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Daer the coltish Breeder the toh the cultivated fields of her faht-year-old wo ht ten years ago came to life in his ainst his Her sweet, breathless cries as he tasted every virgin inch of her beautiful body

Her trusting, open-hearted gaze as he made love to her for the first--and only--time

How she h for both of the Bella toward another ive hiotten her even for aher beside him noas as if all that ti to do with her now She sure as fuck hadn’t been part of the equation when he’d set out on tonight’sOnce he had spotted her inside the villa, nothing would have kept hi sure she was safe

Not even Bella herself could have stopped hi to plan

Savage forced his gaze away from her and put both hands back on the wheel His eyes trained on the road, he buried the Pagani’s accelerator and headed for the highway that would take them back to Rome

Chapter 4

Bella couldn’t wake from the sleep that cocooned her

Nor did she want to

War her with a touch that was both sheltering and enticing So strong So infinitely gentle

Ettore’s touch

Her senses knew it, even if her led to comprehend His caress felt like a dreah to her that his scent filled her lungs with each waking breath she drew

No, this was no drea deeper than sleep

Her head felt thick, as if her mind were cushioned in cotton

Then she re Ettore inside Massioni’s villa Her dread at learning what he had co that she leave with hio somewhere safe When she refused, he had reached up to touch her brow…

He’d tranced her!

Outrage speared through her The sudden jolt of adrenaline and fury helped shake off the loose threads of the fading trance She opened her eyes and found Ettore glancing at her His handsoht of the vehicle’s dashboard

Beneath her, the low purr of an engine vibrated

"Are you okay?" he asked, drawing his hand away from her face now

She instantlyher veins

"What are you doing?" She dragged herself out of her sluer , the nightti like a bat out of hell She swung an anxious look behind them "Where’s Massioni?"