{"id":1220,"date":"2009-11-21T09:02:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alannacoca.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:26","slug":"the-wicked-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/the-wicked-kiss","title":{"rendered":"The Wicked Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Click<\/a>Mon\u00adday 11<\/sup>\u204423<\/sub>, Tri\u00adna M. Lee\u2019s <\/a>book The Wicked Kiss will be released to the world.\u00c2  I\u2019m post\u00ading this now so that just in case you haven\u2019t yet, you have time to read the first in the Alexa O\u2019Brien series Once Bit\u00adten<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Wicked Kiss is not your daugh\u00adter\u2019s vam\u00adpire sto\u00adry. These guys don\u2019t live on V\u20118 and iron sup\u00adple\u00adments. They are mon\u00adsters. Hence the word \u201cVampire\u201d.\u00c2  Alexa can hold her own though. See the two men behind Alexa? Shaz is a sweet but alpha were\u00adwolf, and Arys is a (not so sweet and) pow\u00ader\u00adful vam\u00adpire, but he does have a soft spot for Alexa. Even from the cov\u00ader you can sense the ten\u00adsion between the trio, and with three pow\u00ader\u00adful pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists, you\u2019ll be won\u00adder\u00ading, who\u2019s pro\u00adtect\u00ading who?\u00c2  Fol\u00adlow\u00ading is a blurb and excerpt straight from the author. The buy link will be active Mon\u00adday evening. Keep your\u00adselves busy\u00c2 until then by\u00c2 read\u00ading Once Bit\u00adten. Also, on Mon\u00adday at 6:30pm EST<\/span>, I\u2019ll be join\u00ading the author in a release day chat<\/a>. Please stop by and visit!<\/p>\n

When two men share the heart of the same woman, it doesn\u2019t take long for the dra\u00adma to esca\u00adlate. Alexa O\u2019Brien\u2019s two lovers have been at each other\u2019s throats. The fact that one is her wolf mate and the oth\u00ader a vam\u00adpire bond\u00aded to her by pow\u00ader, only increas\u00ades the ten\u00adsion. She fears being forced to choose between them, know\u00ading it\u2019s some\u00adthing she can\u00adnot do.<\/p>\n

Due to the bond she shares with her vam\u00adpire lover, Arys Knight, Alexa has more pow\u00ader than she knows how to han\u00addle. It isn\u2019t long before pow\u00ader hun\u00adgry crea\u00adtures are drawn to her, includ\u00ading Arys\u2019 sire, Harley Kayson. Believ\u00ading he is enti\u00adtled to her, Harley makes it his per\u00adson\u00adal mis\u00adsion to get a taste of Alexa for him\u00adself, whether she likes it or not. If he doesn\u2019t kill her, she just might wish that he had.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just the begin\u00adning\u2026 Alexa\u2019s wolf mate, Shaz, feels the need to prove his dom\u00adi\u00adnance after a nasty dis\u00adpute with a fel\u00adlow were\u00adwolf. The bat\u00adtle for Alpha Male ensues, a posi\u00adtion left unclaimed since the death of the for\u00admer pack leader. Despite fear\u00ading for him, Alexa has no choice but to sup\u00adport the man that has loved her uncon\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly, even when at her worst.<\/p>\n

Alexa feels as if noth\u00ading remains with\u00adin her con\u00adtrol, least of all the pre\u00adcar\u00adi\u00adous co-exis\u00adtence between her two men. It\u2019s when she learns that there is one poten\u00adtial way to pro\u00adtect her\u00adself from Harley that she is faced with the biggest deci\u00adsion yet. But can her lovers put aside their dif\u00adfer\u00adences when it mat\u00adters most? Because this is one sac\u00adri\u00adfice that will for\u00adev\u00ader alter her very mortality.<\/p>\n

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When my con\u00adscious mind became aware that some\u00adbody was in the house, I was wide-awake, on full alert.<\/address>\n
My instinct had me swing\u00ading before I\u2019d iden\u00adti\u00adfied the intrud\u00ader. All at once, I real\u00adized it was Arys, but he had already deflect\u00aded each of my blows, catch\u00ading my wrists tight\u00adly in his grasp.<\/address>\n
\u201cAlexa,\u201d he whis\u00adpered loud\u00adly. \u201cIt\u2019s me. But, a word of warn\u00ading. Don\u2019t fall asleep with the front door unlocked.\u201d<\/address>\n
