Devils Roses 04 - Witch

messing with me." She remembered the feeling of Jake touching her. She liked it. She liked being touched and held. She liked the thoughts that had burst into her mind when he touched her.
    She swallowed hard.
    Oliver leaned in closer. His size made her feel like a child, "Close your eyes. Blank your mind. Just listen to the fire. Let me in."
    The smell of him wafted into her nose making her heart flutter. She looked at his face. She trusted him. She wasn’t entirely sure why but she did. She closed her eyes. He kept his distance but maintained the contact of their hands. She felt her breath grow ragged as the warm flicker of the fire created flashes in her mind. She listened to the fire cracking the logs. The warmth felt unbearable.
    He massaged his thumb in the palm of her hand making a flash shoot into her mind. His arms encompassed her. His body wrapped entirely around her. She never struggled. She had no control over the vision. Her body was his to control. The vision was his. His lips brushed along her throat, making sweat start to form along her brow. His hands pulled at her clothes, touching the soft skin beneath. She was amazed at the hardness of his body against the softness of hers. His lips met hers but before she could feel the kiss the flash stopped. She breathed through her mouth waiting for the moment to come back. She felt like she was blindfolded. She bit her lower lip waiting for him to continue but nothing else happened. She opened one eye to see a wide grin spread across his lips, "I take it you liked my imagery?"
    She stood up from the chair feeling exposed and humiliated. She pulled her hand from his and ran from the room. His laugh echoed in the walls of the massive room.
    She ran into the sitting room to see Aimee and Ari with their heads pressed against each other, "You two can fucking work him over for the details. He's not as stupid as you think he is. He knows we want the map." She turned and ran to her room.
    She closed the door trying to ignore the shake of her hands. She put a hand to her face feeling the flush and warmth. She sighed and climbed onto her bed. She lay back fighting the image of him lying on the bed with her. She realized as she heard his footsteps in her room the image had been her bed and not his.
    She opened her eyes to him walking across the room. He knelt at her bed and scooped her into his arms. He slid her across the bed. His fingers were everywhere at once. She pushed his hands from her face and instantly they were sliding through her hair and pulling at her t-shirt. His mouth slid along her neck creating a fire inside of her. She gasped at him but before she could speak his lips were on hers. They parted hers. His tongue licked at her lips. He sucked her bottom lip. She pushed his face back, but his hands slid her shirt up exposing her light blue bra. He slid a thumb across her nipple under the padding. She trembled with fear and excitement.
    "You laughed at me." She spoke into the dark blond hair of his bent head.
    He looked up from her throat, "I was laughing with you."
    She raised an eyebrow, "I wasn’t laughing and you're old and friends with my evil dad."
    His English accent grew thicker, "I've changed love."
    She shook her head, "No you haven’t. You're trying to seduce me. I'm a seventeen year old girl."
    He laughed, "It's true." He looked up through his lashes, "Is it working?"
    She swallowed hard, "No." Her voice was a squeak. He laughed. He flashed from on top of her to beside her. She nearly tumbled forward but he pulled her to the other side of the bed.
    "Okay we can talk then if you prefer."
    She frowned, "How old are you?"
    He pressed his swollen lips against her cheek, "Old. I don’t have a number. There was no time when I was born. I was a star and then I was a man."
    "Did you watch over the earth?"
    He nodded kissing her neckline and dragging his tongue over her collarbone.
    "You're bad at talking." She shoved him away.
    He pulled her in tighter, "If I'd known you existed, I would have watched you every day. I would be a star again in a heartbeat to spend every moment watching you."
    She started to giggle, "You're intense. We met like days ago."
    He shook his head, "I think I always knew I would meet you, maybe not you as in Jonathan's daughter, but you as you are. If we were peasants in towns across the world, I would have found my way to you."
    He kissed the end of her nose. She watched his face trying to find a flaw to focus on but he was