seemed to be going back under, he gave her shoulder a gentle shake.
Her blond brows drew together. âWóden and Freya struck my mother with lightning to bring her back to life. I was in the lightning. The three are my parents.â
No, sheâs definitely delirious.
âMyst was born of Wóden, Freya, and a human Pict.â
Picts? Theyâd lived centuries ago. âHow old are you?â
âTwo thousand or so.â
âTwo thousand .â
â âm a Pisces.â
âI see. Why did you want to know whether Myst was with Kristoff or Nikolai?â
She softly answered, âMyst likes Nikolai. If heâs nice tonight, heâs going to be plus-one with a Valkyrie.â
âNice tonight?â he repeated. Murdoch suspected his brother would be many things with Myst. Nice was not among the possibilities. Feeling an unaccountable flare of guilt, he traced to the kitchen, returning with a glass of water for Daniela. He lifted it to her lips, but she turned her head away.
âDonât drink.â
âItâs just water.â
âDonât drink anything.â
âI suppose you donât eat either.â
âUn-unh.â
If any of this was true . . . . He needed to talk to Nikolaiâ
âMurdoch?â Her eyes were open once more, and they were focused on his mouth. âYou have the most kissable lips Iâve ever seen.â
He swallowed. âAnd would you like to kiss me? If you could?â
âIf I started . . . I donât think Iâd ever stop.â Her words were throaty, so damned enticing. She wasnât a warrior, she was a temptress .
And a lesser man could get snared if he wasnât careful.
Her lids slid closed again. She seemed to be in that delirious state where the mind didnât want to cede to oblivion.
She eased her arm over her head, those sexy bracelets clanking, and the damp locks covering her chest fell away, revealing her perfect breasts.
They were little, but high and so plump that he ached to sink his fangs into one. Instead, he dug a fang into his bottom lip. He imagined the blood seeping on his tongue was hers.
He pictured how her breasts would bounce as he fucked her.
These lustful thoughts were so unfamiliar, so futile. She would never be beneath him. He angrily palmed his erection behind his jeans, which he knew was a risk, because the worse his arousal grew, the worse itwould stayâif he couldnât get her to relieve him of it.
Just this once, he would need her to break the seal. Then he could go on his way, satisfying himself with others.
In his human life, heâd had women falling all over themselves to attract his notice. Whenever he hadnât been on the battlefield, heâd been cradled between a womanâs thighs, and had grown notorious for his skills in bed. But if none of the tricks heâd learned would work on Daniela, then how could he seduce her to ease him of this burdenâ
âMurdoch,â she sleepily sighed, âmy panties are wet.â
A shaky exhalation of breath. âAre they, then?â Had his voice broken?
She wriggled her hips as if she wanted them off her. With a hard swallow, he reached forward and dragged the scrap of lace down, revealing silky blond curls. Another groan, another coarse swipe over his shaft.
Too much temptation. He was about to fall on her, to mount the soft body naked before him.
Three centuries heâd been denied this. His fangs were throbbing along with his cock. He wanted to bury anything he could inside her.
With a sharp shake of his head, he snatched up a sheet to toss over her. When it glided across her nipples, they budded against it. He studied the ceiling, desperate not to see the way her nipples strained into the material. Then he sank into the roomâs one chair, but just as abruptly shot to his feet to pace again. He itched to stroke her, to explore the dream woman in