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"Eli," I said, the sound not as strong as I’d planned

In a flash-second, his hands grasped ainst the wall; he followed ht in ry cerulean eyes They searchedto shove hian, his voice way too steady, "don’t like sharing What’shelpless or out of control Lately I’s need to happen: Victorian has to die, and whoever else has crawled inside you has to die" His fingers dug into h his face was cast in gray distorted shadows, his eyes all but glowed as they searchedmean it"

I looked at him, not so stunned I’d learned a while back that Eli was more than possessive when it caer ood, or a little Xanax--"

Eli’sany further words of psychiatric or ht have offered I didn’t care My desire for hiht, just as rasped his neck and threaded h his hair, and kissed hiled, and the sensation ignited an intensity of raw need that all but lit the rooroaned, sucked his bottoain, and shoved Eli around His back hit the brick wall as hard as led for control; it becaaers clawed at Eli’s coat, pushed it off his shoulders, and it dropped to the floor Blindly, I fuet it off his neck without strangling hi filled the otherwise silent corridor like a pornbrain I could hear it loudly It turnedEli’s bare skin, almost insane to touch him I unfastened the buttons on his shirt, pulled the hem from his pants, and dropped it, only to find an undershirt

"Shit," I ainst h to snatch the thin ribbed shirt over his head and fling it sohthis tongue against ed me He tasted sweet, like coconut, and that other indescribable, irresistible varazed his flawless skin, over the muscles etched into his chest and lower, into his abdomen, I shuddered at the sensation the friction caused within , , devouring, and he pulled round into hith of ht Finally, ere skinto-skin His hands raked over ainst hiht places, andfor him reached a level of desperation that shocked evenasit enough so my hand would fit down the front of his Armani slacks The bare shaft of hard roan against Eli’s neck He let out a low chuckle

I foundinto the wall, scraping against the rough aged brick, allowing Eli coravy as his hands brushed ers slipped beneath the silky triangle ofbetween hly sensitive flesh that throbbed with need I arched against Eli’s hand,blank Fuck -nasty-sex voice screaood God--I couldn’t help it Eli makes me mindless-crazy If I’d had any inhibitions before, they would have been swiftly bludgeoned with Eli’s powerful, sensual touch He was that potent I ed, half threatened

With both hands on s around hian to ; nor did I care One second e’re in the corridor; the next, in his bedroom He loosened his hold, I slid down his front slowly, and Eli grasped my face, lowered his head, and tasted every inch of le didn’t suit him, he tilted my head Then his hands left me, found the clasp at my halter strap, and unfastened it My dress pooled around my ankles, and Eli’s hands covered h me

His lips leftagainstto a painful pitch My fingers dug into his back, htless

"I hope I’ainst the shell of my ear His hands moved to ainst him

The words froze me, and my head snapped up AainedWe si hily, except withI lifted both of rasped Eli’s jaw, and I kept ainst his He stood statuelike still as I kissed his for him into that one act Then, I wrapped ed hiainst him His arms went around me, wrapped coently

Noill you fuckyou I Could Not Help It The dirty request slipped out of the restraints deep in ray ainst hing I pulled back and stared into his shadowy face, peered into the depths of his ancient, disturbing eyes, and I knew then he understood me--fully Then, he lowered his head, pressed his lips to mine, and kissed me

"I love you, too," he said softly It was the first tih I couldn’t say the words back Not then, anyway Hopefully later He then kissed me deeply as he backed me up until we reached his massive bed Eli lifted me, kicked off his shoes and the pants that had dropped below his hips, then followed me down into the softness of a white down coaze froht, his body aboveone hand, he se ofmore than half his face; the other half ed in darkness The i le most erotic experience I’ve ever had It sank to my soul, and I felt my insides flutter with exciteed to razed my lips with his, then moved to my ear "Watch roet at his seductive words "Watch what you do to me, Riley" He pulled back and stared intoI saw there rocked th fully into me I et and ready and about to absolutely die with need, and his eyes grew dark with desire at contact I wrapped s around his waist andone, h for the both of us, and the whole while I kept , intense, until it erupted deep inside th finally forced ainst Eli’s as waves crashed over an to descend As it cas around me and encased me coet--with anyone Eli wasn’t after subh I knehat he wanted--the L-word--but I couldn’t give it to hiht now Not that I didn’t feel it, but … it’s hard to explain He knew, though, and patiently waited My feelings for hireater than for anyone I’d ever encountered, and it scared me He knew it scaredwe lay there, our bodies wrapped and melded, I had no idea I’m not even sure when I fell asleep One ed by the sensation of Eli’s fingers dragging up and downI’d ever experienced The next , I sat up, looked around, dazed and confused Eli was nowhere, and I was in a strange, unfamiliar place A church? An old Spanish etation, so wild and out of control like wisteria or ivy, and surrounded by a dense wood It wasn’t Savannah but somewhere … else I was alone The heavy scent of rain and da with ripened plant life, permeated the ruin, and overhead, the roof was al but a few old rotted rafters reed vines It was night, and shots ofthe floor in splotchy, distorted, uneven patches And although I was alone, several lit candles sat clustered together near the front of the ruin, and their flames caused shadows to skip across the brick In the corner, beneath the only re, wide stone bench stretched invitingly After glancing around and seeing nothing or no one, I noticed hoeary my body was, and I picked my way across bracken, sharp-hulled acorns, and scattered pine straw to the bench and sat down One lone candle flickered in a ruby-colored glass holder on the sill I pulled up my feet, which were bare, and wrappedlided smoothly over my bare skin as I moved I could have been completely naked, the slip was so ski beneath it, anyway--no panties, no bra No wonder I was so cold…