Vengeance (The Protectors 5)

A soft smile graced his lips as he pushed my hair back off my forehead again before standing. I couldn’t see where he went, but I sensed him going back to the bedroom. It was light outside, but I had a feeling it was early. I managed to crane my neck to see the clock by the television and saw that it was just after five in the morning. Memphis had only been asleep for a few hours. Since it wasn’t enough, I settled myself against him, though I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep. I had too much to think about and since I didn’t need to take my medicine for a few more hours, I had some time to try to work through things in my head.

But Memphis had other ideas because he began to stir behind me. My body drew up tight when I felt his morning erection nudging me. I didn’t move because I wasn’t sure if Memphis was going to drift off to sleep again or just get up and pretend last night hadn’t happened.

I was wrong on both counts because after a few moments, Memphis rolled me on my back so that he could look at me.

“Morning,” I whispered and I couldn’t stop myself from reaching up to stroke the line of his jaw with my finger. He had a bit of a five o’clock shadow going on and it was sexy as hell.

Memphis didn’t respond to me; he just stared at me and then his fingers brushed my temple. I wanted badly to know what he was thinking, but when he lowered his mouth to mine and kissed me softly, I didn’t care so much. I expected the kiss to be brief, but when his tongue sought entry, I gladly opened for him. My body thrummed with energy as his tongue explored my mouth. My cock had already been hard, but it became downright painful as Memphis played with my mouth, giving me teasing kisses that just weren’t quite enough.

I grabbed him by the neck when he tried to pull away from me, but he wasn’t trying to end the kiss. No, all he did was shift so that he could pin my body beneath his. I automatically spread my legs to make room for him and as soon as his weight settled on top of me, his mouth captured mine in a deep, drugging kiss that had me moaning and trying to rub my dick against his so I could get some relief.

“So sweet,” Memphis said softly as he nipped at my lips and then sought out the sensitive skin behind my ear. His hands were stroking up and down my sides, lifting my shirt a little bit each time until my stomach was exposed.

“Memphis,” I said on a groan as his hand settled on my belly. As good as it felt, it wasn’t what I needed.

Another mind numbing kiss had me squirming desperately and I reached for his shirt. My fingers were shaking too badly to manage the buttons, so I slipped my hands beneath it and marveled over the warmth of his skin. I hadn’t been able to touch either Brennan or Memphis much the night before, so I was like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I let my fingers explore every ridge and curve of his muscled chest before moving my hands to his back. His muscles bunched and rippled beneath my touch and I heard him groan when I let my hands slip beneath the back waistband of his pants. I only got to feel his crease for a second before he was on me like a wild man. His mouth never left mine as he began tugging at first my pants, then his. My cock jumped when his fingers brushed over it, but all he did was jerk my pants down. I instinctively lifted my hips so he could get them off my ass, but with my legs spread, that wasn’t happening. Memphis lifted off of me long enough to pull my pants all the way off and then he pressed down on me again. His need was clear because there was little finesse or patience in the way he handled me. It should have frightened me, but it didn’t. I doubted anything he wanted to do to me would have scared me enough to ask him to stop.

Memphis had just gotten his hand around my cock when he froze and I looked up at his face to see his eyes looking towards the bedroom. I knew instantly what he was looking at – or who rather – and I closed my eyes as fear came over me. I saw all my plans going up in smoke even as Memphis released his hold on my dick and lifted off of me so that he was kneeling between my legs. I was too horrified by what I had allowed to happen to even think to move or cover myself and I watched as Brennan appeared in my peripheral vision. He had only a towel wrapped around his waist and his hair was wet.