My Decadent Demon (My Demon Trilogy, Book 1) by Nikita Jakz, Alicia Dawn Page A

look back with a frown. “Sera, you’re coming with me. I’m not going anywhere without you.” Fortifying his grip, he turned back around and ducked his head out into the hallway. The coast was clear.
    Sera could not believe he was trying to abscond with her! She had just finished aiding in his escape! Whispering loudly, she gave her arm another hearty yank, “Unhand me this instant. I will not go with you. This is my home.” Cole turned to shush her. Sera balked, digging in her heals. “You did not just shush me!” Cole grunted, rolling his eyes while continuing to drag her along. “Ugh!” she fumed. His overbearing behavior was positively deplorable!
    Barely resisting the urge to ‘scorch’ her wrist free, she opted instead to use her teeth. Cole yelped, whipping his head around to find her gnawing on his knuckle. Her brow rose high in challenge.
    He grabbed her chin. “Sera, quit that.” When she released him, he looked her square in the eyes. “You. are coming. with me. So suck it up, princess.” Before she could protest, he tugged her forward again, his determined strides leading them down the empty hallway. Dark hazel eyes scanned their surroundings, searching for what she assumed was the door he’d first entered through.
    Abruptly he stopped, then yanked her into a vacant chamber. Soundlessly shutting the door, he pulled her close just as two guards passed by their room. As if anticipating her next move, he swiftly crushed his mouth over hers, affectively muffling any calls she might make for help.
    At first, Sera tried to shove him away, but Cole merely moaned, blatantly enjoying her struggle. Which only appalled her more. That is, however, until his tongue slipped into her mouth to move wickedly against her own. Blessed stars, she had no idea males tasted so divine!
    Just this once, she told herself, just this one little indulgent.
    His lips were entirely too glorious to deny. And what harm could it do? After all, she didn’t know this male from Adam, let alone like him very much. He was arrogant, sarcastic, sexist and dominating. And oh sweet mercy, how he was dominating her mouth right now!
    Yes. Just one taste. Maybe two. Three at the very most, she bartered internally as he tugged her even closer. But five minutes later, it was Cole ripping her away when the hall was finally clear.
    With a flustered ‘eep,’ she covered her mouth, her eyes as wide as saucers. What had gotten into her? Other than that decadent male's tongue, she meant. Fingers over her lips, she eyed Cole grinning, his smile devastatingly beautiful. She sighed dreamily, but the tail-end of her exhale was abruptly cut short as Cole tugged her out of the room.
    She barely fought him the rest of the way. She was too busy catching her breath. Yet, when they came upon the gateway, she froze dead in her tracks. With a shake of her head, she whispered, “I cannot go. I do not belong in your world. No matter how wonderful your lips feel against mine.”
    “Yes, you do,” Cole insisted. A squad of guards tore around the corner at the far end of the corridor, running fast in their direction. Sera gasped, her heart leaping into a gallop. Cole cursed, then grabbed her shoulders, looking her dead in the eyes. “You’re coming with me, Sera.”
    With no time to argue, he dragged her into the portal, their bodies instantly swept up in a spiraling vortex. Cole held her tightly in his arms, as if unwilling to lose his grip, figuratively or literally. Sera squeezed her eyes shut, and in seconds flat they were stumbling into a darkened back alley. But before she could acclimate to their new surroundings, Cole flashed them away again, this time to a place she feared no one knew existed but Cole.

     
    CHAPTER 7
    “Calgon, take me away.”
     
     
    “Honey, we’re home,” Cole smirked as they arrived at his private abode. Concealed in a full-blown cloaking spell, it was the only place he felt confident keeping Sera until she recovered her