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But she refused to give him up to play it safe They"d overcoether No curse would beat the his face in her hands, she pulled Ronan"s esture He stiffened, gripping her shoulders with tight fingers

"Kari, no I love you but--"

She cut off whatever he"d planned to say with another kiss, this one deeper, dancing her tongue around his, teasing hi him

He tore his mouth away "I won"t risk disaster The curse…"

"Won"t coain"

"I don"t kno it can be otherwise" He backed away

"Ronan…" She taunted in her sexiest, coan to unbutton her shirt, one button at a tied, and he looked as if he sed his tongue "Oh, don"t Kari… I can only resist so much"

"Then stop trying" She reached around hi until she found the stark overhead light Then she yanked on his shirt and pulled hi the door behind her

Kari drew her shirt off her shoulders, and Ronan closed his eyes, looking as if he was praying for strength

"I won"t risk you"

And she loved for his concern "It"s ree" She unsnapped her jeans and toed off her trainers, wriggling her hips until she could kick away her clothes, knickers and all

Ronan stared Hard He sed, his fists clenching at his sides "God helpno one has ever accused ed until her mouth was just beneath his Then he devoured her

The kiss went soul deep, and Kari swore she could taste his anxiety, concern, determination…and love Her heart flipped in her chest, and she knew she"d ether, curse bedaers, she attacked his clothes, determined to pull them off his body as quickly as possible Ronan ended the kiss and stared at her with eyes so green, they sizzled with hunger and pros

A flick of his wrist later, and his clothes asped and took in every aed abdo up for her

Eager to love all of hi him in her mouth before he could do more than cry out her name She stretched her lips wide to take him, and sank deep until he touched the back of her throat

"Yeeeessss Oh, love Your ue

"Heaven"

She wanted everything between them to be like that Perfect It was up to her to demonstrate that it could be, that they couldn"t let a curse stop theet inside you now"

Kari was still guessing his intention when he lifted her and set her on a nearby crate, draped with afor her to unpack Instead, he gripped her thighs and spread the her bottoe of the crate

"Put your hands behind you Lean back," he demanded

His voice alone irl"

"Hurry," she des around his waist, he shifted one hand to her hip "Look at me"

Ronan waited until she lifted her bedazzled, heavy-lidded stare Their gazes met, and her insides crackled with heat Sensual need poured through her veins,them rich and heavy, even as her heart beat with utter devotion

Aher to the hilt in one de co, he set a fast pace, nearly harsh, as if he could clai could ever take her froaze as he filled her body repeatedly "You please me as no other has As no other could"

Then his ain, and Kari was lost in a storm of passion

Admittedly, before Ronan her sex life had been brief at best, but even with her relative inexperience she knew the feelings they shared, the sensations their love produced, were different Special

She threw herself into the kiss, gasping against his lips when his thu her toward the edge of pleasure in rhythhten around hiht into a chasm of pleasure so deep and wide, she screaht, and sanity eluded her until he raised her hips, leaned over her body, and filled her with hisstrokes yet Then, with a shout, he followed her into the abyss

For long moments afterward, they re to catch their breath and reclai her…because he knew reality and regret would quickly set in "I won"t let you go" Kari wrapped her arhter, despite the fact he was still inside her "I want to speak the Binding"

Her insistence and loyalty was touching, but futile "Kari, love, I want that as well I have to research the curse more, find out if it"s possible--"

"I refuse to believe it"s im possible If we heed the curse we"ll be separated, and it will have beaten us Together, we have a chance"

Why couldn"t he make her understand? "One that may cost you your life!"

"What sort of life would it be if we"re apart?"

A ain and ht made him ht find happiness He, however, would be alone for the rest of his centuries

Year after bleak year, that stretched into empty decades, lay before him Ronan sed the bitter pill Da to curse hi the curse, doing anything necessary to break it, discerning if it was possible that believing in a curse gave it strength

He was motivated to end it now

Ronan kissed the tip of her nose and pulled away, clothing theic

"If there is a way for us to be together, one that ensures you"ll not be at risk, I will seize it with both hands and never let go," he vowed

Kari threw her ar her just as desperately She"d becoive her up, he had no idea hoould bear it

He leaned in to kiss her softly--and felt a disturbance in the air