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Pandora looked up at hiain His expression was perfectly bland "I’m sure I won’t be," she said, and steadied herself "I’m ready," she said bravely "You can do it now"

Perversely, Gabriel ht away "You’re interested in Charles Darwin, as I recall Have you read his latest book?"

"No" Why was he talking about books? She was shaky with nerves, and rather annoyed that he was drawing the whole thing out like this

"The Expression of Emotion In Man and Animals," Gabriel continued "Darrites that the custo can’t be considered an innate human behavior, as it doesn’t extend to every culture New Zealanders, for exa He also references an account of tribal societies in which they greet each other by blowing air softly against the face" He gave her an innocent glance "We could start that way, if you like"

Pandora had no idea how to respond "Are you hter danced in his eyes "Pandora," he chided, "don’t you knohen so with you?"

"No All I know is that you’re looking at , like a trainedher nape, Gabriel brought his lips to her forehead and s It’s a prolancea sertipor a whisper" His face was right over hers, so close that she could see the gold tips on his feathery dark lashes "Should we rub noses now?" he whispered

Pandora shook her head She had the sudden urge to tease hi her lips, she blew a soft, cool streaainst his chin

To her satisfaction, Gabriel reacted with a quick double-blink of surprise A flush of color lints of wondering a," he told her, and his hand cradled her jaw, his thu a circle over her cheek

Pandora tensed as his ht as a brush of silk or a zephyr breeze He was al the contours of her mouth with his Softly, softlyhis lips moved over hers in sensuous touches that quieted the usual chaos of her brain Mesmerized, she answered with hesitant pressure, and he shaped her response, played with her, until she began to dissolve in the slow, endless teasing There was no interference of thought or time, no past or future There was only this ether in a sun-drenched path of flowering vines and sweet dry grass

He caught gently at her lower lip, and then the upper, the tender nibbling sending vibrant shocks down to the quick of her body Pressing deeper, he coaxed her lips to part until an unfa clean and soft and stirring She felt the tip of his tongue, an intrusion of pure heat into the private space that had always belonged only to her Bewildered, treers spread over the back of her head, cupping the curve of her skull, and he broke the kiss to work his way down the side of her throat She began to breathe in gasps at the feel of his lipsslowly over the most deliriously sensitive places, the ooseflesh to rise all over She lost the feel of her bones, sinking against him while pleasure pooled at the pit of her sto the joint where her neck connected with her shoulder, Gabriel lingered there, touching it with his tongue The edges of his teeth clamped down in a soft bite, and a helpless shiver wracked her He worked his way back up with supple, searching kisses By the tiain she couldn’t hold back a erness Her lips felt swollen, and the fir her ar hier She dared to explore his mouth the way he had hers, and that drew a low pleasured sound from his throat He was so delicious and silky that she couldn’t stop herself fro hi on the luscious interior of his h, Gabriel pulled his head back and gripped a hand in her hair Like her, he was panting for breath "Pandora, love," he said, his eyes brilliant with led heat and amusement, "you kiss like a pirate"

She didn’t care She neededtoo er she didn’t kno to satisfy Clutching his shoulders, she sought his ainst the hard hshe wanted hiround, and hold her there with his full weight

Gabriel kept the kiss light, trying to gentle her "Easy, irl," he whispered When she refused to calave her what she wanted, fastening hispleasure from her with sweet erotic pulls

"Oh, for God’s sake" A woman’s exasperated voice ca Pandora as if someone had just tossed a bucket of cold water on the the holloway to find the costu to the beach," she asked her brother irritably, "or are you going to seduce the poor girl in the middle of the holloway?"