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"Adrienne" Hawk groaned, gazing down at the pale cascade of hair that shielded her face from him "Look at me" He reached for her chin, but she turned away

"Stop it"

"Look at me," he repeated relentlessly

"Don’t," she pleaded But he didn’t listen He gripped her waist and pulled her against the hard, th of him

Adrienne looked up, despite her best intentions, into eyes of ht and the chiseled face of a warrior His bronzed, hard Viking’s body promised cataclysmic passion

"Lass, tell me it’s not him Say it Give me the words Even if you can’t feel forfor hi, he dropped his silky dark head forward against her, as if reveling in si close

The clean, spicy scent of his hair, black as sin, stirred her senses in ways she couldn’t coue felt thick Even her body tried to defy her around this man She forced herself to say cruel words to hurt hiet this cape?" he asked evenly, his hands sliding over the rippling fabric

"Adam" Perhaps he hadn’t heard her He hadn’t even so much as flinched

Deftly, he unfastened the silver brooch at her neck with steady hands No, she mused, he definitely hadn’t heard her Maybe she’d mumbled inaudibly

Easily he slid the cape from her body Gracefully, even

She stood frozen in shock as his strong, bronzed hands shredded the cape into tatters The expression on his face was hard and cold Oh, he’d definitely heard her How could she remain untouched by the barbaric and beautiful maelstrom of masculine fury that he was in his … jealousy?

Yes, jealousy

Sa to her?

CHAPTER 16

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" SHE GASPED WHEN SHE WAS ABLE to speak