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Did Mari want to kiss Bowen MacRieve so badly that she was enthralling hied his hips between her legs, she suspected she ht She sed "I take it you plan to find out what it'd be like?"

The battle raging inside him was clear on his face "Stop this, Mariketa" The way he rumbled her name with his accent made her melt He removed his hands froers curled until his dark claws dug into the stone "Can you no' ken why I'ain and wish to be true"

He wanted his o back in tily, Mari resented the woendered such loyalty in this warrior for soanything to you," Mari whispered, but the way she was reacting to his scent, his hs belied the words

There was an aura about hi it difficult to think It wasn't mere male heat and sensuality It was raw sexuality, ani for it

Ah, gods, she did want hi that she was and willed him to do so Want me as fiercely as I want you desire me as you've never desired another

He cupped the back of her neck, staring down at her As she gazed up in fascination, the amber of his eyes turned to ice blue He see in her, and when he clearly didn't find it, his hand on her began to shake "Damn you, witch, I doona want another"

She suddenly kneo things: He was about to kiss her so fiercely she would never be the saain

And he would hate himself for it afterward and despise her forever

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The witch seethed with power Spells and icks swirled about her Bowe could sense the hi hiet distracted from his aim! He wouldn't So much was at stake with this competition His past, his future He knew this - knehat he was fighting for - so why couldn't he drag his eyes away froazed up at him, her features seemed to shift Her irises briefly flickered froray She licked her lips, and right before hi red His shaft throbbed harder, straining against his pants

Yes, he had to taste her To walk aithout knohat those glistening lips pro the body she'd concealed beneath her cloak She was lush, surprisingly curvy with high, pluazed upon her crawling in front of hi as a siren's call to him He'd have followed her forin anticipation

Then to be wedged against her in that position? Hell, he'd just stopped hiainst her -