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When she trembled, he knew she’d missed that intimate connection as much as he had

"I look forward to your rope tricks," she whispered against his throat "Is there anything else?"

"Yes" His heart rate quadrupled, but his fear wasn’t holding hiazed into her beautiful eyes "You let ainst his lips, stopping the floords "You don’t have to--"

Equally fast, he pulled her hand away "Yes, I do, and it is a stipulation or this is a no-go, understand?"

She nodded

He captured her face in his hands so she couldn’t look away "Amery, I love you I’ve been in love with you since the moment you kissed my bloodied hands and asked me to put them on you I don’t knohy you haven’t let me say it to you whenever I’ve tried to in the last week, but you need to know before you let ain that I do love you"

"Okay"

Okay? That was it? That was all he got from her?

This is not about how she feels; it’s about youher how you feel

Then Amery smashed her mouth to his and kissed him with the unbridled passion he’dthe kiss "YouDaine how mindless I’ll make you when I’m inside you"

"I can’t wait But first I need to knohere you keep your candles"

Ronin stepped back "We’re doing this right now?"

"You have other plans?"

"Now that you mention it, I think I’m out of candles"

"No problem The citronella ones from the pool area worked on me Guess it’d be poetic--or would that be ironic?--if I used one on you"

"Maybe I have birthday cake candles somewhere in the kitchen"

Amery raised both eyebrows "Birthday cake candles? You aren’t afraid of a little burning-hot pain, are you, Master Black?"

"No," he scoffed "Just trying to iuest bedroom?"

A horrified look crossed her face

"What?"

"Red ould look too h of your blood to last me a lifetime" She sed hard "Red wouldn’t be sexy at all--"