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His hands tightened convulsively on her flesh, his expression pro retaliation "Do you want to?"

It was an act she’d never willingly performed But there was a deep curiosity in her about the taste of thison this planet "Maybe" She stretched, ran her tongue along her upper lip "Depends how far in debt I am"

Her provocation had the desired effect His head dipped and he wasn’t lapping now He was kissing her in earnest, destroying any puny defenses she ot into a lot nified?" he asked as he kissed his way up her tre body

Her face flushed at the re he had just done to her "I think it’s growing on me"

"Good Because I like the taste of you" His voice was rough

She glanced down his body, saw the arousal shoving at his jeans "Take them off" Her hands went to the waistband and she found the first button already undone

"Careful," he whispered in her ear as she began to lower the zipper It caught on so "Jesus, Tally"

She kissed his chest "It’s only your underwear Don’t be a baby" A second later, the zipper was undone and she was sliding her hand into that underwear and finding hi as she closed her hand into a s" He would fill her up, take her over

"Reroaned "And tell everyone you know"

Itof this hunger that had been a lifeti and all she wanted was to see hiroan "Take off your clothes" She began to push at his jeans, exposing the erotic line of his hip bones

He kissed her before rising in a s in what aain and in the light, his body was pureto muscle, his body heavy with arousal

He settled between her thighs, s wider She cooperated But she wasn’t ready to surrender yet Not giving hiripped hi, the tendons on his neck standing out in vivid relief

Raising her head, she kissed hi back down, her hand fisted around him He shuddered, dropped his head "You can play later"

She ran her fisted hand up and down the straining length of hi her own arousal to the liht, he didn’t rush her, though his eyes warned that she was about to push him too far It only made her hotter To be in bed with a man she trusted this roaned "Tally"

Her hunger spiked and when he tugged off her hand, she didn’t fight hiripped his shoulders, drew the scent of hied the tip of his erection into her and every nerve in her body went haywire He was so hard, she was buttery soft It was perfect - if he’d move She tried to rock forward but he held her in place

She was about to tell hi to find control He was er than her But she didn’t want him in control And she trusted him with every cell in her body, her surrender to him absolute

"Clay, I swear to God, if you don’t bury yourself inmyself to - " Her throat froze up as he pushed hi her apart, killing her with pleasure Parts of her body that had never before been touched were being touched and she wanted to beg for more Because this was Clay, she did "Move," she said, voice husky "Please ht her lips in a kiss "Ready?"

She looked into his eyes and nodded "Ready"

The last thing she re was that she had never seen a more beautiful h her like thunder and Clay beca

Soht, Clay had carried her upstairs and to bed Talin wasn’t sure how - she had vaguetossed over his shoulder, his hand on her upturned bottom But really, she didn’t care Because when she woke, it was to find her face snuggled against Clay’s chest, his thigh between hers

Smile wide, she pressed a kiss to the skin below her lips He did that purring thing again "My kitty," she teased, stroking her fingers over the silky heat of hih he’d pulled over his hip "Go to sleep"

"It’s dayti in through the s

"Too early" Then he pretended to snore

She kissed hiainst his chest His heart beat strong and steady, anchoring her "What e do today?" Her laughter faded

"Get one step closer to finding your Jon" He pushed his hand into her hair, cupped the back of her head "Have faith"

"I do I justI wish I could swoop in and save him like a hero out of some comic book"

"You are his hero, Tally You ht Ihuenetic link had threatened her identity, the one thing no one had ever been able to steal from her "But at the same time, I can’t help but wonder if I could’ve donestrength" Surrounded by the extraordinary power of both races, it was difficult not to feel weak

"Don’t" Clay’s voice was firm "You’re you because you’re human I like you"