A WARRIOR TO LOVE by Marisa Chenery
Book four in the Warrior Hunger series.After a disastrous blind date leaves Alexis stranded, she hits up a handsome stranger in the restaurant for his cell phone. She connects to more than the cab company. One look from him has her pulse racing and other notable body parts standing at attention. Their instant chemistry has her night making a turn for the better.
A Warrior of Anubis since 1920, Konner finds the loneliness of his life getting to him. And being celibate for the last five years certainly isn’t helping matters any. But the sexy damsel in distress stirs passions long buried. He has to have her—in his life and in his bed. She’s everything he’s ever wanted in his long existence. But the nature of who he is could end this love affair before he has a chance at forever.
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An Excerpt From: A WARRIOR TO
LOVE
Copyright © MARISA
CHENERY, 2012
All Rights Reserved, Ellora's Cave
Publishing, Inc.
“I was
going to suggest we do something else after we eat, like going to a nightclub,
but how would you feel about going to my place? We can play some video games,”
he said with a smile. “See who the better gamer is.”
Alexis had
the distinct impression that if she said yes, playing video games wouldn’t be
the only thing they would be doing. Not that that bothered her. She’d use any
excuse to get someplace alone with Konner.
“All
right. You’re on,” she said. “So what does the winner
get?”
Heat
flared in Konner’s eyes. “Anything they want. Within
reason, of course.”
“Of
course.”
Alexis
would try her damnedest to be the winner. The thought of telling Konner to take his clothes off while she watched sent a
flood of warmth through her body. Though ending up the loser would more than
likely be something she’d enjoy as well. The way his gaze seemed to eat her up
as he stared at her, Konner’s thoughts could be going
down the same road as hers.
“Then
we’re on?” he asked in a voice that had gone a little
husky.
“Definitely. Just be prepared to
get your ass beat.”
“You’re
pretty confident you’ll win. You’ve never played against me before. I might be
the one beating your cute ass.”
She gave
him a smile. “We shall see.” Even though it was an offhanded remark about her
ass, a thrill still went through Alexis to know Konner
thought it was cute.
They
finished the rest of the food. To speed things up a bit, Alexis packed in the
chopsticks and picked up the rolls with her fingers. Konner paid their bill, and they were soon outside getting
into his car.
When they
reached the Southport Corridor neighborhood, Alexis realized Konner had never said what he did for a living. Whatever it
was, she had a feeling it paid really well. That was proven correct when he
pulled into the driveway of a majestic-looking Queen Anne house that sat on a
large corner lot. The property had black wrought-iron fencing all around it. It
also looked to be worth a fortune. Konner parked in
front of a two-car detached garage and shut the engine
off.
Alexis
waited for him to come around and open the door for her. Konner seemed to be a gentleman that way, always opening and
closing it. With a hand on the small of her back, he guided her to the double
doors at the front of the house. Inside, they stepped into an entranceway that
had mosaic floors.
“How big
is this place?” she asked as Konner shut the door
they’d come through behind them.
“It’s
sixty-four hundred square feet.”
“That’s
huge. I guess you don’t have to worry about feeling you’re running out of
space.”
Konner chuckled. “No, I don’t. Come on.
I’ll show my media room. That’s where I have my systems set
up.”
He led her
to a door that had a flight of stairs going down to what turned out to be a
finished basement. Her eyes widened when she took in the catering
kitchen.
“Someone
could use this basement as an apartment with the kitchen and
all.”
“I like my
privacy too much for that, and I don’t need renters to pay for the place.
Besides the kitchen and media room, I have a thousand-bottle wine cellar down
here as well.”
She
blinked. “A thousand bottles? You can’t have that many down
here.”
Konner chuckled. “No, I don’t. The cellar
is more for a wine collector, which I’m not.”
He led her
to his media room. There was a large LCD television hanging on one wall with a
thick-cushioned couch facing it. The entertainment unit sitting under the TV had
two gaming systems set up on it and the shelves inside were filled with
games.
Alexis sat
on the couch as Konner walked over to the
entertainment unit. “So what game do you have in mind for us to play?” she
asked.
He
selected one off the shelf and held it up. “This. It’s a shooter. Whoever gets
the most kills during a match wins.”
“You’re
on. Just to give you fair warning, I’m pretty good at games like
this.”
Konner turned on one of the systems,
then put in the game disc. “So am I,” he said as he
took a seat next to her before he handed her a wireless
controller.
As they
played, Alexis soon found out Konner was as good as
he’d said. He was definitely giving her a run for her money. She even wondered
if she’d be able to beat him. Plus, it didn’t help that he sat so close their
thighs touched. His body heat sank into hers, making her very aware of him. With
each breath she took, she pulled in the scent of his aftershave and the one that
was totally his own. Alexis found it hard to keep her full attention on the
game, which caused her to make some silly mistakes that worked out in Konner’s favor. If he was as affected by her nearness as she
was by his, he didn’t show it. And it sure didn’t seem to hinder his playing
abilities, either.
But
somehow Alexis managed to pull off the win in the last few seconds of the match.
She let out a whoop as their scores appeared on the TV screen. The difference
was only by one kill, but she’d take it.
“I guess
that makes me the better gamer,” she said as she turned to look at Konner.
“Or you
just were lucky,” he replied.
“Either
way I still won.”
Konner took the controller from her, then
stood and returned hers and his to the entertainment unit. He took out the game
disc and shut off the system before he once again sat beside
her.
“All
right, winner. You can have anything you want. So what will it
be?”
Alexis
didn’t even hesitate. “You.”
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