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He didn’t let the rest of his body touch hers, not yet Every tis, claim her for his mate, and keep her with him forever That was another reason why he hadn’t removed her panties despite the temptation to just take her

Her hands cupped his face as she kissed hi across his, but it soon turned to so hishers Her hands quickly shifted to his shoulders as she steeled herself, her heartbeat thundering with need as he smelled her pheromones They instantly kicked up a firestorainst his cock and balls really got his attention He shifted his ue He kneithout even touching her that she et and ready for hi hih, to force the issue This tiet a call, Shelley’s cell phone rang "Leave it," she said, as he looked over the mattress to the floor where her cell phone was in her pants pocket

"After I turn it off" He climbed off the bed, fished the phone out of her pocket--not intending to look at the caller ID but noting it was from an Ethan Campbell--and then shut it off

He retrieved his phone and turned it off also, just in case

When he returned to bed, he thought she looked as though she half wished he’d tell her as calling and half wished he’d keep it a secret Duncan didn’t want her kin getting between the he’d abide by her wish not to know

Her legs were still spread, the patch of curly auburn hair between her thighs taking his attention before he an to stroke her swollen nub with his finger, his tongue licking her navel, his libido cooled somewhat froain, her fingers sliding through his hair, her body arching beneath his strokes It wasn’t enough to have her begging for ive in to her needs as well His ing at her entrance, entering, allowing her heated velvet sheath to accoht Hell, she felt as though she was virginal the way she hugged his penis so constrictively, and it felt daood

He thrust deep inside, penetrating her deepest chasm That connection meant she was his, just as he would always be hers, his mate, forever

"Love me," she whispered, her voice soft, warht

He did, with every ounce that he possessed He loved her, pu into her with an enthusias a union that was not just sex but an unbreakable link between thees

"Duncan," she said, barely able to say his na to the peak, her body feverishly stretching out to reach the cli the pleasure that only ca

He couldn’t respond, couldn’t say her name, and suspected she didn’t care that he was so wrapped up in the way her ainst hi a little as if to allow hiainst the wall

The moment she cried out in the ecstasy of their union--of their bodies grinding and arching and thrusting as if they were a well-oiledhis seed into her woht of hoould deal with babies and wolf pups--him, a dark warrior

He sank down on top of her for arun straight to his groin For aher beneath hiain, but he fully intended to get off her, not wanting to crush her with his weight

She kept him in place "Stay," she said, "just like this, inside me, on top of ht life couldn’t get any better

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Shelley knew this was exactly what she’d always drea soundly, her body now nestled against his She wondered when he had changed position, enabling her to sleep half on top of hih, when he was on top of her, insteadher feel protected and loved

He onderful, a considerate and consummate lover, passionate, yet tender at the same time She knew beyond a doubt that he loved her