He wanted Cara, not that shifting demon from hell. The demon who had his partner’s eyes.
She opened her eyes and found herself in his bedroom once more.
Dream or reality? This time, she knew the answer right away.
Light filled the room. Chased away the shadows and clearly showed the man on the bed. He was naked. She could see the muscled expanse of his chest. The faint marks near his shoulder, the white line too close to his heart, and the jagged imprint on his side. Old wounds—the price of his job.
A light covering of dark hair arrowed down to his groin—right down to the heavily aroused flesh of his cock.
The guy emanated so much sexual tension it was a draw she could all but taste in the room.
But she still shouldn’t have been in his dream. Cara frowned even as she stepped forward almost helplessly. She hadn’t entered his dream deliberately. Once she’d gotten into bed, she’d closed her eyes and let exhaustion claim her.
She should have slept in blessed darkness.
Not been sent to him.
What was going on? It was like she had no control over herself or her powers when she thought of him.
“Come closer, Cara,” he whispered, and her eyes lifted in surprise to find his hungry stare on her.
Shouldn’t have happened. Even in the dream state, she should have needed to command his eyes open.
Cara hesitated, confused. But the time before, he’d been awake and aware—just as he was now. She just hadn’t truly realized the significance of that act—until now.
The man had too much power for a human, and if she had any sense, she’d be transporting out of the dream state as fast as she could.
Instead of licking her lips and inching toward the bed.
His gaze dropped and raked over her. His stare was so hot her flesh seemed to burn.
“You’re wearing too many clothes.”
Just a thin gown, like before. No underwear. She lifted her hands, caught the silk, and pulled it over her head.
Todd swallowed.
She tossed the gown onto the floor. “Now I’m not.” The good part of her, the part that had sprung to life just a few years back, screamed at her that this was a mistake. She shouldn’t be in his mind without his permission. Shouldn’t be planning to enjoy a sensual game with him. Shouldn’t be so eager to taste him, his lips, his body, his very soul.
But the other part of her, the wild, dark demon who lived in her heart, she all but growled with eagerness. So much strength and power.
Cara wanted him.
And she would have him.
If only in her dreams.
His dreams.
She eased onto the bed, then crawled up the mattress until she crouched over him. Her index finger lifted and trailed a path down the center of his chest. Her gaze darted over the faint scars and, for a moment, a pang shot through her.
Humans could be hurt so easily.
“God, this feels so real,” he muttered. “I can smell you, all around me.” He reached for her, fisting his hands in her hair and dragging her up for a hard, deep kiss. A kiss that made her forget about the scars and know only raw need. “And I can damn well taste you,” he bit the words off against her lips. Then he kissed her again. Harder. The thrust of his tongue claimed her mouth, and she responded greedily, stroking him and widening her lips.
Her hands caught his shoulders. Broad. Powerful. She pushed up, levering her body so that he lay beneath her while she straddled his hips. “Tell me what you want.” An order. Magic seemed to shimmer in the air.
He caught her hips and closed his fingers over her flesh. The heavy weight of his hands forced her moist sex against the rigid length of his cock. “You know what I want.”
“Tell me,” she said, her voice husky. “I need the words.” She craved them. It made the dream more real.
“I want to taste your br**sts. Lick your ni**les.”
Her br**sts ached with need. Too sensitive. She arched toward him. “Do it.” A challenge.
His back rose from the bed. His lips closed hungrily around her left nipple. Sucked hard. Licked.
Bit. A light, sweet bite.
Cara shuddered and rubbed her sex over his cock. The slick cream from her core covered his thick length. The wet heat made it so easy for her sex to slide over his erection.
And it would be so easy to take him inside.
His mouth was on her other breast now. Wild. Desperate. Licking and sucking and the rough rasp of his tongue felt so good. She pressed her breast closer to him, wanting more.
Needing everything from him.
“Wh-what else?” The words were gasped. Her sex throbbed with need. Her entire body seemed to vibrate with tension and sensual hunger.
It had been too long since she’d fed from a man’s release—and known the fierce pleasure of her own. “What else…do you want?”
His head lifted, lips wet with a soft sheen of moisture. The look in his eyes caught her breath. “I want you spread beneath me.”
She lifted slightly on her knees. His hands still held her hips. The fingers of his right hand were just below the half-moon birthmark on her left side. She rose a few inches higher, breaking the flesh-on-flesh contact of their sexes. Cara gazed down at her body. At the ivory skin. The light hair that shielded her sex. Then her gaze drifted to his body. Golden skin. Rippling muscles. Thick, full cock. She licked her lips. “What about above you?”
His gaze dropped. His eyes narrowed as he stared at her sex and his lips parted. “I want to taste you.”
She could all too readily imagine the warm swipe of his tongue on her flesh. “That’s just—”
A sharp, shrieking cry erupted in the room.
Cara jumped in surprise.
Todd swore.
The damn phone.
The dream connection began to fade as the phone rang again, and its piercing call pulled Todd closer and closer to reality.
And farther away from her.
Saved by the bell, again. Cara’s lips tightened. More like screwed by the damn bell.
She climbed from the bed. Her body ached with unfulfilled need, even as the demon greedily lapped up the sensual currents still permeating the air.
Put him back under. He can’t fight you in the dream state. A dark, insidious voice whispered in her mind. Finish. Take your pleasure. Give the man his.
His hand snaked out, caught her wrist in a steely grip. “Stay with me.”
A reluctant shake of her head. “That’s not how it works.”
The phone pealed again, the sound even louder as it broke the veil of fantasy.
His eyes seemed so aware as he gazed at her. Hunger and need raged in those dark depths. She wasn’t certain just how aware he was of what was happening between them. Did he sense that it was so much more than just an erotic dream?