48: A bad sign

"I want you to make love to me."

Jade felt his breath catch at Kalista's whispered response. It didn't help me when she moved closer and whispered in his ear.

"And place your mark on me."

"Kalista..." he held her waist and backed her up against a tree. His eyes glowed eeriely in the dark, desire swirling in their golden depths. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Why?" Kalista challenged him softly. "Because you've never told me about the mating process? Did you think I wouldn't find out about it?"

"How in Selene's name do you know about that?" Jade rasped. "I never told you for good reasons."

There was no way Kalista would tell him she heard it from Mary. "What reasons, Jade?" she asked instead. "Don't you find me attractive enough?"

Jade muttered a curse and grabbed both of Kalista's hands in his large palms. Swiftly, he pinned her hands above her head and leaned into her, letting her feel the heat from his body and the bulge of his arousal.

At that moment, he forgot the is