Duncan's Descent by Marie Harte Page A

with forgiveness. Nor did he agree with the upper realm’s take on humanity.”
    Her mind whirring at the coincidences between Asael’s opinions and her own, she failed to realize Duncan’s intention before he touched her.
    â€œHey.”
    â€œNow if you really want to sin, Sapphira, follow my lead.” Duncan kissed her like there was no tomorrow. He touched her with only his mouth, his tongue thrusting between her parted lips, his mouth molding to hers as if created solely to pleasure Sapphira. Cupping his hands around her cheeks, he brought her face closer.
    â€œBy hell’s fire, you kiss like a succubus.” Duncan breathed hard, and Sapphira felt a measure of comfort that she wasn’t the only one affected. “And you were built for sin, Sapphira. Built to love and be loved.”
    â€œLove?” She kissed him back, pulling him to her with a strength she hadn’t known she possessed. “Who’s talking about love? About forgiving, anything goes, redemptive love? I’ve had enough of that.” She nipped Duncan’s mouth and heard him groan low in his throat. “I want sex. I want to be fucked, to feel the physical needs of those less perfect than the heavenly bodies I live with day in and day out.”
    Somewhere along the way, Sapphira had lost track of what she was saying. The blasphemy pouring out of her felt so damned good. And Duncan’s touch, his overwhelming presence made remembering her purpose, her mission, a hazy blur not worth the effort it would take to call it forth.
    â€œI can definitely help you out with that,” Duncan rasped, ripping her clothes from her body in seconds. “I can fuck you, Sapphira. I can take you in ways you’ve never even dreamed.”
    She stared at him, mesmerized by the hot lust she could feel pulsing in his spirit.
    â€œBut are you willing to pay the price?”
    Nearly undone by the hunger burning in his stare, she suddenly paused. “Price?”
    â€œKnowledge, sweetheart. It changes you.” He slowly stripped out of his clothes, standing before her gloriously naked. “When you feel how good it will be between us, you’ll want more. And the greedy sin stalking you, the unwholesome lust will build.” Duncan gripped his cock and began stroking himself. “And you’ll find you’ll do anything to satiate it. You’ll forget your duties, your purpose, even let the enemy decide what to do with your sways.”
    Her mouth dry, Sapphira licked her lips and swallowed, suddenly hungry for more, and it was a fight to concentrate on his words. “But what if I’m not meant to Decide? I only saw what I did because you were there.”
    â€œI was the catalyst, but you have the power.” Duncan pulled her closer and took her hand, wrapping it around his cock. He closed his eyes and moaned, the silence falling over them as she touched the very heart of his passion.
    When Duncan opened his eyes, she knew she had never seen anything as beautiful as the blue fire of his gaze…or anything so devastating.
    â€œI didn’t force you to give Shepherd to hell. You did it because you sensed it was the right thing to do. And you disobeyed Uriel. You’ll be punished later, won’t you?”
    She nodded, dreading that confrontation. But she didn’t want to think about it now. Duncan tempted and she wanted him. All of him.
    â€œYou lied, Sapphira. And that wasn’t my doing, but yours. Angels normally bend the truth to suit their needs, but they don’t out and out lie. You, sweet, did it like a pro.” He took her hand from his shaft and brought her to his chest, sighing at the full press of their naked bodies. “Like an angel readying for her own Descent.”
    Before she could process the horrifying truth in his words, he took her mouth, enchanting her spirit and body. And as he moved them into his bedroom and laid her out like a sacrifice to