Page 31 of Foul Territory

I move my mouth over hers mapping out every contour as one of her hands slides to the back of my neck. Her body skims mine and it takes all my control to not push her up against the shelf. I’m sure she can feel how hard she’s making me.

There’s a small part of me that’s glad she knows how bad I want her. That all it takes is her being in my vicinity and I’m thinking about her in ways I have no right to be.This kiss is simple, chaste almost, but it has a trigger effect. Reminding me of the last time I held her close. The last time she let me kiss her.

The door slams behind us and that breaks the momentary hold I have on her. She pulls away, a little stunned, then pushes me off of her. This time I let her go.

Her eyes flit around my face and then the room as she fights a war in her mind. Her tongue flicks out and glides over her lower lip.I wonder if she can still taste me.

“I had him under control. You didn’t need to do that. You took it too far,” she says with a bite in her tone. She turns, giving me her back, picks up a liquor bottle with a trembling hand, and places it in a crate.

“I’m sorry you feel that way but I’m not sorry I kissed you.”

Her body tenses before she lets out a breath. “You need to leave.”

“Sydney…” Her name is a plea and filled with a raw emotion I’m not used to exposing.

“Just go,” she murmurs.

“Okay,” I say, sighing. “I’ll be waiting in my car to follow you home.”

She laughs derisively and mumbles something to herself. I am only able to catch the wordunbelievable.

I crowd behind her leaving just enough distance to slide a piece of paper between us. “Believe it. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to make sure you’re safe,” I say.

I pull her hair to the side and expose the expanse of her neck. She shivers as I run my thumb over thescar on the back of her shoulder. My lips connect with her skin without considering the consequences.

Before she can yell at me like I’m sure she’s itching to do, I back away, and leave the small storage room. I walk every inch of Ray’s looking for the guy who followed Sydney and do the same in the parking lot.

I catch him getting inside his white beater of a car. Once his taillights disappear into the void, I get in my car and wait.

FICTION FORUM

FaeAtHeart

I had such a long night at work. I don’t think I can talk to one person.

Not even my roommate.

NotYourAverageJoe19

But you want to talk to me?

FaeAtHeart

I…yes.

NotYourAverageJoe19

Is everything good at work?

FaeAtHeart

It’s fine. There was an incident with a regular.

NotYourAverageJoe19

A regular?

FaeAtHeart