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“Where’d you learn to hack?” she fired right back without missing a beat.
He couldn’t help but grin. Damn, she was a badass and it was turning him on big-time.
“Let’s make a deal. You can ask me a question then I get to ask you a question. Complete honesty.”
Her dark eyes seemed to flash with momentary consideration before she spun away on her heel. “No deal.”
Dammit.“Inda, wait!”
She ignored him, hopping off the edge of the pool and making her way down several large boulders. He followed her over to a remote section of beach and caught up easily, his legs much longer than hers.
Grabbing her arm, he spun her around to face him. “We need to talk.”
“Maybe I don’t want to talk,” she said, tilting her chin up.
Defiant as hell.
Without thinking, he slid a hand through her hair, grasped her neck and forced her head back. He knew she could pull one of her martial arts moves and lay him out flat on his back, especially when he yanked her head back and lowered his face to within an inch of hers. But she didn’t.
Suddenly, they were both breathing hard, both too stubborn and unwilling to compromise.
“If you don’t want to talk,” he growled, “then we can put that mouth of yours to better use.” Before she could reply, he slammed his mouth against hers. A part of him expected her to fight and shove him away. She briefly tensed, then melted, opening her mouth and welcoming his hard kiss. Giving back just as good as she got.
There on the beach, beneath the moonlight, they punished each other with teeth, tongues and lips. Nothing about the kisses they exchanged was sweet or gentle. They were dominant, unforgiving and wild as the surf crashing against the shoreline.
After several long, infuriating moments, she tore her mouth away and stared up at him. “I should hate you,” she rasped.
His fingers tightened in her hair, pulling at her scalp as he looked down at her. His entire body was bent over hers and his arms were the only thing holding her up. “But you don’t,” he said boldly. Roughly. “Do you?”
Her chest rose and fell with each fast breath she took. “Shut up and kiss me, Sheridan.”
She hadn’t called him Cipher, so he was taking that as a good sign. Hauling her up, he lifted her right off the sand andshe eagerly jumped up into his arms, her legs wrapping around his waist. Their mouths met again, but this time it wasn’t so feral and aggressive. It was sensual and deep, all tongue, and Lucas felt every one of his nerve endings explode. A bolt of pleasure surged through his body and his dick turned to steel.
Inda might be his enemy, but he wanted her more than his next breath.
You are so fucked, Sheridan.
Chapter Ten
The kiss they shared was the stuff of legends. Divine, epic, one in a million. Inda had never experienced such intense desire like she did with this man. She felt like she was playing Russian Roulette. Lucas presented a risk to absolutely everything—definitely to her team and their mission, but especially to her heart.
She should rip her mouth away and end it. Leave him standing on the sand alone. Instead, she sucked on his bottom lip then nipped it.
Confusion swept through her as she dove back in for another taste. She craved him like a drug, and he was the only one who could give her this high. But how could she be so attracted to a man who wanted to destroy her and her teammates? She couldn’t let that happen. Her first loyalty would always be to Ex Nihilo. They were her family. The only family she had. If it ever came down to it, she would fight for them like a tiger.
This can’t happen.She broke the kiss, panting hard, and loosened her hold on him. The air between them shifted, as though all the passion was sucked out, and he released her. Slowly, she slid down the length of his body, almost whimpering when she felt his huge, straining bulge.
“We need to talk,” she said, doing her best to sound all business when her insides were in emotional turmoil.
“I believe I mentioned that earlier and you said no.”
“I changed my mind.”
He let out a sigh, turned and discreetly adjusted himself.
Since no one was around, they could talk freely without fear of being overheard. She led him over to some large rocks and as soon as they sat down, she jumped in with a question before he could. “You said Chadwick Carlisle hired you to keep tabs on my team?”
“That’s right.”
