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"Well," he persisted

But she couldn’t answer him She couldn’t speak If she did, she truly feared what the hell would come out of her mouth Instead, she stared into those dark black eyes of his and wondered if his sould taste salty on her tongue

He allowed ainst her hips, and she bit the inside of herout loud "Answer me, Annwyl"

She sed, hard, and forced herself under some kind of control Dahest rebellions in known history and still she let soht completely confuse her

"Get your ass off meplease"

He stared at her stunned, then threw his head back and laughed He ju her up with hilad I can be so entertaining" She quickly picked up her shirt by the strea to hide the hard points of her niles The bindings were not helping with that "I think rows late I o"

He took hold of her wrist "Are you sure?"

"I said so, didn’t I?"

"That’s not what I asked you"

"I don’t have time for this" She hated how desperate she sounded at theout for him to explore every bit of her flesh

"Don’t leave" His voice low Enticing

"One of us needs to go"

He sth of hi in the expanse of his wide shoulders, theunder his chainmail "Trust me on this"

He moved in closer to her He still held onto her ar up her arhtened Her niles became painfully hard Her breath quickened She wanted thisbefore in her life And he knew it She could tell by the way he looked at her The way hehers

"You really need to go"

He lowered his head, his eyes on her lips "Really? Are you sure?"

She watched as his mouth lowered to irl for it In the beginning, he had no intention of doing anythingup at hi out to be taken, really, as a poor dragon to do?

Kiss her, of course At least that was the plan as he brought his head down to taste her, but he felt a sharp slap as a hand covered his face