Changed (The Hunters #1) (48 page)

Before Rosa knew it, she was lying on
the couch, Jason’s body between her legs. Their hips were molded
together and they moved against one other.

Jason broke apart and pulled his shirt
over his head as it joined hers on the floor.

She trailed her hands down his strong
chest to his jeans. Jason’s lips were on her shoulder and he was
shoving her bra straps down her arms. His hands skimmed over her
skin, sending a rush of blood to every part of her body.

“
So beautiful,” Jason
whispered, kissing her hard on the lips. Rosa dug her nails in his
back, scratching his skin, when his hand slipped between her legs.
She pressed his body harder against her, but it wasn’t
enough.

Her body ached for him. She wanted
more, more of Jason and she knew Jason wanted her, too. His body
shook against hers and she wanted nothing more than to feel him,
and to get lost in him.

Then Jason stilled, his breath coming
out in rough gasps as he pulled back.

Rosa opened her eyes and looked in
his. They were a shade darker and when he spoke his low, sexy voice
slid down her body like lips stroking her bare skin.

“
And you said, you aren’t
attracted to me, babe,” he teased her.

Rosa needed a moment before she
realized what he meant and what had happened between
them.

“
Screw you!” Rosa snapped
and tried to push him aside, but he pressed deeper between her
legs, his hand grabbing her wrists to hold her fists
back.

“
You have enjoyed it as
much as I did,” he said fiercely. “And don’t even start to deny
it.”

Rosa clenched her teeth. She could
still feel his lips on hers and lust was seethed in her
body.

“
It doesn’t matter if I’m
attracted to you or not,” Rosa replied. “It doesn’t change the fact
that we couldn’t be together.”

His
golden eyes sparkled. “It matters to
me
.” He let go of her
hands.

Gently he stroked her cheek, and the
look he gave her was more intimate than their making out had been a
few moments ago.

“
When I first saw you, I
knew you’d be dangerous,” he said softly. “At that moment, I
thought you were like the others, and I just wanted to get in your
pants. Sometimes, I wanted to kill you. But now—” He
stopped.

“
But now?” Rosa asked
quietly. Slowing she touched his face, ran her thumb careful down
his scar. Jason caught her hand and nestled his face in her
hand.

“
Now I just want to hold
you. I want to be near you, hear your voice, look in your beautiful
eyes, and want you to call me names.” Jason took her face in his
hand. His eyes never left hers.

“
I’m in love with you, Ice
Princess,” he confessed, his lips touching hers gently.

Rosa inhaled a sharp breath, and she
looked wide eyed at him. Jason kissed her lips, her cheeks, and her
neck. But she couldn’t do anything. She was too surprised to hear
him telling her that he loved her.

“
My heart belongs to you,”
he whispered.

Her heart melted at his words, and she
couldn’t believe that he felt the same way as she did. She didn’t
want to push him away; she didn’t want to pretend that she didn’t
love him, too.

“
Jason,” Rosa said. He
watched her with his sparkling eyes. “I never thought I would fall
in love with one of my enemies.”

A smile spread across his face.
“Really? Or is this just a dream, I’m having?”

She smiled at him and touched his
lips. “I love you, Nephilim. You’re an idiot, but I love
you.”

Jason kissed her and she knew that he
wanted more than kissing.

She pulled away. “But I’m not going to
have sex with you.”

He frowned. “And why not?”

“
Because I have only known
you for a month or so, and I don’t spring in a bed with a guy I’ve
only known for a month,” she explained him.

“
I can live with that. I’d
wait forever for you.” He wanted to kiss her again, but Rosa shook
her head.

“
No. That’s enough for
today.” She pushed him away. Jason stood up and handed her shirt to
her.

Rosa raised an eyebrow, when she
looked at her torn shirt.

A devilish grin played on his lips.
“Next time your panties will lie on the floor, too.”

Rosa shook her head, smiling as she
stood up. Jason’s eyes wandered over her body and stopped at her
breast.

She punched him in the arm. “Stop
looking at my boobs,” she said.

“
Hmm, I’m just thinking …”
He stroked his chin. “C’s right?”

“
What?” Rosa asked,
frowning. Then it hit her. Jason had correctly guessed her bra cup
size.

“
Asshole!” she hissed and
showed him her middle finger. Jason chuckled then his face became
serious. “Where do you get these scars?” He meant her scars on her
breast.

“
Where did you get your
scar?”

Jason pressed his lips together and
didn’t answer. Rosa shrugged and walked toward her
bedroom.

When she dressed, she walked back in
the living room. Jason had put his shirt back on, and was sitting
on the couch.

“
We need to talk to,” he
said seriously. She didn’t like it when Jason was
serious.

Nodding Rosa sat down. She suspected
what was coming.

“
Before you say anything,”
Rosa started. “I want to say that I know that we can’t be together
and all this stuff. So, even though I … love you, you don’t have to
be with me.”

Jason watched her in silence. Rosa
pressed her lips together and asked herself if she had said
something wrong.

