Up in Flames by Alice Brown Read Free Book Online Page A

And her scent, have mercy, he knew he had never smelled anything half as wonderful. He dropped his nose down and inhaled deeply, burning her essence into his brain. She wiggled under him using her feet to push her pants the rest of the way off, then opened her legs, inviting him in, and he was a thankful man. Because the promise land was right in front of his face. He snaked his tongue out and licked her from her hole upwards, gathering her juices as he went. He stopped and wiggled his tongue a few times across her little button, spiraling up her need, her desire. Suddenly, she reached down and grabbed two handfuls of hair in an attempt to hold him exactly where she wanted him.
    He stopped and looked up at her, cocking an eyebrow as he went. Placing his hands over hers on his head, he gently removed them before issuing his warning. “Get those hands back above your head and don’t move them unless you want to find out what a real spanking is all about.”
    Her eyes popped open in surprise, but he had realized the moment he lifted his head the move had been done without conscious thought. He watched and waited for her to comply.
    She obeyed, but as she placed her hands back above her head she inquired, “Why don’t you want me touching you?” It was a reasonable question for an innocent.
    “Oh, you’ll be touching me plenty, sugar,” he replied with his deep Southern drawl. “But right now, you are not trying to touch me, you are trying to control the situation. There are a few things you might as well understand now.” He stopped and placed a light kiss on her mound. “First, in the bedroom, I am in control. Second, when it comes to your safety, I expect you to obey me without question. You may disagree with me, and I’ll be happy to argue the point with you when the danger has passed . But if I tell you to do something, and it is said to keep you safe, I expect to be obeyed.”
    Obey, did he just say to obey him ? Meredith glared down at the arrogant man who was perched between her legs and whom Fate had decreed was her mate. She had been fine until she heard the last word. Then, she stopped. She was a grown adult. A grown half-vampire adult for crying out loud! And her mate expected her to obey him, as if she were some two-year-old child?
    She sat up quickly, attempting to close her legs as she went. “Let me up, Lucas, I’m done!” Man, talk about a bucket of cold water. She wasn’t even in the mood now that the arrogant prick had ruined everything. Would she ever find out what the big deal was with sex?
    Lucas was a bit taken back by her sudden temper. “Hey, where are you going?” he asked when she sat straight up, almost clocking him in the face as she moved to get off the bed in a hurry.
    “Anywhere but here, you arrogant little shit!” she yelled as she snatched up her clothing, ready to bolt out of the room.
    Arrogant little shit? He looked at her as if she had taken leave of her senses. There was nothing little about him. He quickly went back through the previous conversation, attempting to figure out what he had said to set her off so quickly. At the same time, he snaked his arm around her waist and dragged her back to the bed, not letting go until he had pulled her back in front of him.
    “Lucas, so help me, get off me! I am certainly not in the mood anymore, you arrogant jerk!” While he was happy to see his woman had spunk to her, he knew her temper would do nothing to alleviate his raging hard-on.
    He grabbed both of her much-smaller hands into one of his large ones when she raised one to punch him in the arm. “Enough!” he roared. Not knowing what else to do, he did the only thing he knew. He kissed her, hard. She held her ground for all of ten seconds before she became a puddle of goo in his arms. He let out a breath he didn’t even realize he had been holding. Bringing her up tight against the front of his body, her legs didn’t have a choice but to open and allow his jean-covered