Diamond (Rare Gems #2)(11)
“I just got a call from that man of yours again, Thad. He seems to be under the impression that he can speak to me as if I’m some underling of his. I set him right.” She looked around the room at the two of them. “What’s happened? Diamond, have you told him yet?”
“No.” She started to move out of the room when Thad said her name. “I don’t want to talk about it. It’s not that important. Not to you at any rate.”
“How about if you let me be the judge of that.” She heard the steel in his voice, but was too overwhelmed by him to be cautious of it. She turned when he snapped her name again.
“I said it’s not important. I made sure you were going to be all right despite what I know I should have done. You didn’t lose your leg, and everything is just peachy.” She moved back when he took a step forward. “You’ll need to stay away from me. I’m not kidding. I will hurt you if I have to.”
“Sit down.” She had forgotten about her grandmother being in the room with them. “I said for the both of you to sit down right now. This is not how we treat one another in this house.”
She continued standing. She wanted out of this room and out of this house before her grandmother said something that would have him asking questions. Questions she was sure would make it so she’d have to tell him he was her mate. And though it had been hard, she’d kept that from everyone else in the house but her grandmother, and she wasn’t going to tell him.
“What is it about my leg that you fixed?” His voice was calm, but she could feel his temper like it was her own. Taking his blood into her body was doing that. She glanced at her grandmother, hoping she’d come up with something.
“You have to tell him love. He has to know or you’re going to be hurting long before he finds out on his own.” She shook her head. “Sit down and…. Damn it.”
She left them for the phone again. Diamond was shocked to hear her curse; her grandmother wasn’t one for a potty mouth as she called it. As soon as the door closed behind her again, Thad stood up and moved toward her. She could see the intent on his face and was almost as much afraid of what he had in mind as him finding out she was a wolf.
She pressed herself against the wall, but he moved closer still. When he was within touching distance, she whimpered and felt his touch on her arm. She looked at him and saw that he was angry still, but he wanted answers too. She moaned when he touched her.
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Thad moved slowly. For as much as he wanted her to tell him what was going on, the need to touch and be touched by her was driving him over the edge. Her scent, too, one he was sure didn’t come from a bottle or from soap. This time when he pulled her to him he didn’t let her pull back.
“I want to taste you. Then I want to take you upstairs and f*ck you. What better way to spend a hazy afternoon than getting sweaty between the sheets?” She pushed at his chest, but he didn’t let her go. “If I’m barking up the wrong tree, Nurse Ericks—”
“I don’t bark, Mr. Galloway, I howl. And I’d appreciate it if you’d simply back the f*ck up. I don’t want your attention or your speculations on what I should do with my spare time.” When she moved to walk away from him, he reached for her arm. He wasn’t used to people not doing what he wanted and she...intrigued him. But when he touched her, he hadn’t counted on her strength and found himself pinned against the wall, dangling a foot from the floor with her hand around his throat holding him there.
“You’re lovely when you’re pissed off.” Thad’s head banged hard against the wall in a short hard punch. “If you hurt me badly enough, will you nurse me back to health? Please?”
“Put him down, Diamond.” Thad knew the voice and the man. “Now, Diamond, put him down.”
Her low growl had Thad’s cock harden immediately. And when his feet touched the floor, he watched her face, looked deep into her eyes, and was startled to see a wolf there.
His coat was black, almost blue and shining brilliantly. That’s when he realized the wolf was a female and he wanted to stroke her. He licked his suddenly dry lips.
“What are you?”
“Nothing you can handle.” Before she walked away, he pulled her to him and twisted around so that she was pressed against the wall where she’d held him. Need coiled deep within him. Overwhelming and surprising, he wanted to take her right here, right now. Leaning down to her mouth, her breath, hot and sweet, heated his already overheated body. Kissing her was all he could think about.
“Let me in, Diamond. Please, I need to taste you.” He didn’t wait for an answer, but kissed her, taking all she had whether she offered it or not. And he tasted paradise.
She growled low again, and he tasted it, felt it. Moving his leg slightly, he moved his thigh between hers and heard her sharp breath when he lifted her against his hardness. Before he could continue, feel more of her, he was suddenly torn from her and sitting on the floor.
He didn’t move, fear replacing the need. He had no idea why he was suddenly afraid of Blair, but he was pretty sure it had a lot to do with the way hair seemed to sprout over his body. Dark fur moved so fast over his skin that he was sure it had been his imagination. Maybe he might be able to convince himself of that later, but he was still sitting here, and fur still seemed to be dancing along the big man’s body.