“We both know if you actually wanted to hurt me, you would have reached for one of the weapons you have hidden under that sofa or employed one of the Dim Mak pressure point attacks you taught Danika.”
Resignation washed over her face. “What do you want from me, Sam? Nothing will change.”
“The hell it won’t.”
“You think I’m going to shift my objective.”
“I’d never make such a mistake. You are single-minded when it comes to your assignments. The Director would never lead her team astray.”
“Then why are you here?”
“To make it clear that you will never pull this shit, ever again.”
“You believe you have any sort of power over me?”
“Oh, I know I do.”
“Keep dreaming, King.”
“Want me to prove you wrong, Patel?”
A crease formed between her brows, and her eyes heated with challenge and lust right before she quirked a brow. Immediately, my need to dominate her jumped into full force. Only this woman had ever brought out the caveman in me.
“You’re too damn cocky for your own good.”
I shifted my feet, making sure to keep her legs from escaping and her arms secured above her head.
Leaning over her, I said, “Are you conceding?”
“I never surrender.” She lifted her chin as if she were the one in the position of advantage.
“Of course, you don’t. A queen never admits defeat, even when she’s pinned under her king.”
“Don’t, Sam.” She jerked up with a surge of unexpected strength, freeing her hands, and covered my lips with her fingers. “Please, don’t say things like that.”
We stared into each other’s eyes.
Brushing her fingers away, I asked, “What don’t you want me to say? The truth? What do you think we’ve been doing for the last few years? The emotions don’t go away with a snap of the fingers.”
She swallowed, and before I realized what she was doing, she grabbed the front of my shirt and brought her mouth flush with mine.
Fisting her hair, I took control, deepening the kiss. A moan erupted from her lips as she clutched at the fabric in her fingers and then slid a palm up my shoulder and around my neck.
She always had the sweet taste of elderberry candy she favored mixed in with her delicious natural essence. It was like nothing else I’d ever encountered—haunting, mesmerizing, addictive.
“Sex won’t make me forget why I came here,” I murmured, nipping at her jaw and trailing down the sensitive skin along her neck.
“I’d never make that mistake.” She arched, giving me better access. “You love your answers. Maybe I’m the one who wants to forget. More like needs to forget.”
What the hell could she mean by that?
Before I could think further about her words, she flipped me onto my back, my arms captured by Devani’s thighs and her sitting astride my waist.
“Who’s under who now? Never forget, I’ve knocked fuckers bigger than you on their asses.”
Damn. This woman made me so hard. Lethal and beautiful.
Her hair tumbled around her flushed face as she peered down at me through lust-glazed, almost black eyes.