Book: Ceremony in Death
Quotes of Book: Ceremony in Death
She let her body go limp, moaned, and combed her fingers through his hair, ran them over his shoulders. "Your jacket," she murmured and tugged at it. When he shifted to shrug free, she had him.It was a basic tenet of hand-to-hand. Never lower your guard. She scissored, shoved, and pinned him with a knee to the crotch and an elbow to the throat."You're tricky." He calculated he could dislodge the elbow, but the knee... There were some things a man didn't care to risk. He kept his eyes on hers and slowly, carefully skimmed his fingertips up her bare torso, circled her breast. "I admire that in a woman.""You're easy." His thumb brushed lightly over her nipple, quickening her breath. "I admire that in a man.""Well, you've got me now." He unsnapped her waistband, teased her stomach muscles to quiver. "Be kind."She grinned, levered her elbow away to brace her hands on either side of his head. "I don't think so." Lowering her head, she caught his mouth with hers. book-quotePay up."Eve rolled over, rubbed her bare butt, and wondered if she'd have rug burns. Still vibrating from the last orgasm, she closed her eyes again. "Huh?""Fifty credits." He leaned over, gently kissed the tip of her breast. "You lost, Lieutenant.""I'm naked," she pointed out. "I don't generally keep credits up my -- ""I'm happy to take your IOU." He rose, all graceful, gleaming muscles, and took a memo card from his console. "Here you are." Handed it to her.She stared down at it, knowing dignity was as lost as the fifty credits. "You're really enjoying this.""Oh, more than you can possibly imagine."Scowling at him, she engaged the memo. "I owe you, Roarke, fifty credits, Dallas, Lieutenant Eve." She shoved the memo at him. "Satisfied.""In every possible way." He thought, sentimentally, that he would tuck the memo away with the little gray suit button he'd kept from their very first meeting. "I love you, Dallas, Lieutenant Eve, in every possible way. book-quoteChrist, she missed him outrageously. Disgusted with herself, she ducked her head under the spray and let it pound on her brain.When hands slipped around her waist, then slid up to cup her breasts, she barely jolted. But her heart leaped. She knew his touch, the feel of those long, slim fingers, the texture of those wide palms. She tipped her head back, inviting a mouth to the curve of her shoulder."Mmm. Summerset. You wild man."Teeth nipped into flesh and made her chuckle. Thumbs brushed over her soapy nipples and made her moan."I'm not going to fire him." Roarke trailed a hand down the center of her body."It was worth a shot. You're back..." His fingers dipped expertly inside her, slick and slippery, so that she arched, moaned, and came simultaneously. "Early," she finished on an explosive breath. "God.""I'd say I was just on time. book-quoteBy the way, Dallas?""What, Peabody?""That's a lovely tattoo. New?"Eve clamped her teeth together, strode toward the door with as much dignity as she could manage. "See?" She jabbed a finger into Roarke's chest as they walked down the corridor. "I told you I'd be humiliated by that stupid rosebud.""You've been drugged, slapped, tied up naked, and nearly killed, but a rose on your butt humiliates you?""All that other stuff's the job. The rosebud's personal."Laughing, he swung his arm around her shoulders, hugging her close. "Christ, Lieutenant, I love you. book-quoteFor once, he slept first. She lay in the dark, listening to him breathe, stealing a little of his warmth as her own body cooled. Since he was asleep, she stroked his hair."I love you," she murmured. "I love you so much, I'm stupid about it."With a sigh, she settled down, closed her eyes, and willed her mind to empty.Beside her, Roarke smiled into the dark.He never slept first. book-quote