I stopped strug\u00adgling against him and sat up on the futon. Arys leaned down over me; his face, more bat\u00adtered and bruised than it had been pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly. He released my arms and stepped back as I pushed my disheveled hair from my face.<\/address>\n
\u201cWhat hap\u00adpened to you? That\u2019s not from Shaz.\u201d I reached out to brush a fin\u00adger across his bruised eye\u00adlid but he caught my hand in his, kiss\u00ading it softly.<\/address>\n
\u201cNo. I saw Harley tonight. At The Wicked Kiss.\u201d He stared at me with an inten\u00adsi\u00adty I felt in my toes.<\/address>\n
Arys looked wor\u00adried, almost afraid. He wasn\u2019t the fear\u00adful type in any way. He pulled me into his arms, bury\u00ading his face in my hair and inhal\u00ading my scent. I tried to pull away, push\u00ading on his chest so he had to look at me.<\/address>\n
\u201cTell me what happened.\u201d<\/address>\n
He stud\u00adied me, his jaw clench\u00ading hard. \u201cWe had a lit\u00adtle con\u00adfronta\u00adtion. It didn\u2019t go so well.\u201d<\/address>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t say.\u201d I cocked my head to the side, tak\u00ading in his bat\u00adtered appear\u00adance. \u201cStart talk\u00ading, vampire.\u201d<\/address>\n
He reached out for my hand, and I sur\u00adren\u00addered it but didn\u2019t aban\u00addon my stiff posi\u00adtion. That had nev\u00ader deterred this vam\u00adpire though, and it cer\u00adtain\u00adly didn\u2019t now. Arys advanced on me, tip\u00adping my head up with a hand under my chin, kiss\u00ading me with a fer\u00advor that I felt in my loins.<\/address>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not going to get you out of trou\u00adble, mis\u00adter. Start talk\u00ading. I want to know about Harley.\u201d I man\u00adaged to pull away though I would have loved to let him con\u00adtin\u00adue as if noth\u00ading else mattered.<\/address>\n
He tensed notice\u00adably, look\u00ading away from me to stare at the grue\u00adsome hor\u00adror flick that played qui\u00adet\u00adly. His avert\u00aded gaze told me plen\u00adty. I had to bite my tongue so that I didn\u2019t ram\u00adble on in an attempt to pry the infor\u00adma\u00adtion out of him.<\/address>\n
When his pierc\u00ading, blue gaze swung back to me, there was an angry fire burn\u00ading in their depths. He ran his hand through his always bed\u00adroom-messy hair, a sign that he didn\u2019t want to tell me. I chewed my bot\u00adtom lip ner\u00advous\u00adly. If he didn\u2019t start talk\u00ading, I was going to burst.<\/address>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s bad news, Alexa. He wants to see what could pos\u00adsi\u00adbly be so tasty that even I can\u2019t get my fill.\u201d Arys eyed me close\u00adly as he spoke. I felt his gaze like a weight. \u201cHe wants to sam\u00adple you for him\u00adself. His exact words were a lit\u00adtle more crude, which result\u00aded in the punch in his face that start\u00aded our lit\u00adtle brawl.\u201d<\/address>\n
I swal\u00adlowed hard around the lump that had sud\u00adden\u00adly formed in my throat. Ok, now I was a lit\u00adtle nervous.<\/address>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be jok\u00ading.\u201d My hand went to my mouth, and for a moment, I thought I might throw up. \u201cWhat is it with peo\u00adple from your past want\u00adi\u00adng a piece of me? Why? What did I ever do to them?\u201d My voice took on a fran\u00adtic, high-pitched lilt.<\/address>\n
\u201cOh, Cather\u00adine was noth\u00ading worse than the jeal\u00adous-high-school-girl type. Harley is like the evil car\u00adtoon vil\u00adlain that nev\u00ader dies. But worse, because he\u2019s real.\u201d Arys light\u00adly touched a fin\u00adger to one of the bruis\u00ades lin\u00ading his strong cheek\u00adbone, a thought\u00adful expres\u00adsion on his eter\u00adnal\u00adly beau\u00adti\u00adful face. \u201cHe seems to think you\u2019d make a great toy. And, I know he\u2019s ego\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal enough to think he can have what\u00adev\u00ader he wants. But, he can\u2019t have you. I\u2019ll kill him first.\u201d<\/address>\n
I drew him to me, a hand trac\u00ading the line of his jaw. \u201cWe have noth\u00ading to wor\u00adry about. The very thing that he wants from us is what will give us the upper hand. I\u2019ll be ready for him.\u201d I pressed my lips to his in a kiss that had him want\u00adi\u00adng more, if his reac\u00adtion was any indication.<\/address>\n
