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"It tickles!"
Earlier, she’d laughed in the te that couldthe cause of it
His brows drew together when he realized she’d already laughed hts had in centuries
"Ah! Drops are going up my skirt!"
"Lucky drops" Had he said that aloud?
Yes, because she faced hi hisa decision
Go to her, kiss her
Yet when he heard bugle calls in the distance, he was reht be the only source of water around, which et
Thronos leapt to aLanthe’s back, wetting her hair and cooling her heated skin
She’d never seen a place like this glade and was determined to relish it--even if Thronos had deserted her
After drinking her fill, she sat on the silver grass, re her boots "Just because you don’t have a skirt doesn’tthe woods, looking both sexy--and demonic
She didn’t kno he could continue to deny his de Aside froons and his seamless adaptation to this place, he could read the deenetic h the blood--a memory formed here
By his ancestors
Now that Thronos had returned to his "real There’d been an overall e, and he’d actually cracked jokes In the last twenty-four hours, he’d probably committed more offendments than in his entire lifetime She could take soes
His voice, already a baritone rue was deteriorating rapidly Over the day, he’d begun carrying his seven-foot-tall frame differently, with not quite so much tension in his shoulders, not so much stiffness in the spine Even his horns seemed prouder somehow
He not only sounded like a deht have a weakness for
Sabine adored having a demon lover Would Lanthe?
Maybe the realo In the Land of Lusts, she’d feel no guilt for bedding an enemy Vrekener No fear of the future
Wait What was she thinking? She was a daughter of the Sorceri, a born hedonist She’d take pleasure where she found it, and laugh in the face of guilt
Well, as long as she didn’t get knocked up
Thronos could be an endless source of pleasure She’d enjoyed teasing him earlier, wanted to soer at hih he looked like he wanted nothing more than to join her, he remained where he was "I’ll keep watch It’s my job to protect you"
Because his instinct told hihed She appreciated the protection, but she wished he was doing it because he wanted to, not because he was cooing to do you a solid--not because of what you can do for ive me--but simply because I like you"
Was Thronos so different froered for power
Both of the from her; yet neither truly cared about her They only sahat she could give them, how they could use her
Which she didn’t care about, because she had a plan to get her back to Rothkalina: beguile Vrekener Afterward, she’d never have to see Thronos again "Co that comes near" When he made no move, she said, "I think you don’t kno to have fun"
"Why would I be versed in soether?"
She frowned at that Howsad
But she wouldn’t dwell on it when fun was here to be had now "Thronos, we ht not make it out of Pandemonia alive We should have died s remind me"
"Of what?"
"You’re bound by your sacred duties--and I’ratitude for every second of life I’ods--or fate or whatever--grant you more of these precious seconds if you waste the ones they’ve already provided? It’s exactly like--are you ready for this?--GOLD There’s only so much of it to be had Sorceri believe The End of the Ore will colorious until then"
He raised his brows "Shiny"
"You squander the coins you’ve been given In my eyes, you’re more of an offendmenter than I am"
"How do I squander them, then?"
"Your mind is always in the past"
He scowled "You’re as oodin that ether"
Thronos rose to pace that li?
She probed, but found his shields up Fine She turned from him, determined to enjoy Zero-G, and its upskirt rain, all by herself
She spied a leafy branch that arched down beside a s a shower head of sorts She wished she could shuck off all of her clothes and finally take the shower she’d been longing for--
A bubble burst against the back of her head
With a gasp, she whirled around--and caught another bubble against her ar to wave the fun
She gave a cry when another hit her chest, cool water trickling behind her breastplate And once those delicious drops trickled down, they traveled right back up her body
She opened her arms wide "Give it your best shot I’ll bet you can’t hit ot, Vrekeners don’t gaer with you If I hit your target, then you have to re of flirting "And if you don’t?"
"You have to re to have to teach you the finer points of wagers, demon" For once, the word didn’t seem to bother him; of course, she’d all but purred it "Honestly, I would love to take it off, would kill to bathe under that tree limb’s cascade" She hiked a thumb in that direction "But we’re back in the same boat as before How can I be sure you won’t lose control?"