let out a hoarse chuckle. “I could say the same to you, beloved.”
    Sighing, she turned her gaze toward the barn. “I couldn’t sleep,” she finally confessed.
    “Neither could we,” said Stefon.
    Reaching the barn doors, she stopped and turned toward them. Against her better judgment, curiosity prompted her to ask, “Why couldn’t you sleep?”
    Stefon exchanged an amused glance with Tempos, the muscles in his neck straining against the white shirt he wore. He turned back to her, his voice dry when he said, “Can’t you guess?”
    Cindra gazed at him in question, but when his heated glance warmed her flesh, she suddenly got the drift. Her cheeks flushed with heat. So, not only were the Spygians causing her to lose out on sleep, but it appeared she had the same effect on them.
    Interesting.
    “You know that I’m engaged to—”
    “Adamon.” Something dark flashed in Stefon’s gaze. Unexpectedly he leaned forward, forcing her back against the barn doors when he