Arys crawled up on the futon so that he hov\u00adered over me on his hands and knees. Each of his legs was on either side of mine, and his hands came to rest on my pil\u00adlow with my head caught between. The posi\u00adtion forced me back so that I had to tip my head back to meet his eyes.<\/address>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t under\u00ades\u00adti\u00admate him, Alexa.\u201d He nipped light\u00adly at my bot\u00adtom lip. It sent a hot tin\u00adgle through me, from head to toe. He had a way of always rous\u00ading the most sav\u00adage ener\u00adgy with\u00adin me. \u201cHe\u2019s pow\u00ader\u00adful and so fuck\u00ading sadis\u00adtic, it turns my guts to think of him touch\u00ading you.\u201d<\/address>\n
There was a sharp pain as he bit my low\u00ader lip; the blood welled instant\u00adly. Before it could spill down my chin, he caught it against his tongue. The warm, moist touch against my wound\u00aded lip was heavenly.<\/address>\n
\u201cI know that, Arys. But, don\u2019t under\u00ades\u00adti\u00admate me. I take out vamps like him all the time.\u201d It irri\u00adtat\u00aded me that he spoke to me like I was defenseless.<\/address>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sor\u00adry, Alexa, but you have nev\u00ader dealt with a vam\u00adpire like him. I guar\u00adan\u00adtee it.\u201d He pressed a kiss to my bleed\u00ading lip. \u201cAnd, don\u2019t you dare make this into a damsel in dis\u00adtress sce\u00adnario. You know it\u2019s not like that.\u201d<\/address>\n
The pow\u00ader rose around us in response to the blood and sex\u00adu\u00adal ener\u00adgy. It danced along my body like a strange sec\u00adond skin. His tongue slipped inside my mouth, and I tast\u00aded my own cop\u00adpery blood. It made my heart race, and I sought to pull him clos\u00ader, need\u00ading to feel him pressed against me.<\/address>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t start with me,\u201d I said, even as I gasped breath\u00adless\u00adly. \u201cIt\u2019s always like that with you. I\u2019m not a break\u00adable item that will crum\u00adble into dust at the wrong touch.\u201d<\/address>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d he growled down at me. \u201cYou are. I\u2019m not argu\u00ading about your safe\u00adty. Nobody is safe when Harley sets his sights on them.\u201d<\/address>\n
Just when I loved where we were head\u00aded, he pulled back, a seri\u00adous expres\u00adsion on his face. \u201cI need you to promise me that you\u2019ll stay away from The Wicked Kiss. And, watch for Harley. Seri\u00adous\u00adly. Just until I know how far he\u2019s will\u00ading to take this.\u201d<\/address>\n
\u201cArys\u2026\u201d I want\u00aded him to stop talk\u00ading about dan\u00adger and get\u00adting killed. It was real\u00adly cramp\u00ading the mood we\u2019d started.<\/address>\n
\u201cI mean it. Don\u2019t make me beg.\u201d He gave me an implor\u00ading look, and it was enough to unset\u00adtle me.<\/address>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t like you,\u201d I com\u00adment\u00aded, try\u00ading for casu\u00adal. \u201cWhat\u2019s with the extreme wor\u00adry? He\u2019s not going to kill me.\u201d<\/address>\n
His wane smile grew sad and accept\u00ading all at once. \u201cThat\u2019s what scares me most. Harley has a pen\u00adchant for col\u00adlect\u00ading things, most of them being peo\u00adple. Like me. If he gets his hands on you, that\u2019s what you\u2019ll be. Anoth\u00ader toy. But, what\u2019s fun for Harley is nev\u00ader fun for his toys.\u201d<\/address>\n
The creepi\u00adest chill crept over me as he uttered the words. Harley loved tor\u00adture, and if he got his hands on me, I\u2019d be pray\u00ading for death instead.<\/address>\n
\u201cStop,\u201d I whis\u00adpered, sud\u00adden\u00adly afraid to speak any loud\u00ader. \u201cI don\u2019t want to go there right now. You have to leave before sun\u00adrise. Let\u2019s not spend our time talk\u00ading like this.\u201d<\/address>\n
A small bead of blood over\u00adflowed from my lip, down my chin. Arys\u2019 eyes fol\u00adlowed it, and his lit\u00adtle fin\u00adger was quick to catch it.<\/address>\n
\u201cAlright.\u201d He brought the lit\u00adtle crim\u00adson splash to his lips; his eyes glazed with the rush of ener\u00adgy, which he open\u00adly embraced. \u201cFor now, it\u2019s all about us.\u201d<\/address>\n
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