Diana Racine 02 - Goddess of the Moon

you know it.”
    Her skin tingled from his touch , excitement shimmered down her spine . “No,” she said, pushing him away. She couldn’t do this, but she was already limp in his presence. She mustn’t fall under his spell again. “Please, Seth, no. I can’t.”
    “I know you want me,” he said, moving even closer. “I hear your heartbeat, feel the tremors when I touch you.”
    His hot whispers in her ear sent pulses to her sex . I have to resist him . “I can’t. Please stop , ” she begged . “Please.”
    He backed away, the hand that caressed her frozen in midair. “I want to make love to you more than anything else in the world .”
    Seth always had power over her, ever since they were children. She wanted to believe him, but he was a trained seducer, like his sister. “I suppose you’d keep me here forever, making your babies.”
    “It would be my pleasure, but only if you want to . I won’t force you again. I promise.”
    “I can’t do anything until the stolen babies are returned. I won’t.”
    He shook his he ad, but said nothing.
    “ W hat about Anat?” Maia asked. “Will you keep her locked up forever? She’s your niece, Selene’s daughter, my father’s daughter, my half - sister. She and Cal were the only one s who fought the evil from the beginning. ”
    “There was no evil here until the new babies. Just love. As for Anat, she’s well cared for. She has everything she needs, and she has her baby.”
    “What ? ” Maia said , her voice pitched high . “ D id you drug her too?”
    “Honestly? I don’t know how it happened or with whom. I told her with her beauty and brilliance she’d have to conceive sooner or later . She has visitors. I’d say Cal Easley, but I don’t think so for other reasons . I f she knows whose baby it is, she’s not telling, and her visitors say she didn’t have sex with them. One of them is lying.” He turned to her. “Maybe you can find out.”
    Even if she found out, Maia wouldn’t tell Seth. Anat, beautiful Anat . S o different from Maia . “Let me see her , a nd I demand to see my children.” She paused. “Our children.”
    * * * * *
    S elene sidled next to Silas into the cushy down of the sofa and flung one long leg over the other. “Do you really think Maia will behave, Silas? She hasn’t been herself lately.”
    “What do you want me to do? Lock her up lik e Anat and throw away the key?”
    She coyly twirled a strand of hair around her finger. “It’s an idea.”
    Selene’s tone indicated she was joking, but Silas knew her too well to be taken in. “ A month or two at the compound will do the trick . ”
    “If Seth can’t handle her we might have to resort to something drastic. He’s the only one who holds sway over her. She can’t resist him.”
    “That’s because the Cranes are irresistible, my dear , b ut even Seth may have trouble this time, like last. She doesn’t want another child. Not even with your baby brother.”
    “Wait and see.”
    “I can’t keep her locked up. I won’t. No one knows about Anat and the others, but Maia has a job. She has a life, such as it is. Dione sister will ask questions. D o I tell my other daughter her sister won’t be coming back?”
    “ W hat if some nosy reporter starts digging? Not to mention Diana Racine and her cop lover, especially after that fiasco with those two street thugs. They could blow everything to bits. We can’t allow that to happen. We have to control them.”
    “We will, but first things first.”
    “Is that why you’re arranging these readings?”
    “Of course. She’s Diana, Goddess of the Moon , daring and curious , unable to resist tempting fate. It’s as much a part of her as her gift. Besides, your father wants her.”
    “I don’t know why. She’s such a puny little thing with none of the attributes to make a man happy.”
    “ Phillip doesn’t want her like that. Y our mother would never consent to a nother woman.” He slid his hand into the warm notch between her legs. “Is that all you think about?”
    “Yes. Pleasing a man has been my destiny since the day I was born , just like my mother from her birth. I don’t hear any complaints from you, considering your hand is in my crotch.”
    “ B ecause you’re irresistible.”
    Selene inched closer until she was almost on top of him. She unbuttoned his shirt and eased her hand inside. “If Daddy wants Diana Racine, he shall have her. And I shall have you. Isn’t that what you want,