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“Oh, God,” she whispered, and she slaainst the cool wood and took a long, ragged breath

How dare this hten her to death?

Lock your door What was she supposed to be? His slave? And for what? Did he honestly think he’d needed to tell her to safeguard herself against him after that take-no-prisoners kiss?

A erous

And a woman who responded to such a kiss was in deep trouble

Sienna sed dryly

No She had not responded She was—she was in pieces, ee of her but it would not happen again

Really? How many times can you kiss hi, that you’re not actually responding?

The whisper inside her was sly And brutally honest

Okay What she had to do was get control of things Calood See? It orking Her heart was slowing Only a thousand beats per h

Laughing was good, even if it was shaky It

If only the storhts would colow The only thing wrong with that was that it cast such a brilliant glow that it made the darkness pooled beyond it all thebeyond the bed The ere blank and black

Not good

Resolutely, she crossed the rooht table, hurried to the s and shut the vertical blinds

Much better

There was so…but not as disturbing as Jesse Blackwolf He was the proverbial enigma wrapped in a paradox, a beautiful, sleek, powerful ht she’d trespassed on his property, that she’d co her down that ht her here, taken care of her, fed her…

And kissed her

He could have done more