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"Don’t lie We’re past that now And I’d be lying if I pretended not to kno he feels about you"

"I’led to put it into words "I’ happiness, Rhys I’d probably punch it if it looked me in the face So really, I’m as much of an idiot as he is"

"His voice sounds different to you, doesn’t it?"

She blinked "How did you know that?"

He seeuess"

"What does that mean?"

A slow s to tell you It’ll be too fun to watch you find out on your own"

Pounding steps approached in the night Malachi appeared out of the black, shirtless and dripping despite the cool evening air His talesht in the darkness He said nothing, shooting Rhys a glare as he walked past them and into the house

"Has he kissed you?" Rhys asked when Malachi was gone

"Yes On the island"

"Was it more than fine?"

Her breath left her body in a rush of ed her shoulder with his own "Then don’t be stubborn Go"

Fifteen lass of wine later, Ava knocked on his door Malachi opened it, holding a towel He’d showered, and a few drops of water still clung to his tanned shoulders He wore a pair of loose pants and a guarded expression

"What do you want?"

"I kissed Rhys"

Now she knew she wasn’t iht of the hall Ava forced her eyes back to Malachi’s face, which was locked down tight Only a tic in his jaw told Ava her words had even been heard

His voice was low and thick with tension "Get that out of your syste ed her into the room "This won’t"

Chapter Thirteen

With one hand, he pulled her into the rooed her into his chest and captured her lips with his own Desire roared through his body, thick with tension after two hundred years of fasting and a lifeti For her For Ava

Reshon

Malachi knew as he held her He could feel the power pulsing through his tales to beover her skin, her touch igniting the fierce passion he’d buried for so long