Read NocC 000 - Michele Hauf - This Witchery 1 - This Glamorous Evil - Harlequin 2011-09 for Free Online Page B

particle of evil energy put out, good must be returned. And vice versa.
    I had received the good in the form of a gorgeous familiar who loved me.
    I dreaded the evil to come.

Seven

    In the dark, sheltered in T.J.’s arms, I felt as if I’d found an anchor in this big world that often hosted me, but never embraced me. Here, by my lover’s side, I could feel his breath become mine. His kisses opened me wide to receive the love I felt surround us both.
    Together, on a couple of layers of blankets and pillows, we were curled in the circle he’d bespelled. A bottle of wine lay outside the circle on its side. We hadn’t needed glasses. His tongue licked at a trickle of pinot noir painting my neck, and I slid a leg to hook at his hip.
    He lifted me and then knelt, laying me across the blankets. Jet hair dusted my nipples, and I arched my back to receive the delicious skim. We’d become lost in a realm no one else knew about. In this realm inhabited by the two of us, we could fly, dance and sing without leaving this room.
    I didn’t want to think of the outcome of this coupling. I would not.
    Combing my fingers through his hair, I dragged him down to kiss me. His mouth slicked under my tongue, and he sucked at my lower lip. I giggled, because our intimate familiarity made me happy.
    “Look at me,” he whispered, and I sought his blue gaze in the darkness.
    He was a shadow of this world, so dark, creeping along the edge between right and wrong with a skill that could become unbalanced and teeter him off. I would hold him here. Clasp him to my world, and keep him in my eyes. I felt that powerful. Love gave me strength.
    Our gazes locked, he entered me with his hardness, filling me, claiming me, marking me as his. Owning me. The giddy connection tingled my being and I gripped his face and pulled him in for another long, lush kiss that delved as deeply as his cock. Inside one another, we fashioned a rhythmic blending of souls.
    “After tonight, never again,” he said. “I promise. The two of us will only make love to pleasure one another.”
    “Agreed. I love you, T.J.”
    “I love you,” he gasped.
    My body sang as the slick of his finger found my clitoris. The sensitive jewel hummed and swelled at his direction. He moved back and forth inside me, rapidly, and yet his finger danced a slow, firm challenge to me. And my body accepted the challenge and set me free.
    T.J. cried out harshly. His hand gripped my shoulder and lifted me to him as we both came at the same time. The air lightened and we were surrounded by spectacular lights. I don’t know what it was, but it had to be his magic, joining us, bonding us.
    The light seemed to move through my body, glittering a hot path to every particle of my ultrasensitive skin. My lover glowed, his head bowed over mine, as we took in the magic.
    “Earth and air,” he said. “It’s forging together inside us. Never thought it could happen. So powerful…”
    Rational thought fled. Suspended in ecstasy, I took my lover with me, soaring together.
    Exhausted by the climax, I wilted and spread my arms over the blankets. Too good. But I wasn’t about to linger on this very important night. With but a nod to T.J., I gave him permission.
    The witch knelt, huffing still, yet in grasp of his focus, and began the spell. He spoke forcefully and in a rhythmic chant which felt like ancient music shimmering along the magical glamour still tingling my skin.
    His intonation rose, as did he to stand directly over me. I felt the immense power we two had created. It squeezed at me, and not gently. Clutching the blankets, I prepared, feeling my senses open and my pores ready to conduct. At once every hair on my body prickled, and I gritted my jaw.
    This was too strong. It had never been so forceful….

    I spoke the last word. The summons to the demon Navicrux had been put into the atmosphere. I could feel the air tighten and sense the subtle changes. The glasses in the kitchen cupboards rattled.