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Jane inhaled deeply "And I areen debutante to be led about by my nose My family does not control o as I please To _do _ as I please"

"Indeed," he drawled, sliding to stop directly before her Her head fell back to lock with his h her like a shot of spiced ru in her belly in a burst of heat "Do as you please?"

For ainto her washed through her, rippling over her skin and transporting her to a ainst her ear

Throat dry, she could only nod

"Is that so?" he asked, his voice soft and taunting as he encroached closer, forcing her against a tapestry-lined wall The tapestry felt scratchy at her back

Even without looking, she knew the scene well, had studied Zeus’s ravishment of Leda in secret, rapt fascination In herdown from the sky upon Leda, the woman’s lovely face an oddpulled on her belly as Seth hands closed on either side of her head Trapped between his body and the tapestry-covered wall, she stared into his stark gaze, trying to read his thoughts, feeling somewhat like the prey Ledaits way into the rooh the heavy silence of the chaht her hands up to play with the cravat at his neck

"I’ the words the_herself _ the moment she decided a little bit of wickedness wouldn’t hurt "I do a good s I shouldn’t do…"

"You?" he queried

"You don’t believehis reaction if he knew she was the woainst a tree at Vauxhall

"No," he asserted "You’reher lips in deterlowed down at her, wide and unblinking,in mockery

"Close your eyes," she repeated, determined to wipe the mockery from his face

After a ers around his wrist, re hiht that hand to her lips

Lightly, teasingly, she brushed her mouth over his pal her ue over war back, she blew on the le finger deep into herthe callused pad with her teeth

With a hissing release of air, his eyes flew open, the centers sparks of light that seared her to the spot Deep satisfaction gripped her as she slid his finger slowly fro savored

She s his wrist, she atteain, bands of steel on either side of her

"You play a dangerous ga his face so close she could see herself in the glea titian centers of his eyes

A muscle flexed in his jaw "Now it’s my turn Close your eyes"

On this beast she freed froe? Not a chance She shook her head

"Time to play fair," he chided

Reluctantly, her eyes drifted shut Blackness engulfed her, every sensation intensified as she waited for his nextto wait

Cool air caressed her legs as he lifted her skirts With a gasp, her hands dove for his, seizing his wrists and forcing the for its quietness

For whatever reason, she co from his wrists She had permitted this man to do much more than lift her skirts after all Even if it had been under the guise of Aurora

His hands caressed their way up her legs, past her stockings and garters to her bare thighs Her flesh trembled beneath his touch, but she did not move, did not open her eyes In her mind, she saw Leda, lips a crimson slash in her pale face as her swan lover swooped down upon her

His fingers slipped within her drawers, sifting through the soft curls with infinite gentleness

Without hesitating, he went directly to the aching spot between her legs She gasped at the first touch of his thumb there

"That’s it," he whispered, the sound of his voice directly in her ear "Does _this _ please you?" He pushed his thuh pressure to , she widened her stance

He added his forefinger and squeezed, rolling the nub in quick, savage circles

She cried out again, hands clawing the tapestry at her sides as s and sweet release washed over

Seth’s ragged breathing filled her ear His fingers delved into her wet heat Parting her folds, he iers digging into his shoulder as she sobbed her pleasure

"God, I wager you taste sweet, too"

I wager you taste sweet, too

Her eyes flew open just as he slipped his hand fro to find out

The wretch! The libertine!