EXCERPT
The knowledge she was no longer alone in bed should have scared the
crap out of Bay-Lee and normally it would have, but she was still floating on
the fragments of a blissful dream. The
soft whisper of a lover’s hands surfaced with her consciousness. She’d been dreaming about being in love, the
kind that inspired people to die for each other, the Romeo and Juliet sort of
love. Beyond that nothing seemed real to
her.
An odd smell pierced the veil of sleep, and she wrinkled her
nose. Jack Daniels?
The next thing to grab her attention was the feel of a hard body
crowding her on the narrow mattress.
Warm breath lightly blew a trail down her face from forehead to
mouth like the soft wings of a butterfly brushing against her skin. Fingers slid up one arm to curve around her
shoulder. Her eyelids fluttered, and she
smiled up at the gorgeous stranger.
Fantasy wove a complicated tapestry with reality, and she decided she
was still dreaming.
The dark-haired boy’s gaze settled on her lips. She could practically read his mind. He wanted to kiss her until neither of them
could breathe. Still living on the
leftover residue of an imagined love, she was going to allow it. A tingling sense of anticipation had her
nearly breathless already.
She closed her eyes again, mentally preparing for the kiss.
She waited.
The bed creaked as he leaned in to give her what she desired
most. His hot breath teased her lips,
and the smell of whiskey intoxicated her.
She clenched her hands into tight fists, grabbing and holding bunched up
bedding, silently willing him to hurry before she came to her senses. Outside of this moment nothing existed, not
school, not her boyfriend, not the troubling circumstances that forced her to
constantly move from state to state, nothing.
When her lips remained cool and untouched, she opened her eyes to
find the boy staring down at her with pure contempt. A menacing light emanated from his eyes. He parted his lips on a soft growl, reminding
her of a werewolf, and her blood turned to ice.
“You ruined my life,” he whispered in a semi-harsh tone, accusing.
Wide awake now, facts hit her like an avalanche. A stranger was in her bed, her gun was in the
dresser, and he was big enough to overpower her. Feeling vulnerable made her sick to her
stomach. It also filled her with
unquenchable anger. How dare this stupid
boy invade her bedroom, her bed, and
threaten her!
Speaking in a firm tone without the slightest quiver, she asked,
“How did you get in here?” He rolled off
the mattress, no hurry, while she pulled the sheet higher to hide the bunny
pajamas. They were ridiculous, sky blue
with fluffy scampering white rabbits.
Knowing her hair was a mess, she automatically reached up to smooth it
down. At the last second she stayed her
hand. Why should she care if he thought
she was pretty? “Did Connor let you in?”
Her uncle wasn’t known for having the greatest judgment in the
world.
The intruder grinned and took a two steps back until beams of
moonlight exposed the left side of his body.
Tall and muscular, the guy was built better than any of the boys at
school. If she had to guess, she would
say he was between eighteen and twenty-two.
Utterly masculine, he also had a lot of features girls would be envious
of, long lashes, thick hair, and beautiful eyes. They were the most amazing shade of green,
like a place deep in the forest after a violent thunderstorm.
He grinned as if hearing her thoughts. “I thought it was every teen girl’s secret
fantasy to have me in her bedroom. Was I
wrong?”
It was then she recognized him, Tyler Beck, lead singer for the
notorious band Bad-Rock. There
was a celebrity in her bedroom. Gulp! For a moment she forgot to breathe. How was it even possible? Why would a rock star come to her home in the
middle of the night? She had to be
dreaming.
He picked the CD collection off the edge of the white wicker dresser
and carelessly leafed through them, lips twisted in disgust. A few of the CDs wound up on the floor.
She blinked. “Am I...
dreaming?”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for the rest of this excerpt pop over to Rai29BookReadNReview tomorrow as that is where it will be posted!
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