Oh , I do like you Merit.I like your ...Moxie.
Chloe NeillDid she watch Newsies? Tell me she watched Newsies.
Twice.
Mots clés friday-night-bites chicagoland-vampires chloe-neill morgan-greer
I’m not your father, you know.”
It took me a moment to find words. “Excuse me?”
“I’m capable of giving you a compliment and being completely sincere about it.
We shouldn’t be doing this.”
“Why,” he asked, “should we not be dancing?”
“It’s not real.”
“It could be.
Jeff, I have a problem.”
“I’m glad you’ve finally realized I’m your answer, Merit.
I kissed him, let him kiss me, let him clutch my hips, curl his fingers into
the fabric of my shirt, slide his hands around my waist and splay them
against my back, pull me infinitesimally closer. He made a sound, a growl or
purr, some predatory noise that rumbled in his throat, then said my name. And
this time, it wasn’t a question but a sound of victory, a claim on his prize.
The room fell heavily silent. After a minute of continuing to flay Morgan
with that narrowed gaze—and Morgan staring back defiantly—Ethan slowly lifted
green eyes to me, and I saw something different there.
Respect.
You drugged me,”
“I didn’t want you to feel it, Merit.” His voice was soft. “You’d been
attacked; you hadn’t consented. I didn’t want you to have to go through it. I
didn’t want you to have to remember it.
The Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment,” I told him when he
stepped down from the podium.
“What?” he innocently asked. “Getting you out of the library? I believe it’s
due time, Sentinel.”
“Now that I’m a real, live vampire?”
“Something like that,
Well?”
“Well, what?” I waved a hand at the room.
“Start genuflecting. Let’s see some knee action.”
“You’re serious.” I lifted my brows.
He responded in kind, but finally nodded his head, then walked between the couches. He dropped to one knee, then held out his hands.
“I’m monumentally sorry for the pain and humiliation that I caused you and your—”
“Both knees.”
“Pardon?”
“I’d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if you’re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can, right?
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