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As she began unlacing her dress, he sed audibly She could see his shaft thickening in his slacks "You're getting hard But then, you don't need me for that anymore"

He drew closer to her "Maybe I want you for it I'ht about that before you treated ave a sharp nod

"But perhaps there's a way you can make it up to me"

"Let's hear it"

She tilted her head "Murdoch, do you spook easily?"

"I haven't been known to " He trailed off when she turned to the door, heading outside into the night, stripping as she went

CHAPTER 22

All thoughts of I lead and women follow vanished when he tripped outside after her

As her delighted laughter sounded in the distance, he realized he couldn't remember the last tiun re her skimpy dress exhilaration had spiked in him, not to mention arousal

He was so very rarely surprised by women Now he had no idea what she'd do next

Soon he caave a low groan Will she strip co hotter, even as the temperature dropped

A dozen feet farther on, he saw her discarded dress He scooped it up, bringing it to his face to inhale her cool scent His heart -which had begun beating for her alone - was thundering

When he reached her, she was lying back in a snowdrift, stretching with her ar more than a wisp of black silk panties Her perfect brsts were uncovered, her niles so stiff they looked like they ached

His fingers went lihed anew at his reaction Not surprisingly, she had a h

His jaw clenched Where's , I'd follow her anywhere "No co stripped in front of me?"

"Never Besides, you've seen every inch of ers through it, bringing handfuls up to her lips to kiss

He turned away from her, disconcerted by how hter see twist in his chest Deterained soainst a frost-coated tree trunk

"You're angry withon her knees toward him

Don't look at her His hands were fists by his sides "Not angry" Bloody confused, exasperated "No, I' inches before hi to you?"

Here in the cold, her appearance had begun to change She was transforhter in color, so blond it was al strea out froh whipped in the wind

Her lashes were tipped with ice crystals, and more crystals formed semicircles around her eyes Her lips were pale, bluish even, and were parted, but no s as well

Delicate cobalt blue tracings swirled around her wrists in wispy patterns Her eyes were bright beneath the aurora, a fiery blue e

Everything about this n But it didn't I've dreamed of this Would she think him mad if he told her he'd seen her like this in a vision?