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She watched drops streaht hypnotic Yes, I'm still in shock "Are you finished?" she demanded of the Morior monster

"Why were you so dirty?" Tending to her like this seeaze roa on each of her features

The way he looked at hermaybe she was his mate Maybe that part was true "Because your lackeys made me bust my ass in the mud"

"You speak like a hudom?"

Did he think the thedom? What had those Sorceri told hi about myself?"

As she spoke the cloth descended to her neck, then lower, his heavy-lidded eyes following the path

She jerked away "You've got to be kidding! Are you going to try to rape me now?" A male of his size would kill her

"Hardly" He dragged his gaze back to hers, his anger rising once et--I am not the villain here"

"But I aed past-life crimes? Do you hear how screwed-up that sounds?" She met his onyx eyes "Understand ht be persuaded to leave this pathetic excuse for a castle standing If not, I'll bring it down around your ears"

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Why was she not afraid of Sian? In his new fors No one had ever naysaid him

And he'd been fully dehtened froer

Even the powerful Melanthe had flinched at his appearance Sian's ed in this life? You must be" Then hoould he control her? She'd already refused an order, calling his bluff on his promise to kill her

And he would never thrash a feut had clenched just to see her struggling in the water, even though an immortal couldn't drown to death

"I'ed I'ht be coarse, but her imperious tone still sounded like a princess's With her chin raised, she looked like one too

Her outrage sat ill with him There was a possibility--however ht be using her as an unwitting pawn

No matter He'd still punish Kari for the past

He grabbed her arain They arrived back in the tower, dripping water He released his grip on her--only to catch her when her legs buckled

"Da me, demon!"

He stepped away, letting her drop to her knees He shook his hair out and sluiced water from his skin

She stayed down, pressing the back of her hand against her hs

At the sight of his ht but tiny scraps of pink silk, he shuffled his feet apart to keep hi

Though Kari had teased hi him a sliver of hope that she would be his, she'd never offered hilimpse of her body

His eyes drank her in, blood pooling in his groin She was a touch sli

Her brae to knead her nigh overwhelaze down her torso, then lower

Gods al hi hints of what her sex would look like His horns straightened as he iasm at last

He took a step back to see her from behind Her panties had ridden up to reveal the taut cleft of her ass He barely stifled a growl

"Enjoying the view of my ass, demon?" She scrambled to stand

He had to clear his throat before he could speak "It's adequate"

"Then you'll have no trouble tearing your gaze away"

He faced her, daring her to say so about his swollen shaft, but she refused to look at him "When were you born, feo, he would've still possessed his old looks, would've been a physical match for such a beauty

She didn't see hiainst a wall, only to screalanced wildly behind her She'd brushed against one of the fire vines The contact had left a burn on her skin, as if it'd been a flame

"Those are fire vines They cover the exterior of the tower as well, in case you're stupid enough to atte down"

Her fists balled, as if she illing back her tears

"I'm told the pain is intense, even for an iht"

Misery radiated off her Despite his hatred, he still struggled against his primal need to care for his mate

So he recalled some of the last words Kari had ever spoken to him As blood had streamed down his face, she'd said, "You almost look like a person now"

Rage seethed Punish her His gaze darted Perhaps she'd retained phobias from her previous life "Do you still have a deathly fear of spiders?" Her shudder told him yes

Ah, a tool to use against her He waved a hand, conjuring a spinning wheel and a chair "Harvest all the cobwebs in this tower and spin them into thread before dawn"

She glanced fro? I don't kno to spin"

Usingfrom a doorway As if an invisible person an to move, the wheel to turn Bits of the thick web attached to a starter length of thread "Finish all of the webs before sunrise, or their inhabitants will return to wrap you in silk Blood-e--and poisonous"

Her face paled even ain

"If you want to ions, all you have to do is ask" Before he traced away, he said, "Take care not to prick your finger on the spindle"