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She continued tointently and silently until she saw some of the tension leave his body She put the pot down and went off to wash the cream from her hands but when she returned to the divan, she stared at his torso with a feeling of disbelief

‘Good grief,’ she said faintly ‘Just look at that’

Erin had spent years working for Dienuine astonishaze And no wonder—for the bruises had reduced draolden skin had faded several shades lighter

His eyes narrowed ‘What the hell happened? Did you wave a ?’

She could see the flicker of a pulse at his terew dry ‘It ed

His gaze mocked her ‘Is that what it was?’

Erin stood there, knowing she ought to get the hell out of there while she still could, but so her rooted there—as if her feet had been superglued to the spot Her heart began to pound Was it thehis half-naked body after all this time, or just the memory of how it had felt when he was deep inside her? She shook her head slightly, trying to erase the i to budge She sed ‘Perhaps you need to rest now’

‘Perhaps I do’

He stretched out on the divan, his body outlined against the rich velvet and brocade cushions, but she noticed that his eyes were only half closed She could see the icy glint of blue fro her Watching her Waiting to see what she would do next She knew she ought to turn and walk away fro she knew above everything else was that she wanted to kiss him To lose herself in his ar to happen She sed There was a whole stack of reasons why intied But she was still standing there, wasn’t she? Standing there feeling conflicted while she dug her fingernails into the paled for what she knew she shouldn’t have

‘Can I get you anything else?’ she questioned stiffly

He gave a sloatchful smile ‘Like what?’

The tension shi between thele word oraway He was a contradiction, she realised He was stubborn and proud and angry with her for keeping Leo hidden from him, but he still wanted her She could read it in the smoky smoulder of his blue eyes and the tension in his body He wanted her, but he wasn’t going to act on it Instinct told her the next step was all down to her That the ball was in her court She had turned hiht and his pride would not allow hioing to have to reach out to him Still she hesitated, because wasn’t this yet another way of Di his power over her?

‘I think you’ve had enough rehydration and fire-berry potion for the tih the words felt as if they le her

But then he s inside her snapped, like a piece of elastic which had been stretched too far, and suddenly she was doing what she’d only drea over hi her lips over his—like a role reversal of the prince trying to waken the sleeping princess with his kiss

Only, Dimitri ake Wide awake The saze lasted only a second before he hooked his hand behind her neck and brought her face back down to his

She stared into his blue eyes ‘II shouldn’t have done that’

‘Yes, you should,’ he growled ‘And now you’re going to do it all over again’

He smelt of horse and dust and desire, underpinned with the faint scent of fire berries, and Erin trembled as he pulled her close and kissed her She worried about her weight pushing against his battered body, but he didn’t see except deepening the kiss so that she quickly beca, but she drew her head back when she heard him moan

‘A you?’ she whispered

‘No’ Grabbing her ponytail as if it was a rope, he tipped her head back so that she was caught in the spotlight of his eyes ‘But I aested I avoid any strenuous leamed ‘And since I am in no position to undress you or to master you—I think you will have to play the dominatrix this time’