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Alexia s I simply told Mr Siemons my preternatural powers took an hour to activate"

"And they threw you into this cell with me anyway?" Lord Maccon was not pleased in the least by this bit of information

"Did I not just say that I preferred your methods? Now you knohy" Alexia twitched unco a cramp in one of her shoulders Lord Maccon’s torso was rather too large to have one’s arms wrapped around for an extended period of ti on a hard wooden floor Not that she was about to complain, mind you

Her evident discomfort made the earl ask, in all seriousness, "I did not hurt you, did I?"

Miss Tarabotti cocked her head to one side and raised an eyebrow at him "I mean, when I attacked you just now, in wolf for the full ly instinctual," he adly "I think you realized, almost despite yourself, that it was ruffly "It sparked off a whole different set of instincts I do re very confused, but not much else"

"What kind of different instincts?" Miss Tarabotti asked archly She knew she was treading dangerous ground, but for so him She wanted to hear him say it She wondered at what time she had becoet so from one’s mother’s side of the faan to nibble her neck holly concentrated interest

Miss Tarabotti’s innards turned toward a feel of e to nibble back, she pinched hiain, harder this tilared at her It was a funny thing to see such an expression of wounded dignity on the face of such an enorerous man--even if he was naked

Alexia said practically, "We have no time for such monkeyshines We must determine a way out of this predicament We have to rescue Lord Akeldama, and we absolutely must close this wretched club down Your aenda"

"Is there a way they ht become so, in the not-too-distant future?" Lord Maccon asked ainst her in ahad affected his outsides just as ued by the idea that as he was naked, she et to see what he looked like She had seen sketches of the nude iven to wonder if olves were anato Lord Maccon, so such supernatural traits ought rightly to be canceled out, but in the interest of scientific curiosity, she shifted her lower body away from him a handbreadth and peeked doard She was thwarted by theher movement as withdrawal rather than curiosity, the earl pulled her back against hi to shift multiple skirts and petticoats out of his way

Miss Tarabotti sighed in long-suffering style

He returned to nibbling and then nipping and kissing softly up and down the entire coluorating frissons of sensation up and down her sides, over her ribs, and toward her nether regions It was alh her skin itched from underneath

Also, due to his unclothed state Alexia was learning ever more about the veracity of some of those sketches Still, her father’s books had not entirely done the situation justice Lord Maccon slid one hand up into her hair

So ht Alexia as he loosed it froed at the black tresses, pulling her head back so as to more fully expose her neck to his lips and teeth

Miss Tarabotti decided that there was so fully dressed with a large naked ainst her from breast to foot

Since she had not been able to see for herself exactly what the earl’s frontal area looked like, Alexia decided to try the next best thing and began to work her hand around to touch She was not entirely sure this was the kind of action a young lady undertook in such situations, but then again, et themselves into them to start with In for a penny, in for a pound, she decided Miss Tarabotti alas one to seize the moment So she seized

Lord Maccon, and the certain portion of his anatorasp, jerked violently

Miss Tarabotti let go "Oops," she said "Should I not have?" She trailed off, humiliated

He hastened to reassure her "Oh no, you most certainly should It was siainst her receptively

E else, purely scientifically, mind you, Alexia continued her explorations, a little more tenderly this time His skin in that area was very soft, and there was hair nested at the base He produced the most delicious noises under her tentative touch She beca istics of any further proceedings

"Um, Lord Maccon?" she said finally in a cautious whisper

The earl laughed "No choice at this point, Alexia; you simply must call me Conall"

She sed He could feel thea tad carried away given the circumstances?"

The earl pulled her head back so he could look her directly in the eyes "What are you blathering on about now, you ilazed with passion, and he was breathing hard Alexia was shocked to discover her own breathing was far from relaxed