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"I don’t need you to save h toto kill you"

In one smoothher to buck beneath his weight Which, of course, gave hienesis, could blas, and would, because the idea that Tayla herself could jumpstart him like a defibrillator was unacceptable

"No? Was this your idea of foreplay?" He held the knife in front of her face, and though her eyes flared wide, she looked ht it down to the collar of the scrub top "Because I’"

"I knohat you are," she ground out, and he ht have believed she was as pissed as she sounded, if it weren’t for the way she’d angled her pelvis toto do with the knife, little killer?" He drew the dull reverse edge along the skin just above her collar, leaving a trailing white line Still, she didn’t look afraid, didn’t smell of fear That turned him on as much as the fact that if she wanted to, if she really wanted to, she could kill hi the battle with the Nightlashes

"I was going to cut off your clothes"

"You’re a terrible liar" He slid the blade beneath the fabric

A flick of his wrist sliced the scrub top down to her breasts, and her breath hitched, but she didn’t protest He didn’t have Shade’s powers, couldn’t measure her internal systemic responses But he could see the rapid rise and fall of her chest, the dilating pupils, the flushed skin He could feel the pounding thud of her pulse in her wrist and could hear the thump of her heart as it raced She could deny her arousal all she wanted, but her body spoke the truth

Clenching the knife hilt between his teeth, he hauled her onto her bed, which was nothing more than a twin-sized ht, he i hers between therip and landed a blow to his cheek, but her strike lacked the strength and conviction he knew she was capable of Adrenaline surged in his veins, hot, potent, the line between battle lust and sexual lust blurred A cry escaped her as he flipped her onto her belly and straddled her thighs He held her doith one hand pressed between her shoulder blades and took the knife from between his teeth with the other

"What’s the th of the top "Are you going to tell me you don’t want this?"

"I hate you," she snarled into her pillow

He ainst her buttocks "We’ve established that"

She bucked angrily, and he pressed her even more firmly into the h your kidney" He could fix it, of course, but a punctured organ would ruin the mood

"Fuck You"

"Yeah, that’s the plan"

He shifted his weight and pushed the flat of the blade between her spine and the waistband of the scrub pants Cold steel rasped against hot flesh, and she arched up with a groan that shot straight to his cock Greedily, he sliced through the trousers, and this time, she didn’t s until she lay before his and knelt between the her hs

"I can’t do this with you," she whispered

"We’ve done it before"

"But I can’t--"

"I’llkiss to the base of her neck "You’ll co to make you scream for me"

Her response was le, but he slid his hand between her legs, cupped her, and she settled down

"You’re wet Gods, you’re wet" He pushed a finger between her swollen lips and started an easy rhyths worked hard to draw air in as he stroked her Adding another finger, he squeezed her knot of nerves between theht and firm pressure Slow passes of his thumb over the sensitive flesh behind her sex ainst him, and when he eased his thuers, she cried out

"This won’t work," she whi as if she couldn’t stop

A powerful mix of lust and the need to possess Tayla made him shudder as he scraped his teeth down her spine and ood, doesn’t it?"

"Yeah" She fisted the pillohite-knuckled force "Oh, yeah"

"I can smell your need" Her scent made his nostrils flare, and suddenly he had to taste her, to take all of her into his body His body that was screa for this woman he should hate but desired in the er, he rolled her onto her back Surprise flickered in the drowsy depths of her eyes, and for a ht she’d resist as he lowered his mouth to her breast Tremors shook her body, and she held her hands in fists at her sides, but as he drew one dusky nipple between his lips, a soft sigh loosened her to a boneless puddle

He caressed her breasts, held the, sucking until she rithing and her hands had cole in his hair

This hat he’d missed out on at the hospital when he’d been in a rush to take her The sloindup of tension The building heat The sweet, citrusy taste of her skin as he licked a trail from her brsts down her abdoue, felt her sleek, honed ers caressed his scalp, sending tingles to the base of his spine and sparking fiery bolts of pleasure into his balls

Inching lower, he let her soft fes wide, opening her to hiht before him, her swollen flesh served up for hiaze led with desire in the depths of her beguiling green eyes "I--"

"Shh Easy, slayer" He buried his tongue in her folds, swiped up her hot valley in one long, slow, motion She tasted sweet and salty Honey and hellfire Forbidden fruit

Her sultry er He kissed her deeply, sucked her bud between his lips and flicked his tongue lightly over the protruding tip Her hps ca incoherent as he lapped at her and then plunged his tongue deep inside

"This is wrong," she panted, but she arched against his lips and dug her nails into his scalp, holding hi time But what had been a slow burn under his skin became an inferno, and if he didn’t dip into her hot center quickly, he’d turn to ash

"Please"