Hotbloods (Hotbloods #1)(82)

He inhaled slowly. “What a time for my hands to be tied behind my back,” he said softly.

My entire body felt electrified when our lips finally touched, and I breathed in his scent, one of my hands going around the back of his head, as though I could pull him even closer to me. The other rested against the side of his cool face, my fingertips running lightly along the taut skin of his stubbled jawline. His mouth responded to mine hungrily—so much so that it took me aback. His tongue parted my lips, and I felt his desire for me with its every stroke, his every hitched breath.

As his firm lips caressed mine, I felt myself light up, my body feeling weightless. He was kissing me back, burning for me just as much as I was for him, and I mentally kicked myself for not allowing myself a taste of this sooner, for delaying it so long.

Everything seemed to fall away. Nothing else mattered. I let that kiss completely consume me. We were prisoners trapped in this bunker, but the rush of happiness that flooded through me made my heart feel like it was going to explode. Kissing him was like coming home, like arriving at the very place I’d always wanted to be but had been unable to find until now. I would have been content to stay there forever, but Navan finally pulled back, his eyes still half-closed, an anguished expression on his face.

“We’ve got to stop,” he whispered, groaning. “Believe me when I say it’s the last thing I want to do.” He tilted his head and we kissed again. “But we’ve got to.” His lips moved lightly against mine as he spoke. “You need to be safe. Please. If you end up getting caught, we won’t be able to do this again.”

It felt as though I was being torn in two. I knew he was right, that I needed to activate the invisibility suit again, that I needed to hide because who knew when Ezra or another coldblood might come back into the room? But the thought of having to leave Navan was unbearable.

“Riley.” He had pulled back and was looking straight into my eyes. “Please. Press the button and hide.”

“Okay,” I breathed. I pressed my lips to his once more, savoring the feel of him for what I prayed would not be the last time.

Then I pulled back and pushed the button on my arm, activating the suit. My heart pounding, I slid back underneath the bench I’d been under, right as the doorknob turned and Ezra, along with another coldblood that I hadn’t seen before, re-entered the room.

“This is Jareth’s son,” Ezra was saying. My brain was still locked on Navan’s and my kiss, and I had to force myself to focus on his words, bring myself back to the scene around me.

This new coldblood was taller, and more refined-looking, except he had a deep scar running down the side of his face, right below his eye to the corner of his mouth. His eyes were almost completely black. He didn’t look much older than Ezra, but there was something about him that emanated an ancient aura.

“An even better development than we could have hoped for,” he said, eyeing Navan, whose expression was a combination of awe and wariness. Did Navan know him? They clearly knew Navan’s father, and the way Navan was looking at him made me think that he knew who this guy was, too. “You’ve got a role to play in all this, son. You’ll be an important bargaining chip.” He made like he was going to tousle Navan’s hair or pat his head, but then he froze, his hand hovering in the empty air. His eyes swiveled around, and he tilted his head back, sniffing the air. His gaze landed on the bench, a slow smile turning up the corners of his mouth.

“What is it?” Ezra asked.

The smile on the coldblood’s face grew, exposing a pair of sharp, white fangs. I tried to flatten myself against the back wall as best I could. “Someone else is here,” he said.



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