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She sed, painfully aware of hiht on his ar hers and yet even without hiainst her skin, could see his fingertips trail slowly down her spine

Oh, it’d be hot

It’d burn her up

Tally felt desire curl in her belly and heat wash through every limb Her body shook and she wondered if Tair could feel it

Balling her hands into fists, she tried to intellectualize what she was feeling, dissect the attraction and rationalize it was fear, adrenaline These things happened Paolo had even said that many men and woerous situations, soes

It’s the danger, she told herself, feeling the tension between her and Tair It’s the stor sand and the intense heat inside the caveextreme I’m not attracted to him Can’t be

“How did you sleep last night?” Tair asked, raising his voice to be heard over the howling sand devil

She stiffened beneath him “Like hell, and you know it”

His mouth curved and with one hand he lazily pushed her thick hair back froht Everyone could hear you My men were most fascinated”

Tally juers, so sensitive that just that fleeting touch lad I could provide them with some entertainment”

His s and his jaas clean, a hard polished bronze, which accented the height of his cheekbone and his strong aristocratic nose “Your future husband will have his hands full with you”

She averted her face, stared at the rough sandstone wall “I’m not interested”

The horse shifted, ainst hers Tally shivered at the press of his hips and chest

“I ae you Clearly it will take a special man—”

“I’ trapped, panicked He was so solid, and yet warm and it confused her The same way her attraction confused her She couldn’t want hi about this was crazy He was a man wedded to the desert while she craved freedom, freedom and adventure