Angel (A Companion Book to Monster) (Impossible #1.5) by Julia Sykes Page B

demanded , and she would love every second of her submission. 
    I was seconds away from consuming that wide-eyed innocence that had tempted me so mercilessly, and my victorious smile was almost cruel as I slowly inched toward her, making her wait.  She wouldn’t receive the release that she craved until I deigned to give it to her.
    She was trembling in my grip, her pulse racing and her pupils dilating as lust claimed her.  Although she might not fully understand just how I was manipulating her, she was reacting beautifully, and I had to resist the urge to crush my lips to hers.  This was going to happen on my terms, and I was going to enjoy every moment of claiming her for the first time.  I was so close…
    “Don’t.”
    The word was shaky, barely audible.  And it held no real conviction.  I could break this last vestige of resistance.  It would be easy.  All I had to do was close the hair’s breadth distance between us and swallow her words of protest.  Her cries would be muffled by my demanding tongue.  She would press her hands uselessly against my chest until the rush of pleasure that I gave her overcame her reservations.  I burned to feel her melting in my arms.
    It took everything in me to pause, to resist the compulsion to forcibly evoke her submission.
    “Claudia.”  Her name was a hoarse, desperate utterance.  She had to succumb to me.  We would both go insane if she didn’t.
    “Please,” she whispered.
    I wanted to tell myself that she was begging me to take her, but I knew that was a lie.  Through the lust in her eyes, I could see a hint of fear.  She didn’t understand what was happening to her, and even though I knew that we both needed this, I couldn’t take her when she was frightened.  I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I violated her like that.
    Gathering up all of my willpower, I forced the beast within myself back into its cage.  The effort it took to release her was almost painful.
    She wasn’t ready yet.  But I could wait.  I knew now that it was only a matter of time before she gave herself to me.
    My cocky grin slid back into place when her expression starkly betrayed her disappointment.  I resolved not to make a move again until she was not only willing, but eager.  If she was going to torment me by resisting what was between us, then she would suffer as well before I gave her what she wanted.
    I couldn’t help being impressed when she schooled her expression to nonchalance, speaking as casually as though nothing had interrupted our conversation.  “I may not have any lollipops,” she said lightly, “but I can cook dinner for you to make up for it.”
    Maybe she wouldn’t give in so easily after all.
    My smile turned hard-edged.  It would be that much s weeter when her strong will did finally bend to my own.

Chapter 6
    “Ummm…  Would you mind not watching me while I cook?  It makes me really uncomfortable.”
    Claudia’s voice drifted through my open doorway from where she stood in the kitchen.  It seemed that Bradley had decided to watch her every move now that she was no longer confined to my bedroom.
    She had been away from my side for all of twenty minutes while she showered and got dressed, but already I felt restless knowing that she was so close but not in my sight.  In a shockingly short span of time, her presence had become an essential part of my existence, and when I was deprived of her warmth I became edgy.
    “For god’s sake, Bradley,” I snapped, my irritability overcoming any patience that I might have shown my overly-protective friend.  “Leave the woman in peace.”
    “Fine,” he snapped, sounding more than a little irritable himself.  “But I’ll be sitting right here, so don’t think you can try anything.”  The threatening tone that he used when he spoke to her made my blood boil.
    I hated that he was out there with her while I was stuck in my bed like some frail old woman.  I knew that I was probably strong