Then he sighed. “Yeah, I know, Ice
Princess. We can’t be together, and I won’t force you to be with
me. It’s too dangerous.”

Rosa was surprised, and a little
disappointed. She was aware that nothing could happen between her
and Jason, but she had hoped Jason wouldn’t give up so soon, that
he would try to convince her to be with him.

But he didn’t do it.

“
Why do you hate angels so
much?” Jason broke the silence.

She stiffened. “A long story,” she
replied shortly.

“
I would like to hear
it.”

Rosa wasn’t ready to tell him the
story.

Shaking her head, she said, “Maybe
later.”

Jason nodded. “Okay, I’ll respect
that; even if I’m dying to know.”

Rosa smiled. “Why did you tell me the
reason you were in Boston?”

“
Because,” Jason said,
looking at her. “I want to ask you if you would like to help to
free my sister. She’s captured by the hunter clan.”

“
Jason, you know what
you’re asking me, right?” she said, and suddenly she had a
premonition.

She narrowed her eyes. “Is this the
reason why you are so kind to me? So I can help you to find your
sister?” Her blood started to boil again, she should have known.
You could not trust an angel, and she had thought that he really
loved her. How stupid of her.

“
You are not going to use
me, Nephilim!” Rosa called angry and stood up. “I should have known
that you were just playing with me.”

Surprised by her reaction, Jason faced
her wide eyed.

“
What?”
he exclaimed in disbelief. “Of course not! I do
not
want to use you! If you don’t
want to help me, that’s okay, too. I would never take advantage of
you. I am not that big of an asshole.”

Rosa crossed her arms and arched an
eyebrow. “I don’t know if I can believe you.”

Taking a deep breath, he stood up and
stood before her.

“
Ice Princess,” he said.
“I admit at the beginning I had thought that you could help me find
my sister. But I did not lie to you about my feelings. My feelings
for you are true and I’m not pretending. I… just thought that you
could maybe help. I already know where my sister is captured, but I
don’t know how to free her without getting captured myself.” His
eyes looked at her pleadingly.

“
Please. I just want to
get my sister back. I have been searching for her for so
long.”

“
I cannot betray the
hunter clan again, Jason. I have done it before. When they find
out, I betrayed them once again… I’m dead.”

He nodded. “I know, but you could just
help me to get in the hunter clan. You don’t have to come with me
to free Jasmine.”

“
I would love to help you,
but ...” She let out a deep breath.

He demanded too much from her. She
understood Jason, and really, she would like to help him, but it
was too dangerous.

You can
say no
, her inner voice said.
He said himself that he’s okay with it if you
don’t help him.

But Rosa didn’t say no. She
wanted to help Jason, even if she would betray the hunter
clan—again.

With clear ice-blue eyes, she looked
at him.

“
I’ll help
you.”

I signed
my death warrant
, was the only thought
that passed through Rosa’s mind when she agreed to help free his
sister.

She not
only wanted to help Jason. It was more than that. The hunter clan
controlled her life, and she wanted to have that control back.
She
wanted
to
help Jason, and she would do it.

Yes, she was aware that it was
dangerous, but nothing was without danger.

Jason’s face beamed with joy, and he
hugged Rosa.

“
Thank you! I love you!
You can’t believe how much your help means to me.”

It made Rosa so happy to help Jason,
the boy she loved. She placed her head on his chest. How could she
leave him? How could she live without him, when he loved her,
too?

I hate, hate, hate my
life!

Suddenly her throat was burning. She
swallowed hard.

Jason stroked a strand of her hair
behind her ear. Her body trembled at his touch and her emotions
were running wild.

“
I love you,” he whispered
and kissed her on the cheek. “My heart wants no one else except
you. My heart wants to connect with you and never let
go.”

That was the most romantic thing a boy
had ever said to her. She didn’t know what to say.

Rosa stepped away from his arms. “Do
you have a plan on how to rescue your sister?”

He shook his head. “No, not
yet.”

“
Then we have to find
one,” she said, and her mind began to work.

Rosa was never good at coming up with
plans. She was too impatient for it, and probably too lazy to use
her brain.

Accordingly, it took her a long time
until something occurred to her, but she had something!

“
I have a plan,” said
Rosa.

Jason raised his eyebrows expectantly.
“What plan?”

“
You’re going to attack
the hunter clan in the pretext to retrieve the book that I’ve
stolen from you. Meanwhile, we’ll free your sister. In the whole
mess that’ll prevail, the risk wouldn’t be as great because
everyone will be preoccupied.”

His eyes lit up. “This is a brilliant
plan, Ice Princess.”

She shrugged one shoulder. “Well, from
a brilliant person comes a brilliant plan.”

Jason grinned. “And you call me
arrogant.”

Rosa didn’t listen to him. Suddenly
she felt the excitement, like a drug, make its way through her
body.

“
When will we rescue her?”
Rosa asked.

“
Tonight.”

“
Oh.” She didn’t expect it
so early.

Jason took notice of her hesitation
and sat next to her.

“
Don’t you be afraid, Ice
Princess. I’m not going to let anybody find out that you helped me.
I promise.”