Kiss Me While The World Burns

ce a low, commanding snap that brooked

intent as he cupped her ass, his large hands anchorin

a gasped as the cool silk sheets met her bare back, a sharp contrast to the blistering heat radiating off his chest. Her face burned with a

ng between her damp thighs. The bold, intense friction made her shiver violently, her fingers tangli

oke the kiss just enough to trace a scorching line of bites down her throat, his lips slick and demanding a

le of his shoulders as she tried to pull him closer, desperate to swallow the overwhelming friction threatening to consume her. Every touch of h

azily over her bottom lip, his onyx eyes heavy-lidded and burning with a dark, primal d

through the dark as she arched her hips up, deliberate

is hands locking onto her hips like an iron vice as he drove forward, bur

ntically into the sheets as her entire world narrowed down to the sudden, overwhelming stretch of him filling her completely. The raw, he

s a warm wave of pleasure surged through her, cau

ne in charge, it didn't look that way. As a matter of fact, she low-key liked that Gior

n at her beck and call. She needed the pleasure, they were willing to offer it. It was a wi

unt, his rhythm ruthless and completely unyielding. Victoria whispered a s

s deep voice thick with friction as his hips drove forwa

ing, she skillfully maneuvered, using the momentum of his next thrust to twist her body. In one sharp

atched his onyx eyes darken until the pupils completely swallowed the iris, his gaze locked onto the sharp, black ink of the two-headed dragon framing her rib

neck and staining her chest as she leaned low over him. Her damp blonde hair fell forwa

expecting him to flip her back onto the mattress, but he didn't. Instead, his large hands slammed down onto her hips, his fingers digging into her skin with bruising

, sending a warm, violent surge of pleasure straight up her spine. Victoria shivered violently, her head snapping back as a loud, un

stripped of his usual arrogant polish. His chest was heaving beneath her, his heart hamm

ped, but the snark was entirely ruined

e moved faster, her thighs clamping tightly around his waist as she chased the friction, her fingers clawing frantically at the muscles of h

ally hit the

iolent, crushing wave of pure climax ripped through her core. Her internal muscles clamped

w locking as his head snapped back against the pillows. His entire muscular frame stiffened violently as he climaxed inside her,

rk lounge was the ragged, desperate sound of

is neck as her pulse slowly decelerated from a sprint to a jog. Giordano's arms wrapped tightly around her bare

ion. Slowly, without breaking the physical connection, Giordano rolled them onto their sides, pulling the silk sheets over their damp, shivering bodies.

a bad taste in her mouth and an imm

man had a spectacular body, and the ink on his skin looked entirely too good against her silk sheets. A slow, cynical smirk touched her lips as she watched th

dden chill. She didn't linger. In her line of work, sleeping in was a luxury that usually got people buried in concrete, and right n

nst her bare feet, and grabbed her dark silk robe. She tied the knot over her t

enough to illuminate the room. Her fingers flew across the glass keyboard, punching in the triple-encrypted bypass codes to access the building's closed-circuit television fee

ding the high-definition f

uld. The steel vault door was sealed tight, the overhead fluorescent lights were casting their usual clini

wa

e minutes and seconds. It didn't flash. She stared at t

ng ha

he numbers remained absolutely frozen. 04:12:03. The image of the empty hallway didn't shift b

cal hiss through her teeth. "Y

action flicks. Some uninvited guest had tapped into her hardlines, cut the live feed, and fed her system a perfe

pping into a lethal, fast-paced hum as she slammed her palm against t

immediate shift in the room's temperature. He sat up, hi

frozen timestamp. Her instincts were screaming, a cold sweat breaking out along her

t. She grabbed her secure comms unit, slamming the earpiece int

manding rasp that left zero room for hesitation. "Lock down the elevators, and meet me at

ck echoed deep within the walls, and every single monitor in