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He slid his finger under her chin and tilted her face up to his "I want your hair down"

She let out a shaky breath A srew on herthe sound of him But when she spoke, her voice was steady

"I have nineteen pins inthelove and set it on a chest of drawers "So I am"

The first was easy to discover; just a little bit ofthat one was there, he looked for its mate on the other side He found it hidden behind a curl Nuh the braided knot of hair at the back of her neck; he slid it out, leaning down so that he could place a kiss against her neck She shivered in response He didn’t want to let her think, and so he nibbled at her ear as his hands found nuhed as he kissed her, leaning into him He held her braid in place as he took out the pins It was al on her hair, never to cause her the slightest bit of pain

Nuled with a bit of soft yarn that she’d used to tie her braid in place He re it up in front of her nose "You said nineteen pins You said nothing of this, ht," she told hihtiness "I didn’tto do about it?"

"You’ll have to owe me for it"

"How?"

"Let’s just put it on your account" He s the pins To re ones, he had to undo her braid, run his hands through her hair He turned her head toward hiuesher There should have been an urgency to it, a rush to co But despite the throbbing pound of lust in his body, the rising tide of his desire, he felt…calm He was soothed by her

He found the last pin and slid his hand down her face, down the coluers in the hollow of her throat He could feel the beat of her pulse, hungry and insistent

"You haven’t even taken off your other glove," she told hiood bits"

"Ah, but there was that thread," he told her "That undisclosed yarn I’ else off, not until you’re coers "Oh?" she said

"Oh"

"That is a punish to see rather rowled "You will Your wish is delayed, not denied"