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He was strong and sensual and certain of hiold-velvet inch of hi about it He was controlling, yet in a way that fed a woman’s fantasies He would be, she nohole lot dominant in bed and a little bit dirty He would take her every way she’d ever iined and, she was quite certain, a feays she probably hadn’t

He would be inventive and inexhaustible and utterly devoted to pleasure

There was now no doubt in her mind that he could do as he’d said: leave her so lihly sated that she’d not even be able to suth to feed herself, to lift her head from the pillow, or the floor, or wherever else he chose to leave her when he was done with her

A woman could hurt herself on Adahan, that faint inner voice warned

Oh, yes, she didn’t bother arguing And out of it And that was soht to, and not while he was touching her either And she would, just as soon as things settled down a bit

Not that she was otten, she was prettya chance to think things through and act

She didn’t need to dredge up one of Graerous way that was to live

But, heavens, she thought, with droll exasperation, it would certainly help her think ure out what her odds of survival were When one didn’t kno ht live, discipline and self-denial had a funny way of flying right out thealongside calorie-counting

It was quite some time before her body calh that she was able to relax in his arms while they sifted Even then, she did it very carefully Avoiding contact with that part of him that was still rock-hard and would only ain She noticed that he, too, was trying to avoid contact for a change, and when she inadvertently brushed against him at one point, he made a harsh sound and snarled, "Don’t touch that It hurts Christ, I’h inwardly an utterly fehted to know she wasn’t the only one having such a hard ti That she wasn’t the only one their intimacy had affected so intensely (And he certainly felt like he was made of stone, at least there anyway)

She was shocked, sometime later, to find they were back in the hotel rooe She opened her mouth to ask what in the world was so i for it--really, clothes and toiletries were eain and she’d learned her lesson about keeping herso (Fortunately they encountered no lakes on their itinerary this tirateful they weren’t near the coast,in shark-infested waters would have been orse than being dunked with tadpoles)

They continued sifting until she’d coer train

Once on the train, he took a seat and pulled her down to sit between his legs, thoughspace between their lower bodies He drew her shoulders to his chest, wrapped his arainst her hair

She was startled to realize he was shaking It was alh his powerful body

"What’s wrong, Adam?" she asked nervously What could make Adam Black shake? Did she even want to know? Had she ? Were they still not safe yet, even after all their frenzied sifting?

"What’s wrong?" he growled "What’s wrong? Bloody hell, I screwed up, that’s what’s wrong! Do you kno lucky ere that he let ht have happened Christ, I’ood at it" A long pause, then a ht, Gabrielle I shouldn’t have stopped until I had you in Scotland and knew you were safe I was a bloody arrogant fool"

Ar around her, he lapsed into stony silence

Gabby blinked and fell silent herself Her heart did a dangerous little flip-flop inside her chest I was a bloody arrogant fool, he’d said Not words she’d ever expected to hear fro about Ada to be what she’d been raised to expect froe imperious Fae