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He had walked away froo, and he had coe hunger on her and she had taken it eagerly Not just physically, but emotionally

So inside her had eased, while another part of her tensed He chose her, for now She was terrified the other shoe would drop later

God, this hy she didn’t involve herself in relationships She had been terrified of caring to this depth about anyone Scared of loving to the point that she didn’t knoalk away And that was how she loved Mercury When she did walk away froo any further than the bed they shared

His touch fed a part of her soul that had always been closed off from others

But her body was ready to be fed now It was hungry for the taste of Mercury For the feel of him His possession and his kiss

She ainst her stoainst hi them

He ake, so why didn’t he just take her? He could s her scent last night, pulling it into his nostrils and growling with pleasure

So as he waiting? Her fingers curled against hi hi him

“If you want it, then you’ll have to take it yourself, rowl in his voice assured her he wasn’t asleep Assured her he was still as volatile, still as wild as he had been the night before

She struggled to open her eyes, feeling her heart pounding in her chest as he stared down at her with those arctic blue eyes Eyes that sank inside her and re to Sanctuary

“Your eyes changed colors,” she whispered, reht before The color was even more vivid now

“My eyes were blue until they tried to destroy what I was,” he inforh the blue “It’s not h”

The tone of his voice was just on the edge of pissing her off The storht before, had passed Thinking was still a delicate process, but she was getting there Her e inside her, pushing her, straining to break free of her control She would have to deal with the in her body

“What do I need to worry about then?” She pulled the sheet over her swollen breasts as his gaze flicked to the covering

“Do you wantwith his own arousal