That phone was currently in her other jeans pocket, so he wouldn’t see her message until after, but that didn’t matter. What mattered was that it would be waiting for him whenever he checked. Sliding away her own phone, she frowned at the sudden silence in the stadium… and then the air filled with the pure sound of a single electric guitar. Even before lifting her head, she knew it wasn’t Noah but Fox on the instrument.

He bent his mouth to the mike as he continued to play. “This song is for my Molly, who is the best fucking thing that’s ever happened to me. Also, for those suicidal idiots sending her fan mail asking her to run away with them, I will hunt you down and rip off your nuts.”

Laughing and crying as the crowd went wild, Molly wanted so badly to kiss him. Those words were so Fox. So her man.

He waited until the crowd quieted down once more before beginning the haunting intro to the song again, the ferocious power of his voice holding a rough tenderness as he began to sing. Noah, Abe, and David fell in gently in the background, Fox’s voice and the guitar holding center stage until they slammed into a pounding beat as a unit.

It was hard rock and it was a love song, though the word “love” was found nowhere in the lyrics. The chorus was six words, a single voice, the music cutting off as if the band was one being.

My heart. My soul. My home.

Molly had tears streaming down her face by the time it ended, the crowd insane for a song she felt in her bones would become a classic. When Fox strode off the stage to drag her onto it, she went without argument, wrapping her arms around him and kissing him in front of the band, the crew, the audience of thousands.

He was hers, and she didn’t care if the whole world knew how much she loved him.

Lifting her up against him, his arms steel, he spoke words for her ears only. “Since I’m already your personal and private property, will you be mine?” The dimple appearing. “It would really suck balls to be called Folly’s Property.”

It was a marriage proposal only Fox would make. “Yes, yes, yes.” She punctuated each word with a laughing, crying kiss, uncaring of the flashbulbs and the lights and the eyes that watched them. “Always yes.”

The smoky green exultant, his kiss a branding, he turned to grab the mike. “She said yes!”

The crowd thundered and screamed as the rock star who’d been meant to be Molly’s one-night stand pressed his forehead to her own and whispered, “I’m yours.”

Author's Note

I hope you enjoyed Molly and Fox’s story! If you’re curious about David and those sinfully enticing memos he’s been writing to Thea, then keep an eye out for Rock Courtship, coming September 30th! (Let’s just say the Gentleman of Rock has some serious moves.) I’m also currently at work on Charlotte and T-Rex’s book and having so much fun with these two.

An excerpt from Rock Courtship is now available on my website: www.nalinisingh.com. While at the website, don’t forget to join my newsletter—I often send out free deleted scenes, short stories, and sneak peeks from my works in progress. The welcome newsletter has a special surprise for Rock Addiction fans!

Any questions or comments? You can contact me at any time through the e-mail address on my website. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, & Tumblr.  – xo Nalini

Acknowledgments

A great big thank you to my beta readers for your brilliant feedback and encouragement: Sharyn, Jayshri, Nicole, Peta, and Rahaf – you are all awesome.

Thanks also to Nephele, for any number of things, not the least of which is driving me all over the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles so I could check out Fox’s neighborhood.

To Jennifer. You rock hard. Thank you for everything.

A special thanks to my copy-editor, Anne, for her meticulous work, and to Jia, for all the help.

And to every single one of you: Your comments, reviews, e-mails, and smiles make this the best job in the entire world. Thank you for being so amazing!

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write about a hot and wickedly tempting rock star. If you’re seeing a theme here, you’re not wrong.

Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find lots of excerpts on her website: www.nalinisingh.com. Slave to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’ Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. The site also has a special section dedicated to the Rock Kiss series, complete with photos of many of the locations used in this book.

Other Books by Nalini Singh

Rock Courtship: A Novella (Coming late September 2014)

Slave to Sensation

Visions of Heat

Caressed by Ice

Mine to Possess

Hostage to Pleasure

Branded by Fire

Blaze of Memory

Bonds of Justice

Play of Passion

Kiss of Snow

Tangle of Need

Heart of Obsidian

Shield of Winter

Angels’ Blood

Archangel’s Kiss

Archangel’s Consort

Archangel’s Blade

Archangel’s Storm

Archangel’s Legion

Archangel’s Shadows (November, 2014)

For detailed descriptions of these books, as well as additional titles, visit Nalini’s website: www.nalinisingh.com.