Julia cringed back from him, not caring that she pressed against the dirty wall. This could not be happening to her. She frantically tried to think of a way to distract him. His hand still rested under her breasts, his thumb continuing that maddening caress that elicited a response from what felt like every nerve end in her body.
"Before, when the reverend caught us, why did you step in front of me? It's not like you to sacrifice yourself for anyone else."
"You question my honor?" he asked in a clipped growl.
The air chilled, stilled, and for a moment, there was dead silence as the moans and screams of the other prisoners quieted.
His jaw clenched and the muscles bunched there pulsed in an angry rhythm. A foreign rhythm.
She ducked under his arm and darted to the other side of the small room. "Uh, no. Wouldn't dream of it."
He didn't follow, just looked at her with those predator's eyes. Calculating.
"Come here, Julia."