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"A thousand memories" Daemon sed hard "I saw the body, but not the face I saw the clothes, but not the person ore thehtmare from those years happened I was so completely aroused I couldn’t turn away fro thrown into the rut without any warning And then youto leave, and--" He claether

Jaenelle refilled the coffee cup, taking her tiht"

He bowed his head "I know"

"This was more than the rut, Daeht in the rut Last nightI wasn’t sure you kneas under you--or cared"

"I didn’t know," he admitted "Not until I touched you And then" The sed his body to reht encouraged the part of his nature he tried so hard to keep leashed to wake up again, play again, dance with her again

After a long silence, Jaenelle said, "Say it"

"When I touched you, when I realized where ere and that I was aroused because it was you, I had one thought: This wasto stopto stopevery need"

He reached for the coffee cup, then reconsidered and took another bite of omelet

"Once I kneas you," he said softly,"all the things I had hated for so s I noanted I wanted your scent on hts and re you"

When she didn’t co to do

Finally she said with dry aht Mine, uess this really did jab at the possessive side of your nature, didn’t it?"

He huffed out a laugh "I guess it did"

She pinched a bit of the shift between thuht back bad ain? Please?"

She looked wary

He touched her hand briefly, the first contact he’dIf I’d seen you in those clothes in your bedroohtWell, I can’t say the outcome would have been different, but the reasons I reacted to the clothes would have been"

Whichthat hadn’t occurred to hi that?"

She blushed Shrugged Fiddled with the coffee cup

He waited, a patient predator

"I was reading a story and when the wo More fiddling

He tried to re lately, but couldn’t recall a title "Maybe I should read that book to get a few ideas"

"You don’t need any ideas"

He was pretty sure that was a co easier and the food was there in front of hiain?"

"To spend the night in this room or the other bedroom?" Jaenelle asked softly

"Both," he answered, just as softly

A slow,about which bed to use, ets to be on top"

Last night he’d dominated, possessed, kept her under his body and under his control Now he had a sudden i shadow covered by the shift, her legs sheathed in those sheer white stockings, his fingers s, e stayed in hisa dark, spicy thrill when she realized she wasn’t the one in control, that he was still

He jerked back, snarling, as fingers snapped in front of his face

Jaenelle stared at him "I don’t knohere your brain went just now, but, Mother Night, Daelazed, we don’t have ti"

They had all the ti to Dharo today, re to leave?

"Daeer Male Rival