Waking the Witch (Otherworld 11)

"Twenty-three, twenty-four. You act older."

I laughed. "I do believe that's the first time anyone has said that about me. So, is it too young for you?"

He leaned over, lips coming to mine, arms pulling me into a kiss, soft at first, tentative, then ... wow. The guy could kiss. I finally had to pull back to catch my breath.

"Good answer?" he said.

"Yep. You like them young."

He flushed. "That was not the message."

"Are you sure? Because it certainly seems--"

He cut me off with another oxygen-depriving kiss. When I teetered a bit on the edge, he grabbed me like I'd been about to go over, one arm around my waist, the other clutching the rail.

"I think we'd better back up," he said.

"Mmm." I glanced over the embankment. "It's not that far down. Not fatal unless you land wrong."

He hauled me back under the railing.

"Chicken," I said.

He snorted. "If I didn't move, you would have. You play a good game, Savannah, but you're not nearly as reckless as you seem."

"Wanna bet?"

I yanked off my boots and got up on the railing, balancing on it.

"I rest my case," he said, pointing at the discarded boots.

I stuck out my tongue.

"I take back that 'seem older' part."

"As well you should." I took a few steps along the railing, then hopped off. "So, are you going to tell me how old you are?"

"Twenty-seven."

"Relatively youthful. You might have to act more immature, though, so I don't feel bad."

"I can probably manage that."

He pulled me into another kiss and I was up against a tree pretty damned fast. He stuck to kissing, though. Like a high school make-out session. Only without the wandering hands, and with a guy who kissed a helluva lot better than anyone I'd dated in high school.

When things inevitably got a little too steamy, he backed off me, saying, "Okay, time out, or I'm going to try something I really shouldn't on a public path."

"You're right," I said. "We should cool it."

"Damn."

I laughed. "Sorry, but it's only our second date."

"So there's a schedule?"

"What if there is?"

"Then I should know it."