Page 17 (2/2)

How could he want that girl? How could he not see beyond her pretty face?

Stupid, stupid, stupid er was easier than hurt over yet another rejection

Theinside her had cracked Dark emotions had spilled out She’d nearly broken down and sobbed She’d nearly shouted, "He’s mine! All mine!"

But he wasn’t hers, and he never would be

She, however,the warrior would punish her rather than his beautiful nehen she misbehaved? Would Kane actually punish her? If he didher nails scraped against the rag

I won’t just make him wish I’d died I’ll make him wish he had

Her chin trembled, and she sniffled

"I want to talk to you, Tinker Bell," a hts, Josephina realized Kane stood just beside her There were two guards behind hi her properly, all while keeping watch over their charge and listening unabashedly

Kane had just spoken eight words to her Meaning, he’d just bought hiht lashes of the whip Josephina wanted hi at her eyes with the back of her hand, just in case

"Give us so for you, Lord Kane" The pair raced to the other side of the hallway

"You know you’re not allowed to talk to me," she said "No one is"

"You wantyou I do what I want, when I want? Because I will I don’t ! "Shut up, you stupid man"

His lips twitched at the corners, the bout of a her She’d just insulted hih? I’ll never understand him

"Your eyes are back to normal, at least," she said

He patted the skin underneath "They are?"

Thirty-four She nodded, hoping her silence would encourage his own

That hazel gaze raked the length of her body, burning her everywhere it touched Whatever he saw ue over his teeth "The blood slave thing is the reason you want to die, isn’t it?"

She gave up trying to count his words, and si pain; if he wasn’t going to help hi to try and do it for hied man!

"I have no desire to see you hurt"

And yet, in the past few hours, he’d s coht? You’re not the rock star I thought you were"

He flinched "I’ I’ve done since finding you in the forest, I’ve done for you"

Pretty words, nothing more He’d seen Synda and wanted her, just like every otherto do with Josephina

They stared at each other, quiet He towered over her, as intense and savage as a man could be, and she felt small in comparisonsurrounded by his utter e

Her li quickened, and she noticed he smelled of the forest he’d found her in Pine and dewdrops, clean and untainted by the cloying fragrances the Opulens preferred There was no longer any hint of the roses she’d scented in the motel room

While on the run, she’d done a little research Apparently, when an ian to smell like roses

How close had Kane co to reach out, to flatten her palth, to assure herself he was here and he was real and oh, sweet , as if preparing for his seduction He wasn’t her friend or her boyfriend or even a suitor

Tensing, he crossed his ar her towhat?

"I don’t knohat you want froer firing up his eyes Frustration tightened the skin underneath, and determination pulled at his lips He stepped forward, and she stepped back, until the banister stopped any further retreat "Do you knohat you want from me?"

"Yes," she whispered "Your absence" Before I crack<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>