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"I just don’t know"

Abby gave a humorless chuckle "Well, we’ve nicely determined that we’re not Nancy Drew and Hercule Poirot"

"No" She felt hiainst her temple "I’m not much of a chalare at his ridiculous words "Don’t say that If it wasn’t for you, I would be dead by now"

His lips twisted at her fierce defense "Instead you’re hiding in a cave, no closer to being rid of the Phoenix than when you started"

He shifted, his ainst his hard body Her heart skipped, kicked, and lodged somewhere near her throat

Don’t think about it, Abby, she sternly told herself Don’t think about those slender, skillful fingers ski at sensitive places Or your legs wrapped about his waist as he…

Oh hell

Shewith the awareness that she was tired of battling

"I thought you pro with you woulde in the atmosphere The silver eyes darkened to saze to sloander over her face

"Abby?" he whispered

Not giving herself time to consider her rash behavior, Abby reached up to thrust her hands into his glorious hair Her heart was already racing and her breath impossible to capture

"I don’t want to think about demons or witches or all the other horrid creatures that are trying to Milher easily to straddle his legs so they were face-to-face

"What do you want?" he rasped, his fingers trailing up the length of her spine

’You" She kissed hi within her "I want you"

Chapter 10

She heard his soft groan as his hands shifted to cup her hips, co cock

"Abby?"

She arched forward, her body already on fire Hell, at the es were as primitive as any Neanderthal

She want She take

"What?" sheback her head as his lips nibbled their way down her throat

"You know you are not thinking clearly?"

"I don’t care"

His tongue ran a searing path along the line of her collarbone

"I just don’t want you to come to your senses and discover so me with," he husked

In response, she leaned back so that she could pull her shirt over her head She tossed it aside and quickly followed it with her plain cotton bra

"I’ve already accepted that I’ve gone coonized groan echoed through the shadowed cave, his eyes flashing silver fire as his hands moved to tenderly cup her breasts

"Good madness, I hope," he muttered, clearly distracted as his thumbs brushed over her nipples

She shivered with excite over the tip of her breast

"And betterpleasure raced through her

"Oh… God, yes"

"Bloody hell" Still torue, Dante expertly attacked the fastening to her jeans and, with Abby’s full cooperation, swiftly had her naked and back in his lap Pulling her close, he kissed her with a desperate hunger "I’ve drea, lover I need to know this isn’t just another fantasy"

"I’ave a soft chuckle, his hands trailing down her back and over her hips "That’s a matter of opinion"

"Dante," she whispered