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"That’s a pretty specific number"

"I like statistics" She tended to spout them whenever her nerves kicked up Torin used to tease her about it

Oh, Torin I miss you so much

He would never have treated her this way

Lazarus sat up and crooked his finger at her "Co, she said, "Why?"

"So suspicious" He tsked "Are you afraid of what I’ll do--or of what I’ll " She pressed her tongue to the roof of her ed her feet, put herself between his thighs Goose bumps broke out over her skin He looked at her, dark hair falling over his forehead, brushing against his lashes His eyes were as black as night, and she couldn’t distinguish pupil frolittered with a heat that burned her to the bone

He flattened his palaze raking over her

She wore a pink brahiulped, fought a shiver "What are you doing?"

His grip tightened "Your availability is only one of the reasons I want you Ask me about the others" A harsh command

One she refused to obey She shook her head She didn’t want to know

He told her anyway "Since the moment I opened my eyes and found myself trapped in a realm with you, I’ve wanted to replace your sadness with pleasure And, Ca to do it" He picked her up and twisted, tossing her on top of the ht pinned her before she finished bouncing, and she gasped again

"I won’t buy your help," she forced herself to say

For once, his eyes were bleak, without any hint of a to buy yours"

"But you said you didn’t need--"

His lips s off her words, the sweetness of his taste invading her senses