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She studied hiers curled on his cheek, the sih his body "You knohat they say about those who try too hard to save other people?" She didn’t wait for a reply "They say they need saving the, sweetheart"

"So am I," she whispered

"I don’t believe that"

"Then you’re looking too hard for so that’s not there"

"I don’t think so"

"If I can be saved then so can you"

His lips twisted cynically "We aren’t even in the same universe Believe me I’m lost You can still be found"

"You sound so sure" She reached up and stroked his hair froan to fall fro it forward Every time she touched him, his entire body burned She had no idea how much willpower it required for hi, hot night "I wonder," she conteet lost in forever, "if maybe we should both try to save each other and then in the , pretend we didn’t?"

Orhe’d fly her off to some tropical paradise, away from this wicked winter hell of Alvarez’s world, and convince her she never has to cootiation

Blake’s mouth came down on hers, and this time he didn’t hold back He wanted to save her She wanted to save him She didn’t have a chance where he was concerned, but the wicked heat of her kiss, the delicate play of her tongue against his, sure as hell would go a long way in helping hiht

His hand slid down her neck, over the soft silk of her shoulder and he tugged her bra strap doith him Her skin was cool and he was hot He wanted her hot in a nearly consuical but he really didn’t care His mouth traveled the delicate line of her shoulder blade and doard Her fingers played in his hair, her touch affecting him far too easily, but then there wasn’t a lot of softness he let in his life Normally, he’d snatch her hand, and hold it over her head He’d do the touching, not her, so asn’t he doing that now? Why wasn’t he stopping her? Why the hell was he lingering at the sweet spot at the base of her throat when he could be ripping away her panties and burying hie before he’d ever et what he wanted, what he’d craved for two years Knowing he was still too far away His need for an escape, for so hi, need to save this woers traced the clip in the center of her bra and unsnapped it, closer to having her completely bared to hi, and screa his nah, full brsts with his hands She arched into him, and moaned when his mouth closed down on the rosy peek of one nipple He took his ti her, rather than ravishing her, slowly kissing his way doard, until he peeled her panties down her hips