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"Tink" he said

"I won’t do anything you don’t like I pro, he stretched out his arms and did as she’d commanded, and when she next kissed hi her thrust for gentle thrust, before pressingthe tone of the kiss There was passion, yes There was always passion between the more heady than reverence, as if she were the most important part of his life As if he would want and need her always As if he couldn’t bear the thought of ever being without her

Josephina took her ti how to please hi her what he liked, and she obeyed, worshipping hin of uncertainty or distress He never flinched or paled He appeared undone He appeared on edge with the force of his desire

"I’m about toTink, you have to stop I want to touch you, do things to you," he croaked "Want to have you"

Not just want but needed, she realized Before, he’d been bound, had lost all sense of control He ht never be able to fully relinquish power to her, and that was okay She loved the way he mastered her body

"I’m yours," she said, "to do with as you please"

He had a condoripped in the one after that He lifted her, and filled her, and all she could do was dig her nails into his chest and hang on for the wildest ride of her life

He was untae He was also brutally sweet Because, asher in all the right places, driving her need higher and higher And when the pleasure hit its peak, she could only throw back her head, the tips of her hair brushing against his groin He roared, arching his hips, surging thather to a whole new level of satisfaction

Panting, she collapsed on his chest His arhtly

"Don’t ever leaveher sweat-da ofof you how?"

He cleared his throat "Iknoay"

It took her a moment to realize he’d returned to their earlier conversation "The starving thing?"

He nodded "Things et rocky for a while, and you’d probably be better off withouther to stay being wrong of hi anywhere without you," she said

He closed his eyes, as if savoring her words "No, you’re not going anywhere without rinned as he watched Tink interact with the other women in the fortress He’d introduced her to everyone just this , and she was already a part of the faraphs

Everyone had been so busy hunting details about the Paring Rod, and what could have happened to Caotten to rest or eat They’d needed a break, a distraction, and Tink was now providing both

The women loved Tink and fawned over her, and sure, that could be because he’d threatened to s, but he didn’t think so There was so about her She smiled, and amusement lit her entire face She spoke, and the wisdom of multiple lifetimes poured from her lips She included everyone in her conversation, and showed no partiality They were all special to her

"Tell usher daughter to sleep

He should leave He had to talk to his friends about his deal with Taliyah--and they would probably want to wipe the floor with his face for offering up their fortress It would be best to get that out of the hile Tink was distracted He turned to walk away

"Well," Tink said "I’m now the most envied woman in the land I married the famed keeper of Disaster"

He heard the pride in her voice, and couldn’t help but turn back to her He saw it in her eyes, too, and his heart soared His friends could wait

Anya bounced Urban up and down and patted hiet hi up your lecherous half brother I bet that rocked your panties off! It would have mine, if I ever wore any"

Haidee, Amun’s wife, shook her head; a mix of blond and pink hair danced over her shoulders "You have to forgive her She’s just a little crazy in the head"

"Uh, try a lot crazy in the head," Anya retorted, as if she were co herself In her mind, she probably was "I should have been co, Anarchy Josephina was just about to tell us if Kane’s as much of an animal in bed as I think" Gwen, Sabin’s wife, waved to Tink, a silent co to talk about that," Tink said, taken aback

"Oh, yes, you totally were And while you’re at it," said Kaia, Strider’s consort, "I’alaxies’ famous makeovers Strider told me your family treated you like a servant and I fir the stupid jerks with a bladeor a hammeror a saw--is to kill the stupid jerks with jealousy"

Sienna, Paris’s wife, snapped her fingers and a rack of dresses and a vanity piled high with in"

"Neat trick," Tink said, clapping