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Her nipples pebbled, aching, and the stiff points pushed against the soft silk of her gown

She straddled him The bedsheets covered his hips, but she could feel his arousal nudging against her core

The man wasShe had to stop, she--

His fingers eased under the spaghetti straps of her gown His callused hands felt so good as they eased over the length of her ar her breasts

He tore his et a better view of her "God, baby, you’re the best dream I’ve ever had"

The ic in the air as his lust grew His hunger swirled around her in waves of pulsing need Her skin began to tingle with the promise of such pleasure

And such dark power Hers to take

The strength it would give her…

But she shouldn’t Cara shook her head, fighting for her own control as arousal had her sexin silent de, she--

His lips closed over her breast Pulled the mound deep into hisinto his ar her flesh, and then he was licking her, long, hungry swipes of his tongue that had her ht for more, more

His hands slid down her body Eased over her stoown had pooled in a soft heap His knuckles brushed across her belly button Smoothed over her abdomen

"Todd--" His name broke fro It was too dangerous Poas in her voice A co to hers

His cock was rock hard now and she realized that she wasback and forth Faster with each stroke of her body

Red stained his cheeks His pupils dilated as she watched And his lips gleaht for sanity once more "No, I-I can’t--"

In a instant, he tumbled her back onto the bed "It’s a dreaain A kiss so sweet and soft that she swore she felt her eyes fill

If only…

But sohtmares far too easily, and if they didn’t stop soon, Todd would learn that lesson Everya little of his life force Taking a bit of his power as she stole into his ain

Damn it, she hated to take!

It re off the power and pleasure of others

Her hands lifted, caught his face in her pale

Not a choice for her

His head lifted His gaze met hers "You feel so real"

Her lips curved in a smile she kneas sad "Close your eyes for me"

He obeyed at once, but then, she’d put force into her voice, a compulsion he couldn’t resist Humans were always at their weakest in the dreaer smoothed over his lips Then she tilted her head, just a few inches, and urged his mouth back to hers His lips were parted as he readied to kiss her--

She blew a light stream of air into his ic

His eyes opened, bleary, confused

"Sleep," she whispered the command

Then she closed her own eyes, and left the drealared up at the ceiling

What in the world had just happened?

A walk in dreams She hadn’t snuck into a man’s dreams in over five years She’d vowed never to enter without perht into Todd’s head

Da from the bed, she ran toward her mirror Her reflection stared back at her, eyes wide, hair tangled, skin faintly glowing

Glowing Crap She’d taken from him Stolen his power as her spirit had seduced his body

Her head began to shake A hard back-and-forth motion She’d taken, and he’d awaken weak now

"I didn’t e that just stared helplessly back at her Drea took focus, intent--hell, often ainto the dreams of others was a skill that succubi didn’t reatest weapons, and by far one of the uilt on her tongue She’d been dead tired, certainly not possessing the strength needed to slip into a human’s secret dreams She never should have been able to cross the miles and find Todd’s mind

It shouldn’t have happened, but it had

She’d just have to ain, because, if it did, she wasn’t certain she’d be able to hold on to her control

The te

"Shit!" Todd woke up, instantly and completely conscious

Damn it, he was alone

His hands fisted over the sheets He could have sworn that Cara ith hi him

A dull ache pounded in his telancing at the clock to find out that he’d been in bed a total of four hours

Not nearly long enough

He ran a hand over his face, and, for a second, he could have sworn that he s him up The last time he’d had a dream that hot about a woman--well, hell, he didn’t think he’d ever had a dream that intense

He could still feel her satiny skin beneath his fingertips, still feel the curves of her breasts

His cock was hard and heavy with need A need that he knew only one woman could slake

Shit

Todd headed for the bathroom He needed a cold shower It would wake him up and chase the wo the powerful streaht the flash of his reflection in the aze swept past the faint scars on his chest and side Instead, his stare dropped down to his left arm His eyes narrowed as he studied the five small half-moon marks on his flesh Wounds that looked just like they’d been ht arm Studied the biceps Saw the saers had bit into the flesh of his arht to him Her nails had pierced his skin and he’d been aware of the faint sting, and of the pleasure of feeling her hips press against his