Into Temptation (A More Than Men Novella) by Kira Sinclair Read Free Book Online

aftermath. But that was healed. This was more. A burning ache spread through him, sizzling and fighting against the darkness that consumed him.
    Evie, completely oblivious, collapsed beneath him. Her sweat-slicked skin clung to his. Her eyes were screwed tight. And he had just enough brainpower to jerk his wings back under control.
    Maybe she hadn’t noticed.
     
     

 
    Chapter Five
     
     
    She’d seen the wings. Despite being a little preoccupied, they’d been difficult to miss. Huge, the span of them must have been five or six feet wide. They were beautiful, just like everything else about the mysterious man who’d crashed into her life.
    She believed in angels. There were too many miracles in the world for there not to be a higher power working. In a few moments of weakness, right after the accident that had taken her parents, she’d wondered why no one had saved them. But time had helped her realize there was a purpose to everything…even that kind of pain and loss.
    However, something told her Brone wasn’t the guardian angels of her strict Catholic upbringing. He wasn’t there to protect her, because if he had been, then she wouldn’t have to be frightened by Monroe.
    Even with the momentary distraction, she was still terrified.
    If she had to guess, letting her see those breathtaking wings was probably frowned upon. And touching her. Even if his body did resemble every marble statue of religious perfection she’d seen on her college trip to Italy, he was far from virtuous.
    Only a truly wicked man could make love like that. He was sensuality incarnate. Pure temptation. And she was in so much trouble.
    But it was a little late to dwell on what had already been done.
    Rolling onto her stomach, Evie let her fingers play across the sculpted muscles of his back. She was looking for any outward sign of his secret, but she couldn’t find any.
    “Can I see them again?”
    Brone’s head swiveled to the side. With hard eyes, he searched hers. The frown that puckered his skin almost made her question what she knew. It made him look so…normal. But he wasn’t. She’d known that long before the wings.
    She scraped her nails down the bumps of his spine, and he couldn’t hide the shudder of his response. His eyes closed for a moment, bliss, regret and acceptance flitting across his features before he let out a single soul-deep sigh.
    A soft smile tugging his lips, he opened his eyes to look at her. His chin, complete with enticing dimple, nestled against his folded hands. Slowly his hips twisted, revealing the long length of his sex, hard and ready for more.
    His voice rumbled, a dark and dangerous promise. “You can see any part of me you like. Again and again and again.”
    Her internal muscles clenched tight, begging to be filled. Evie ignored the demand.
    “Tempting, but that’s not what I meant.” Her fingers slid across his back. “I want to see your wings. While I’m not too distracted to appreciate them.”
    His chin dropped, and eyelids swept down to cover his expression. “I shouldn’t have let you see them the first time. I was…overwhelmed.” The last word practically disappeared into nothingness. If she hadn’t been paying close attention, she might have missed the admission.
    But she wasn’t willing to let it pass. “How could I overwhelm you? I’m nothing. Nobody. You’re powerful.”
    A rough sound scraped through his throat. “You underestimate your strength. The allure of your purity.”
    “I’m a single mother with a child I had out of wedlock.”
    “Pure doesn’t mean perfect; it means genuine and good. You are both of those things.”
    He surprised her. His hand slipped out from beneath his chin to find the space right above her heart. His palm flattened there, sending a warm jolt of awareness straight through her. But he wasn’t trying to turn her on. He was making a point. And from the serious slant to his eyes, it was an important one, even if she didn’t fully