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A thousand eh him At the forefront? Arousal They were bonded Hiined possible--not for hi a few steps behind the arousal were hope, fear, elation Possessiveness--she’s truly mine And dread Then evenhi with the hooded, heavy look of her eyes With the softness of her voice With the trear Plu

I’m undone

And sheshe was raw seduction, carnality made flesh And what exquisite flesh it was, dusted with rose and so deliciously da, but he was actually weak With her, he’d always been weak

"What if--"

"What if we enjoy ourselves and nothing bad happens?" she finished for him

Not what he’d planned to say, but the words were accompanied by a hope he’d never quite been able to vanquish What if she was right?

"If we do this," he said, "we do it without skin-to-skin contact Agree" Not a question, but a deed need locked inside him

"No If the only way to become fully immune to your demon is to endure each of his illnesses, then I have to--"

"No," he interjected "Not after everything you’ve been through There will be noto have a conversation about this Agree"

She licked her lips Waiting for her to nod, even reluctantly, proved to be one of the greatest tortures of his life

But when she did it, he wasted no tiasped at the moment of contact He hissed, electrified, and twisted to press her against the mattress Her lush breasts swayed, and her nipples, as pink as raspberries,hiht of herthe smell of herthe best of summer--freshly bloomed flowers, cottonwood and the musk of arousal--mixed with the darker notes of his scent The sounds she roans and sweet little purrs

He couldn’t get enough Trapped in a desert s I want to do to you"

Her ed as his own "All of theers under her knees, and she sucked in a breath Like before, he could feel the heat of her skin through the fabric of the gloves as he placed her legs outside his hips, opening her up to his perusal Pretty, pink and ith a honey meant for him Only for him So badly he wanted to taste her, and cursed his dehter sounded in the back of his mind

Maybe there was a way He just had to think But hisinside her

He let his hands wander upup, and brush her between her legs, stroking her, teasing her Her gasp was a caress to his ears He continued his upward slidefinally cupping her breasts, her nipples beading right before his eyes Luscious

The laughter stopped