The Touch (10 page)

Chandra frowned. “I’ve never heard of shadow
shifters.” Memories of him dissolving into darkness and forming
again sped through her mind, along with thoughts of the shadows
she’d seen in her visions when she’d touched him and Mike.

“Just like you and your family, we stay out
of the PIA’s sights whenever we can,” he said.

She frowned. “But you work for the PIA.”

“True.” His finger moved from her jawline to
her ear and she shivered again. “I work at the PIA to protect those
with paranormal abilities. I’m after any of who have turned and
work for anyone other than our government.”

Chandra drew away from his touch, her frown
deepening. “You condone using paranormal abilities for our
government?”

Wade sighed. “The government doesn’t know I’m
a shadow shifter. I work from the inside, freeing those who don’t
want to work for the government, and stopping those who would use
their talents for other governments or corporations. Like
Psion.”

She rubbed her forehead with the heel of her
palm, her head aching with her next thought. “Psion really is on
the wrong side?”

“Yeah.” He started to reach for her hand but
dropped it away from her before their fingers touched. “They wanted
the microchip because it lists every known person with paranormal
abilities. It was stolen from the PIA so that the names and
locations of every last person could be sold, allowing them to be
exploited.”

“The chip should have been destroyed.” She
clenched her teeth before continuing, “Then the PIA wouldn’t have
the knowledge either.”

Wade rose as he propped himself on one elbow,
his arm on the bed. “They have a huge database and backup copies,”
he said. “The microchip was one of the copies that were stolen from
the PIA. My team managed to get it back, but we ran into some
problems and had to return it to the PIA in a roundabout way.”

“Some roundabout way,” she muttered. “So what
is a shadow shifter, anyway?”

Wade smiled and settled his warm hand on her
hip. “You saw for yourself. We have the ability to shift into
shadow form which allows us advantages that others don’t have.”

“What about the stuff they sprayed on you?”
she asked.

“Don’t remind me.” He grimaced and brought
his hand to his chest and rubbed it. “The spray is made up by a
chemical created to keep shadow shifters from transforming. The PIA
has used it to control our kind.

“I free those on the right side of the law,”
he continued, “and help track down those who aren’t. Only Mike knew
I’m one—he was a shadow shifter, too.”

“But he turned out to be one of the bad
guys,” Chandra said.

Wade drew her into his embrace and kissed the
top of her head. “I’m so sorry you got in the middle of it.”

She tipped her head up to look at him. “I was
meant to—I saw that I was supposed to help you in some way, I just
didn’t know how.”

He lifted his hand to her chest and fingered
the penny pendant that no longer had the microchip affixed to the
backside as it had been turned in to PIA HQ. His fingers were warm
against her skin. “Why did you take the chip?” he asked as he
raised his eyes back to meet hers.

A shrug would seem too casual so she merely
said, “When I touched the painting I had a vision that I was
supposed to take it. So I did.”

His mouth quirked and she couldn’t tell if he
was trying not to smile. “You have visions that tell you to steal
things?”

Heat flushed over Chandra’s skin. “This was
the first time I had a vision while touching an inanimate object. I
don’t know what compelled me, but something did.”

Wade smiled. “Enough of all that.” He slid
his thigh in between hers and she rubbed herself against him.

Every single thought left her mind as desire
took over her body and her hand found his cock. “I need you.”

He kissed her forehead. “Are you certain
you’re ready?” He drew back and their eyes met again. He brushed
her hair from where her face was bruised. “You were hurt. Your
face, your hands…” He looked at her hand resting on his erection,
but didn’t reach for it.

“I’m fine.” Chandra slowly slid her fingers
up and down his erection. “What about you?”

He grinned, and the next thing she knew, she
was flat on her back and he was between her thighs. His cock
pressed against her bare folds and she moaned. “Does that answer
your question?”

