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In answer, he closed his hand on her shoulder, eased her toward hiers, the ones shed passed through the fla sure she hadnt singed herself Then he let her slide the hand free as he curved over her and put his mouth on the upper rise of her breast His hair brushed her skin His fingers gripped her waist as he shifted over to her nipple, closed hispull, easy and quiet Instead of kittens, now the desire in her belly was a lazy cat in a heatedsill, burrowing deeper in the joy of sunshine and co in the universe was revolving where it should be

She loved how he communicated so s alere Oh Oh She drew a tre around his shoulder, finding his hair and threading into it

It was astonishing how he could find what she wanted, and then give it to her Not for a mere blink, not until his own desire kicked in, i as she wanted it A ll his senses seemed tuned in to her breath, the tiniest movements of her body, every infinitesi a calm pond, he would be the first one to notice the tiny ripples fro close, but not quite breaking the waters surface

Knowing that, it wasnt absurd at all to believe that suckling her nipples was the in Brendans existence at this , she laid her other hand li like so on her bed like a raft on an ocean, watching her servant pleasure her

Shed thought of subuely disturbing internet sites and tonights auction But for the first ti the true essence of it, the elusive understanding of why he was like this Why Marguerite had said it was hard to explain It was better grasped when all things were stripped down to this, a sacred act of devotion

A s she shifted, her fingertips brushed one of the candleholders Following it up past the guard, she caressed the candles sleek colu her train of thought, relaxing into the moment, she closed her hand over the base, lifted it

It was aht it to hover over his shoulder, angled over her abdomen because hed moved his attention to her other nipple now His h the curve of flesh, down through her lower belly and arrowing straight between her legs She watched the movement of his head, hisit so the nerve endings all focused on his lips, teeth and tongue

She tipped the taper, and hot wax pattered onto his shoulder His skin shuddered like a horses under the i rhythm

A t all

It was one of the s shed ever seen He hadnt flinched, as if she could do anything she wished, anything that gave her pleasure

She did it again, a different spot, and it was the sah the back of her shoulder, is there

Brendan, she whispered Kiss me

He lifted his face, bathed in candlelit shadows, and put histhe candle, and when she fu to find her way back to the dresser with it without breaking that pleasurable contact, his hand closed over her wrist, helped her safely take it back to the table Then she brought both hands back to his shoulders, wrapped her arers found the wax, already hardening, but still soft with lingering heat He slid his ar her close to his chest, so their hearts beat together, and she realized both organs wereat a faster pace, alht

I want to be back inside you now He looked at her through thick lashes, his gaze so intent Just to be inside you May I do that?

In answer, she curved her leg over his hip, welcoht onto her, watching every change in her face, the way she bit into her lip, the expression in her eyes as he brought his ave a s sensation when he hed over the slow, deep glide, all the way to the heart, that point of fullness, when things that were ether did, a perfect fit in nature

You feel so good, she said in a hushed tone Like everything Ive ever wanted It scares me

Me too The corner of his mouth turned up

Why does it scare you?

Because I know its real

It made her breath catch funny, somewhere between a sob and surprise Since she wasnt sure what to say in reply, she fingered the wax on his shoulder, broke a piece of it away It got away fro down his back, lost in the ocean of covers

He smoothed a palh muscle, crooked over his buttock While he took his ti touch, she realized with so sure her

Youre not real, she whispered Brendan, dont you ever think of yourself?