GALLANT (The Innerworld Affairs Series, Book 3) (43 page)

The soothing touch made her realize how foolish they were being... again. "You're right. I'm sorry I overreacted as well. I swear I'm not usually so unreasonable."

His hand trailed down her throat and around to the nape of her neck beneath her hair. "Nor am I usually prone to jealousy."

Angling her head, she leaned a bit closer. "Jealousy?"

He nodded and held her gaze with his. As his one hand continued to stroke her neck, the other moved to her lower back and urged her closer still. "Yes, jealous. A perfectly reasonable response, given the facts of the situation. You rejected my attention, yet you appeared to be welcoming another's. My male ego was bruised. I'll stay aware of it in the future."

She wanted to tell him she understood and appreciated his honesty but his hands were working some sort of magic on her spine, and the way he was looking at her made her forget the words she would have said. His head lowered ever so slowly and she willingly tipped hers in anticipation of his kiss. The thin layers of material separating their bodies could not conceal the physical changes occurring as they came together more fully but this time those changes weren't quite as alarming to her.

Ping

Shara and Gabriel both started at the faint sound that arose from between their chests. Since he knew what had caused it, he recovered more quickly than she did.

"Yes, Beauty," he said, lifting his triangular recorder so that he was looking at its mirrored surface.

"What is it?" Shara asked anxiously. "A warning?"

"Of sorts," he said with a frown then pressed the back of his recorder against his inner wrist. "Beauty, physiological analysis. Display pulse rate and body temperature."

Shara read the illuminated data as they appeared. His readings were in the high-normal range.

"It must have been you," he said with a crooked grin. "Hold up your hand."

She wasn't sure why he was doing this but she obeyed. With Beauty held against her wrist, he turned her arm so that she could see herself in the mirror.

Shara's anxiety increased as she noted the new readings.

Her pulse rate was slightly above normal and her temperature was up 1.2 degrees.

GABRIEL

Innerworld Affairs Series

Book Four

Marilyn Campbell

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