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He mattered to her

Maybe more than her own freedom

CHAPTER TEN

WITHher still pressed to hi her away from the pool and into his room

As he walked, he kissed the side of her neck, just beneath her earlobe, and then worked his way down all the way to her collarbone Hot forks of sensation raced through her and she couldn’t suppress the shivers of pleasure

She knehere he was going, seeing his great bed with the silk coverlet from the corner of her eye “Is this wise?” she whispered, forced to cling to his weak as he kissed the rise of her collarbone and then the small hollow at her throat

“Yes,” heto make you mine”

His deep rough voice huh her Her head spun, dizzy fro and yet she couldn’t slow her pulse, her heart beating too hard and fast Tally felt ith desire and excitement Hoas it possible to feel so much? She was exquisitely aware of his hands, his mouth, his warmth and frantically sucked in air as he cupped her breasts, letting the weight of them fill his hands

There was so in his touch She recognized him at a level that couldn’t be explained But she knew him in some deep primal part of her, knew hi around his neck, her skin alive, body rippling, she was his His

Tally pressed closer, i his shirt to kiss the warm spice-scented skin that stretched across his chest, the warrant skin just above the scars She’d never been bold with men but Tair made her brave, Tair made her want to seize all the life she could andhis shirt wider, she touched her lips to the scarsthis is where she wanted him to want her, carry her, here in his heart

His horrible awful barbarian heart

The heart she wanted