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Very direct questions That shouldn’t surprise her But she couldn’t answer him No ansould satisfy him In either event, he’d turn this into so competition And the truth would only cause … issues

"It’s hardly relevant You needmore or less"

He flicked his thuasped

"I plan to make certain it is much, much more"

With a wave of his hands, Ice closed the drape around the bed, shutting her off from the rest of the world Then he flattened her to the bed, covering her body with his own The hardness and heat of hiainst her, and her skin beca entity It craved les … God, everywhere

Her will couldn’t overcome her need to clasp her arlided up her neck His tongue flirted with her lobe until her attention focused solely on hisat the sensitive skin with his teeth

A shiver scraped its way down her spine No way of hiding that reaction froate how he made her feel

"That’s it, princess Show rasped that she hid so much of herself and her desires from everyone?

"Ice, stop" Her breathy voice trembled, and Sabelle knew that her tone told hi she wanted was for him to stop

He heard it too

"Have I hurt you?" he ht into hers,her insides jump, pulse

"N-no"

"Given you reason to believe I’ll hurt you?"

"No"

"Have I scared you?" he challenged

Yes, but not in the way he meant She knew, deep in her bones, that he would never hurt her He’d gone out of his way tiain to see to her safety, her comfort Even if he had Called to her to spite Braical words the protection and loyalty Sabelle had no doubt that Ice would cut off his own ar her She only feared how much of herself he would demand in surrender Would he wrest away a part of herself that she’d never reclaim? And if she admitted that fear, she’d be completely compromised He’d have her then, in any way, every way, he wanted

"O-of course not"

He smiled as if he knew she lied "Good"

Sabelle couldn’t find a reason or the words to stay hihs and pulled them apart His hips sank between theainst her uaranteed to send her reeling

Her fingernails dug into his shoulders, and he threw back his head with a hiss "Yes"

Mad Ice was mad, just as his reputation claimed What else could this insanity be?

"I want more of you," he murmured

Then he blindsided her, not with a kiss, but a complete possession of her mouth The force of his lips sank her head deeper into the pillow as he thrust deep Then deeper still He entered as if he planned to stay Forever And God help her, she opened to hi his, then retreating, teasing him to chase her And he did Repeatedly Until she lost her breath, her mind, her will to resist

When he finally lifted his ulp of air

"I want you" He shook his head, his gaze riveted to hers until she felt locked to hih her hair and cupped the back of her head, then devoured her y taste of hiotten He dragged that flavor against her tongue again and again until she felt addicted to him Blood pulsed, raced Her heartbeat roared in her ears Her fe with demand

When he lifted his mouth from hers, she whimpered and tried to follow

"Did you come for Lucan?"

The question shocked her out of her bliss, and she recoiled "It hardlyher face in his hands, his green gaze scoring its way into her soul "Until I’ to ready argu could have prepared her for the slide of his body down hers, the hot suction of hisshot to the bead of her nipple as he flicked his tongue over it, nipped at it with his teeth, caressed it with his lips Thunder booh her body when he repeated the process with her other breast She arched to hi, Ice wrapped his arht her closer to his voracioushis stubble gently across the tender sides until she shivered