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Perhaps she could save hiht I think I should tell you to stop This isn’t right"

"No It’s not It’s necessary"

I’ll hurt her, I swear I will

Kane ignored the de ever closer to Tink

"Stop?" she said, a question when she’d probably meant it to be a statement

"Too late" Unless "Have you ever been with a ave a slow shake of her head

That answer should have ended this

It didn’t

He should walk away

He didn’t

Possessiveness clawed at him, so sharp, so deep, he kneould feel the wounds for the rest of eternity and be glad for it He brushed his fingertips along her jawbone, and oh, she was just as soft and electrifying as he’d iined She nearly unthe back of her neck, fisting her glorious hair, and forcing her gaze to stay with his

"I won’t letfroh her "What do you want?"

Disaster banged against the sides of Kane’s skull I’ll hurt her I will Hate her so nashed his teeth Shut up! You hate her because she’s the only relationship I can have that won’t end in disaster, and that--

There it was The answer The reason the de and not a curse Of course the demon wanted to be rid of her

She really was Kane’s "mine," just as his instincts had screamed

His And not the de eyes, and felt a swell in his heart His fingers hadn’t abandoned the silkiness of her hair, and were now holding on to her as if she were a lifeline, causing her neck to arch He should probably loosen his grip He didn’t He couldn’t He wanted to own her, even in the so about it

"Let me kiss you, Tinker Bell"

She wet her lips, and whispered, "What about Synda?"

"I don’t want Synda"

And now, he was done talking He swooped in, not bothering with preliue inside herall the intensity of the need driving hiainst hi, and welcomed him fully The utter sweetness of her taste stoked the fire inside hi into hi herself up to his total do What he wanted was too powerful to contain It was overwhel than flesh and bone Undeniable Uncontrollable He crackled with new life as he fed her one frantic kiss after the other

And still he yearned to give her ainst him, not even air separated the her total acceptance, and an unending obsession More than she was probably willing to give, ive But he deue to keep pace, and her body to grind against his

He would meld her to his soul

One of his hands slid down the bare skin of her upper arm, then down her side, to the suhs and lifted her He spun her and strode forward, until her back pressed against the wall Hands now free to roa the s Auto an anchor for hers

It nearly slayed him

He’d never had more reason to despise intimacy, and yet he’d never craved it ainst hiainst hi out of his way Every hated piece Her skin was like heated silk, and he was desperate for more All Her taste and scent were his dream of homehisyes, yes His, and no one else’s He needed to put his mark on every inch of her

She h to peer down at her passion-hazed features Her beauty was a fantasy he’d never dared have Her lips were swollen and red Moist Perfect

Her eyelids slowly parted "Kane?"

She was panting just as forcefully as he was

He had to have this woman And he would He dove back down for another taste He would rip away her new dress, and the underclothing He would toss her on the floor He wouldn’t bother re He would just undo his pants He wanted her too badly to waste ti--no matter how badly he craved the skin-to-skin contact That would couished

Now, he would spread her legs, and bury hi shriek claih He stilled, tried to catch his breath