She smiled then gave a sigh of pleasure as he
captured one of her nipples in his mouth. He licked the hard nub,
then lightly bit it before moving to her other breast and sucking
on it and nipping. She arched into him, her body responding to him
instantly. More moisture dampened her folds, and she ached to have
all of him.

Chandra slipped her hands into his clean,
soft hair. “I want to feel you inside of me. I don’t want to wait.
I want you to take me.”

He gave a low growl as he rose up on both
hands so that the muscles flexed in his biceps and the power of him
surrounded her. He stared into her eyes as she reached down and
guided his cock to her core. She arched her hips, wanting him
inside her as fast as possible.

His jaw was tight as if holding himself back.
“Where did you get your beautiful violet eyes?” he asked,
surprising her.

“It often comes with the Touch,” Chandra
said, wriggling beneath Wade. “Fortunately that knowledge wasn’t
something the PIA paid attention to. Stop talking and take me
now.”

With a powerful thrust, Wade buried himself
deep inside her.

Chandra gave a cry of sheer pleasure at the
feel of him filling her, his cock thick and hard.

Slowly he began moving in and out, watching
her the entire time with an expression that told her how much he
wanted her.

She reached down and grasped one of his
hands. Shock filled his expression and he paused, holding himself
in her core.

Images came to her, images that made her want
him even more. “Lace your fingers with mine and make love to
me.”

“Are you sure?” He said in a husky voice as
he complied. “Your hands…”

“Mmmmm…” She saw him taking her, felt it in
her vision at the same time he started moving in and out again.
Images of the two of them from above and around blended with
reality, taking her so close to climax she knew it would take
little to throw her over the edge.

His jaw was tense and a bead of sweat rolled
down the side of his face. “I feel it. I feel what you’re seeing,
what you’re feeling.”

The surprise at his statement was nothing
compared to the next visions. She saw them in a wedding ceremony,
then with two brown-haired girls and a home filled with happiness.
Wade would always be in danger from his occupation, but she saw
nothing but a long life for him.

The images vanished and then it was only the
two of them. No more visions, just Wade taking her. God, she felt
like he was making love to her everywhere, that his hands were on
every part of her body.

She felt crazy with need, crazy with lust,
crazy for him. Her body began trembling and vibrating so hard she
knew there was no stopping now.

“Come with me,” she begged as she reached her
point of no return. “Come with me, Wade.”

At the same moment she cried out with her
climax, he growled loud and long with his own release. With him
still gripping her hand, she saw stars whirl around them.

She felt his orgasm as well as her own, and
it made the beauty of their joining almost too much to bear. She
knew he was feeling the same thing. Somehow she was able to share
this intense experience with him, projecting it to him. Perhaps
because he was her true soul mate, but she didn’t really know.

He continued moving in and out of her, their
eyes never leaving one another. Her core clenched down on him,
taking his seed, milking it deep inside her.

When they both could bear it no longer, Wade
rolled onto his side drawing Chandra with him. She still felt his
cock pulsing in her core as it gripped him tight.

They still held hands, but her visions had
slipped away. She could focus entirely on Wade and the moment.
Their skin was slick with sweat and the musk of their lovemaking
made her want him again. She could feel him hardening inside her,
and knew he was as ready as she was.

This time he rolled onto his back with her
straddling him and joined both their hands.

He paused with her on top and him hard and
deep inside her. “Children, huh?”

Heat flushed her cheeks and surprise coursed
her that he had seen her vision. But at that moment she didn’t want
to question it. So instead she smiled and traced her finger along
the scar over one of his eyes.

“Two girls. And they’ll both have the Touch.”
She twisted her lips. “And they just might be shadow shifters as
well.”

Wade grinned and drew Chandra down to him so
that their lips brushed. “We’re going to have our hands full,
aren’t we?” he stated.

She smiled back before she reached for his
hands again. “We certainly are.”

***

Taboo Desires

What do a bad boy, a voyeur, and a
fireman all have in common…
Taboo Desires.

