Tempted by Two Angels [Notorious Nephilim 3] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) Read Online Free Page A

that’s right. It’s the largest of the three lakes on the property.”
    Caleigh walked along the railing then inhaled. He was right. The smell of water mixed with pines filled her head with a clean fresh scent. “You mentioned sailing prints. Do you sail?”
    “No. I just like the idea of being on the water, out in the open. Such freedom.”
    Caleigh finally faced him. His hair lifted gently in the breeze, and she was seized with an urge to touch it. It looked soft. The light from the floor illuminated his prominent cheekbones and the tiny cleft in his chin. He was a strikingly handsome man, different than Hugh, but no less gorgeous. And those eyes…they shone with a light all their own.
    “Caleigh, you’re beautiful.”
    “Sterling…thank you.” She’d been told that before, but coming from him it sounded more sincere than it had from groping boys in high school and college. This was no boy who stood inches from her, under the stars. This was a man, all grown up and possessing a quiet intensity that she didn’t quite know how to respond to.
    “Do you know any of the constellations?” he asked, looking up.
    She shook her head, watching his profile. “Not really.”
    “There’s the Lyra” He pointed to a parallelogram. “See the ring nebula at the bottom?”
    “Oh, how beautiful.”
    “Do you see the shape of the lyre?” he asked, taking her hand and tracing it in the air.
    “I do now.”
    “And over there is Sagittarius. See how those stars form a teacup shape?”
    Caleigh laughed. “I never noticed that before. How fascinating.”
    “Some years ago I left the resort for a while and traveled, mostly in the desert. You can see everything out there. No light contamination, like you find near cities.”
    “I’ve never seen this many stars in any place I’ve lived. Why did you leave the resort?”
    Sterling’s expression turned dark. “I had some thinking to do.”
    “Sounds ominous.”
    “No. It wasn’t like that.”
    “What was it then?”
    He gave her a long searching gaze, as if trying to decide whether to say anything, but finally searched the sky again. “Have you ever seen a shooting star, Caleigh?”
    “No. Have you?”
    “Several times. They’re not really stars, you know. They’re the visible paths of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere.”
    Caleigh had to stifle a giggle. He sounded so serious. “You know a lot about heavenly bodies.”
    “It’s a beautiful planet. I wonder how many people here realize just how well-designed and unique it is?”
    A shudder ran through her body. His tone was almost chastising, as if he were scolding the human race. “I suppose it’s easy for us to take it for granted, although I’m sure no one means to.”
    He sighed, then the corners of his mouth turned up. The intensity of his earlier expression melted, replaced with a boyish grin. “Listen to me, going on and on like this. I haven’t asked you anything about your life. Were you born in Philadelphia?”
    “Just outside of it, actually. Bryn Mawr. My mother teaches art history, and my father is a mathematics professor at Bryn Mawr College.”
    “I see. But you didn’t follow in their legacy?”
    “Juilliard was eventually considered an acceptable alternative for their youngest daughter.” She gave him a sideways glance.
    “And your siblings?”
    Caleigh sighed and leaned back against the railing to watch his face. “Two brothers are overseas. Edgar is in the Navy, and Will is in the US Army Air Corps. Both have wives and toddlers waiting for them to return home when this war ends. My two older sisters are both working their way through graduate school. Aislinn is majoring in physics, and Maire in molecular biology. I’m the artsy one—the one who had to go her own way.”
    His gaze traveled over her face, across her bosom and down her legs, then back up again. It was both sexual and curious in nature, as though he were trying to size her up by physical appearance alone.