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After that…

She had a vagueover Darcy and the vampires in the upper chambers They had swiftly bundled Harley and Salvatore in a Hu

She had no recollection of arriving at thetucked in bed

And shestripped naked

The last of the fog was seared away as Harley beca next to her With a jerk, she rolled to the side, not at all surprised to discover Salvatore

Even without the heat brushing over her bare skin, she would have known he was near The essence of him was branded deep inside her

Unnerved by the sensation, Harley allowed her gaze to drift over the finely chiseled face, a fa as she took in the thin aquiline nose and full sensuous lips With his raven hair spilled across the pillow and richly bronzed skin glowing in late afternoon sunlight, he e power that hummed just below his sophistication

Intent on her survey, it took Harley abeneath his lowered lashes

Her heart did an alar to scramble out of the bed

As quick as she was, however, Salvatore was quicker

Wrapping his arainst his equally naked body, a wicked sio, cara"

She sucked in a sharp breath as an urgent desire charged through her Her braineternally bonded to Salvatore, but her body didn’t give a crap

He was near He was naked

He was freaking gorgeous

Enough said

Doing her best to ignore the treacherous exciteainst his chest

"What are you doing inbrow "How do you know this isn’t ether?"

His hands slid down to her lower back, pressing her close enough to feel his stirring erection

"Where else would your led to put a bit of space, and hopefully a measure of sanity, between the, but you keep squir bolts of pleasure through her body "Not that I find it entirely unpleasant"

"Salvatore"

He nuzzled a path of kisses along the line of her jaw "Yes, cara?"

She desperately tried to hold onto her train of thought Not easy when her body wasis siht?"

He chuckled, his hands running a path fro siical and far too often inconvenient as hell"

She forgot how to breathe as his thu peaks

"I’ll second the inconvenient-as-hell part," shehis head to tug one nipple between his lips

The groan of bliss escaped before she could s it "I’"

"How can you be listening when you’re groping ently used his teeth to send shock waves of pleasure through her breast to the pit of her stomach

"I told you I canIn fact, if he ht" and seeing fireworks

With a sudden shove, Harley rolled Salvatore onto his back, straddling his waist as she gris straight

She ht have become his mate

But that didn’t make her his "little wo at his aloith a tangible heat, his hands skier attention" He shifted his hips until his erection pressed against her backside "Painfully eager"

Harley clenched her jaw Holy crap He wasn’t the only one eager

"We need to discuss our…" She struggled for the right word

"Mating?"