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Elizabeth forgot her sanity He lifted her foot, propping it on his thigh and unlacing the cheap sneaker carefully His long hair feathered forward, the roughened, da her upper knee as he re the skin over her other knee as he removed it as well Her whole body flushed

Had ato just touch him, to just stroke his flesh and revel in the feel of it?

As the last shoe fell to the floor, his hands—as, his head rising, his eyeshers as he undressed her The heat she saw there took her breath It hter, appear alh cheekbones flushed, his lips beco heavy with sensuality

“Shouldn’t need stitches,” he whispered hoarsely as he checked the line of raw flesh “You were lucky, baby” The endearina and into her womb

He opened the first aid kit and took several iteh she had no idea what they were

“This will hurt,” he whispered and she saw his eyes blaze in fury at the thought “I need to disinfect it, then cover it so you can shower”

She was entranced by his face, his expression It was savage, so filled with hunger it took her breath and al

“I cleaned it At the diner,” she said nervously, tucking her hair behind her ear before gripping the edge of the counter desperately “It’s not too bad It stopped bleeding”

He shifted in his chair, his broad, calloused hands probing at the wound as she grit her teeth at the feel of his fingers against her skin They were so warentle

“I killed that bastard for this alone,” he whispered shockingly, causing her heart to race in her chest “And I would do it again, Elizabeth” He raised his gaze, watching her closely “It wouldn’t matter who it was I’ll kill theain”

He glanced back down at her leg beforeof the soft fleece of his pants She really did But he was huge He ignored his own arousal, though Ree square of gauze before turning back to her

His eyes were filled with pain “I hate seeing you hurt, Elizabeth,” he whispered “I can’t bear it”

She would have

reassured him Would have told him how she had doused it herself with alcohol in the diner if he hadn’t shocked her past speech

His lips covered hers as he laid the gauze on her leg Fiery pain shot through her flesh as his lips sed her cry, then replaced it with such a sensation she wanted to whimper in return He licked her lips He didn’t steal her kiss He didn’t take it He cajoled it froently at the seam, licked at her heatedly until she opened her lips and allowed him entrance