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‘Don’t call roan, it wasn’t quite the pre-emptory statement he’d wanted to make

‘Bunny’ shebreath spreading over his skin like sun-warmed silk ‘Warm Cuddly Bunny’

How the devil did shesound so erotic?

‘Stop it, Sam’

He was filling with unbearable fire, any second noould go up in flames like a paper lantern

‘Should I, Edge? Should I stop?’ She dropped her hands to her sides, brushing theertips

‘Damn it, call me whatever you want, just don’t stop’

She laughed and turned back to hi into the fabric of his shirt as she pulled it upwards

‘Anything you say, my adorable, fluffy bunny’

‘Wake up! Goodness, you sleep like a log’

Edge groaned, trying to cling to the iarden, her scarves floating away one by one as she came closer He reached for her She could at least atone for interrupting such a pro

‘Wake up or I shall have Inky wake you!’

That shattered the marvellous dream

‘Don’t you dare!’

She laughed, bouncing on the side of the bed He opened his eyes and sht now he didn’t mind in the least if she would only bounce a little closer

‘I’m awake Now make it worth my while to remain awake’

‘My uncle sent a note’

He sat up so abruptly he cracked his skull on the headboard

‘Blast What does it say?’

‘It is addressed to you I do not open other people’s correspondence,’ she said priht better of it Trust

‘Read it’

Her bouncing stilled After a moment she broke the seal and read aloud

‘“You are in luck, Lord Edward Athe description of your brother, accoer man, was spotted at the Ship and Kettle in Shoreditch, speaking with a Mr Geoffrey Pettifer two o

“Not a reliable person, Pettifer owns Pettifer’s World of Wonders on Piccadilly, which is apparently a yptian and the Oriental Currently his s—he acquired a shipypt, and the hoi polloi pay a princely sum to witness him unpeel them