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The rain lasted several hours, and Jewel so awareness of the man next to her Her robe had thankfully dried and was spread over their legs So the storm, she&039;d turned her back to Gray, and he&039;d draped his ar cradled in his protective e as she&039;d always drea the sense of contentment she&039;d always craved Not to mention utter carnality

As his warers were long and thick, the ends callused There was a light dusting of pale hair below each knuckle

Those hands were capable of lethal violence as well as the greatest tenderness Gods, she wanted that tenderness with every ounce of her being

Why hadn&039;t he touched her since they&039;d left the city? Why hadn&039;t he attempted to make love to her? They&039;d come so close So wonderfully close As she remembered, her lips plus He&039;d kissed and touched her hungrily She&039;d kissed and touched hirily His decadent flavor had teased her th and warmth of his embrace had surrounded her in a sultry haze of pleasure

She wanted that again

She wanted hi, Prudence?" Gray asked, his voice husky and rich with sleep "You went stiff on et her mind off Gray and sex and kisses and nakedness and - She&039;d talk about Dunamis That always sobered her "What if I told you Dunamis doesn&039;t actually exist? Not the way you think, at least"

Now he stiffened, his entire body tightening around her "What do you ry, merely hardened with curiosity

The darkness was so thick, she didn&039;t try to turn and glie while, and his hand began kneading her hip, sending ripples of pleasure through her blood "You wouldn&039;t be asking me these questions without reason," he said "So, let emstone, what is it?"

A cold sweat broke over her body She&039;d just had to get her mind off Gray, hadn&039;t she? Now look what she&039;d done How could she answer hi she didn&039;t want him to know? "I wish everyone would leave it alone Perhaps any hands, even those of your govern hands to own it"

"That&039;s a chance I&039; to take"

How she&039;d feared, and still feared, that very answer "You never answered me," she said softly "Would you still destroy it?"

"I can&039;t answer your question until you answerover the sensitized cord of her shoulder

She almost cried out in relief and need at the first brush of his lips, everything forgotten except him Except Gray There was no reason to keep her ive it to her "Do that again," she whispered

"I shouldn&039;t I&039;ve tried not to But I can s to keepall the reasons not to" Lightning brightened their tent for the briefest of seconds, blending light with shadows "You lied toup and cupping her breast

Her nipples hardened She arched her back, arched into him "Mmm, I most assuredly did not" "You most assuredly did lie to roaned as he licked the edge of her ear "I swear I didn&039;t"

"You didn&039;t bathe naked Don&039;t worry, though," he said, his voice husky and rich "I can help you fix that"

"Right now?" she asked breathlessly, trying not to beg "You&039;re going to touch me? Like before?" "Do you want ue flicked out in an attempt to lave her parched lips withto ask" He slid his hand lower, lower still, until his fingertips played at the hein, sweetheart? What were you waiting for? Marriage?"

"You," she ad for you"

Gray&039;s cock jerked in reaction to her words For hours, he&039;d been waging a desperate war - touch her/don&039;t touch her

Guess on?

He&039;d been hyperaware of her every h hi, and he was helpless to resist He was beco to mark her as his, to watch her when she came To hear his name on her lips

Every male instinct he possessed wanted every ed to hiht noas a mistake He&039;d told himself a thousand times If it weren&039;t for the storht now, headed for the Te, they weren&039;t in the forest, and at last sinking inside her would be the most pleasurable mistake of his life

He wouldn&039;t bite her He wouldn&039;t let himself If the need came upon him, he&039;d control it, no matter how uncontrollable it seemed At least, that&039;s what he told himself to ease his conscience

"If you don&039;t want ainst the cleft of her ass "Once I start, I&039; to stop Not this ti else in my life I won&039;t let you stop"

He flipped her over, sucking in a breath of salt, foliage and aroused woainst hers She opened her ether with the force of his entry He cupped her jawline, forcing hientle when all he wanted to do was brand her Hard Fast

His need for her greith every second that passed, intensifying dangerously Her palainst his nipples, then locked around his neck

"I love your heat and hardness," she gasped out "Do you think I&039;ll ever get enough?"

"No, never You taste so good" Sweat dripped fro hi him to increase their pace He traced his hands over her shoulders, her back, her breasts, pinching her nipples

She s around his waist, cradling his erection as intiue continued its battle with his Her fingers traveled all over him

"I want to be naked," she panted

"I want you that way, too" He nipped at her chin, at the corner of her ainst her "How do you do this to me? How do you make me need you so badly?"

Sheer pleasure sizzled in her veins when he hit the exact place she needed hiasped "There"

He drew back, pushed forward This tiasped at the headiness

"Sometimes when I saw you in my visions with other women " She lifted her head and sucked one of his nipples, reveling in the male taste of his skin "I pretended you were - " she licked her way to the other side and sucked " - with htning exploded in the sky, chasing away the darkness for a split second, and in that second, their eyes ainst warrior steel Fire and passion blazed from his expression

He stared down at her, and his brow furrowed "We&039;ve kissed like this before," he said, his voice strained "Not in the tub, but - "

"In yourto jerk his ripped her hands and pinned theht I&039;d dreaht a demon and a vampire, and then we kissed It really happened"

"Yes," she said, never breaking their gaze What did any of this matter now? She needed him desperately and didn&039;t know if she could stand it if he refused her In these last few days she&039;d been aroused one toofulfillment "Does that upset you?"

"Hell, no I just - thank you"

A shiver raced through her, vibrating into him "You&039;re welco, sweetheart" She loved hih him He&039;d known she desired hiiven him her heart Until now When she&039;d entered his hts and she&039;d been unable to hide her love for hi him want to leave her, Gray found hi her so much more