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So about the way he said it, his voice sh her like war in her that shocked her with its strength

“Well, that’s…that’s too bad since…since you think I’ the seduction She should have known she would be lame at seduction

And it sucked because she really did want hiht now, she wanted hi experience But it seemed…it seemed like she could do it, too

With Ferro there would be no feelings, but there would be no games, either There would be no demands, no force He wouldn’t trust her, he wouldn’t ask her to trust hio back to how things were

“Could you…” She hesitated and then took a breath, plunging on “Could you come out onto the balcony with me?”

“Looking for a repeat performance of our balcony visit in California?”

“If I was?”

“Are there reporters?”

“Probably”

He held his ar hih the roo low in even intervals, casting glowing orbs out onto the lake below

She took a breath and released it, watching as it lingered in the air, her eyes on the stars So many stars More than she’d ever seen before This place was different Wild And she felt different and wild in it

She turned to Ferro and put her hand on his face, searching his expression for clues There was nothing there He was stone Unreadable, unknowable

But she wasn’t going to wait for his cue She was going to give her own And exercise that control thing he seemed to think she had

She put her other hand on the back of his neck, lacing her fingers through his hair And then she closed her eyes, because looking at him didn’t help, he was too handso her lips to his

They arle of her head, touched the seaue

And then heher in tight, crushing her breasts to his chest He held her there, letting her kiss hi it