Page 27 of Knight’s Seduction

“Yes.”

His hands came down on her shoulders and zaps of electricity shot through her from the contact. She bit back her gasp and dragged in a breath in an attempt to slow her racing heart.

“Focus on it really hard, sweets.”

“I’m going to need you to stop touching me,” she said, face flushed. She couldn’t focus on anything with his strong fingers massaging her shoulders like that.

His hands vanished instantly, and she missed them as soon as she lost them.

“Okay, tell me where do you feel it,” he asked.

He’d asked the question before, several times, and until that moment she’d struggled to give him an answer. But today, that buzz, the hum, was stronger. She lifted her hand to the center of her chest. “I can feel it, right here.”

“That’s good, that usually means a physical power—”

“And here,” she said, her hand dropping to her belly. “And also…here.” She reached around the back of her head and touched the base of her neck.

Silence filled the room, and she opened her eyes.

Kryos was frowning.

“What is it?”

He shook his head. “It’s nothing to worry about.” He chewed on his sexy lower lip for a few moments. “Wait here. I’ll be right back.”

Meredith stayed where she was, trying but failing at not freaking out. Kryos was back several minutes later, and he had another demi with him. Peter. Meredith had talked to him a few times. He was a nice guy. He’d finished his training the week before and was being released from the compound in two days; the extra time was just to make sure his control was solid and he wouldn’t put himself or anyone else in danger.

“Hey, Meredith,” Peter said, smiling brightly.

“Hey.” She glanced at Kryos. “So…what’s going on?”

“I want to try something.”

He was holding a dumbbell. It was large, and she imagined it weighed more than she could possibly lift. Kryos put it down along with a set of keys from his pocket.

“Okay, Pete, can you show Merri how your power works?” Kryos turned to her. “Peter’s power is like telekinesis. He can move things with his mind. It’s still developing, but it’ll get stronger.”

Peter lifted the keys then, with only a thought, dancing them in the air from one side of the room to the other.

“Okay, now try the dumbbell,” Kryos said.

Peter tried, his face going red, breaking out in a sweat. “I…I can’t do it. I’m not strong enough yet.”

“Meredith, I want you to close your eyes again, and I want you to zero in on that hum of power inside you. Let it build and grow, let it move through you…don’t try to hold it back.”

She did as he asked, letting the feeling expand, letting it grow louder inside her.

“Pete, try to lift the dumbbell again.”

Pete grunted as he tried, and she jumped when Kryos took her hand. “I’m going to put your hand on Pete’s shoulder, okay?”

“Okay.”

Her eyes were still closed, and she was focusing as hard as she could when Kryos placed her hand on Pete—

Peter gasped and Meredith’s eyes snapped open. The dumbbell hovered in front of them.

“Holy shit,” Pete said. “I can lift it. It’s easy. There’s this low vibration moving through me, melding and strengthening my power.” Pete laughed. “This feels amazing. I can actually feel Meredith, her power, it’s inside me.” His gaze sliced to her, face flushed, smile wide. “Christ, this feels…yeah, so fucking good.”