Stone Destiny (Stone Passion #3) by A.C. Warneke Read Free Book Online

Corvyn.”
    Her statement only made him laugh harder and her frown deepened. “Only you, Ferris.”
    With those odd words, he turned around and started walking away, leaving Ferris to chase after him. She caught up to him as he pulled open the door that led to the roof top and without a second thought she chased after him. “Only me what, Armand? You can’t say something like that and then just… leave.”
    He looked over his shoulder and smiled at her, his green eyes twinkling in a way that she had rarely seen before and she had to remind herself to breathe. “You’re the only human I know that willingly befriends an incubus and does not worry about the repercussions of being friends with a creature that seduces women in their sleep. Hell, you threatened to paint him.”
    “I would have been wide awake if I painted him,” she protested, following him as he stepped through the exterior door and onto the roof. Planting her hands on her hips, she frowned at him, “And Corvyn knows that if he so much as tasted my essence as I slept you would castrate him in a heartbeat. He remembers the talk you had with him when I was eighteen, all because he smiled at me as we rode the elevator with him.”
    Armand’s jaw tightened slightly at the reminder of his high-handed behavior but he didn’t reply. If she was being honest, she would admit that it had been thrilling seeing Armand’s demonstration of protectiveness towards her. But then he had ruined it by telling Corvyn that she was practically a baby and as an infant she was off limits. Ferris wasted no time in telling Armand where to stuff his pompous self, storming off the elevator before she could scream at him and do something stupid to prove she was a woman grown. Of course, at eighteen, she was still so dreadfully young and terrified of her attraction to the gargoyle who was beyond her reach.
    As Ferris continued to stand there, waiting for him to do something, say something, she grew a little concerned: the sky was brightening and the sun was going to be up soon yet Armand hadn’t removed his robe and gotten into his gargoyle position on the edge of the roof overlooking the city. “Um, Armand? Aren’t you forgetting something?”
    “Yes,” he said solemnly, his green eyes glowing mischievously. “What it was like before three intrepid humans descended upon my life and caused such pandemonium.”
    “Ha ha,” she dead-panned, smiling slightly. Nodding her head towards the silky material, she held his eyes as she murmured, “I was talking about the robe.”
    The laughter faded from his eyes and a muscle ticked furiously in his jaw. His fingers curled around the belt, as if he could protect himself by holding on to the material tight enough. “It’s not appropriate for me to strip in front of you.”
    She couldn’t stop the smile from forming as she arched an eyebrow at him and smirked, “You have been sitting in my studio for the past week naked as the day you were born, Armand. I’m okay with you taking your robe off in front of me.”
    Color burnished his cheekbones and Ferris was momentarily stunned . She didn’t think Armand even knew how to blush. “It’s not the same thing, Ferris. Now, turn around.”
    She flashed him a grin before she turned her back towards him, crossing her arms over her breasts and feeling the hard points of her nipples. Perhaps it was a better idea to be facing away from him. He would probably just assume her nipples were hard because of the cold, even though it was late spring and the roof was always warm. Unable to resist, she teased, “You’re such a prude, Armand.”
    She heard his muffled chuckle and the rustling of material as he slid the silky robe off his luscious body. Trying to keep herself distracted so she wouldn’t accidently turn around and catch him in all of his naked glory, she glanced around, catching a flash of movement in the reflection of the small window next to the door. There was just enough pre-dawn