Wicked Night

Kerri Walker is slender, beautiful, and
sophisticated. Ten years after graduating, she’s a long way from
the overweight girl with bad skin. Despite not wanting to go to her
ten-year class reunion, her best friend convinces her.

When Kerri gets to the reunion she sees Levi
Ross, San Diego High’s former resident bad boy. Little did he know,
she had a crush on him for years. He’s even better looking as a
grown man, hotter and sexier.

Levi spots Kerri right away. Other classmates
might not recognize her, but he’d never forgotten the shy girl who
had wanted nothing to do with him in high school. He intends to do
what he should have done ten years ago and make her his.

Kerri can’t believe the bad boy wants her.
And she can’t believe she can’t say no when Levi takes her out on
his Ducati. She finds herself pulled over on a quiet night under
the stars. It isn’t long before she and Levi are finding a whole
new use for the motorcycle… And making it a wicked night.

Take a Peek

Sara Richards loves to be watched. Nightly
she undresses in front of her window knowing that her mysterious
neighbor is watching. The thrill it gives her is intoxicating. She
decides to up the excitement a notch by bringing in a lover who
takes her in front of the window. Sara loves knowing the neighbor
is watching her with another man.

Reid Jackman can’t get over the fact that
he’s become a peeping Tom.
A freaking peeping Tom.
But he
can’t stop watching the woman next door, can’t take his eyes off of
the little exhibitionist who dresses in the sexiest outfits and
lingerie and then she strips for him. But when she brings in
another man, it takes things to a whole new level.

Sara decides she has to see her mysterious
man and she practically stalks him. Once she gets a good look at
the hot and sexy Reid, she decides she has to have him.

When Sara and Reid finally meet, it’s
explosive and they can’t get enough of each other. They find out
how exciting exhibitionism can be when they do it together as they
make of game of finding unusual public places to show off together.
They have an exciting start to their relationship in a park where
they are almost arrested, and end up on an erotic New Orleans trip
that neither will ever forget.

Now all Reid has to do is show Sara that they
are the perfect match.

Hot Stuff

When Chelsea Miller burned up her kitchen,
she didn’t realize she’d be burning up the sheets with one sexy
firefighter.

Lieutenant Mark Carson never expected to meet
a green-eyed schoolteacher in skimpy lingerie who was hotter than
the fire they were fighting. The kitchen flames were put out, but
neither Mark nor Chelsea wanted to extinguish the fire between
them.

He never planned on meeting a woman with the
kinds of desires Chelsea has. Her desire to have him restrained in
her bed only feeds the flames between them. He loves her intensity
and intends to turn the tables on her and take control the next
time around.

Neither of them planned on being in the back
seat of the cab of a fire truck having sex when alarm bells go
off.

Top the whole thing off with some whipped
cream and a cherry on one hot firefighter…and you have some hot
stuff!

***

Jaymie Holland

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Adam smiled to himself. Some quality time
together could lead to some fun activities later. He took her hand
as they walked together to the parking lot where he led her to his
truck. When they reached the passenger door, he paused and she
looked up at him.

He cupped her cheeks in his palms and lowered
his head so that his mouth hovered over hers. Her lips parted and
he brought his mouth slowly down. She gave a soft little moan as he
nipped her lip before sliding his tongue into her mouth.

Adam groaned as she kissed him back. Her kiss
was almost tentative, as if she wasn’t sure what she was doing, and
that turned him on even more.

He drew her tight up against him and she
moaned again. She tasted sweet, her body soft against his.

When he drew away from the kiss, Casey looked
up at him, her eyes wide. Her lips glistened with moisture beneath
the parking lot lights.

Adam brushed the back of his hand over her
cheek. “Ready to go?”

Casey drew her shoulders back. “Yes.”

They both climbed into the truck and she
smiled at him as he started the truck and put it into gear, and
headed for the bar.