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“Mercury” Her head tilted back as she cried out his name “Oh God Mercury!”

She tried to keep e hi her apart She was shaking, shuddering, feeling it exploding inside her, and he gave it to her then Took her His hands tightened on her hips as hisher with the thick intrusion of his flesh, until his hoarse shout, then a primal, smothered roar, tore from his throat and his release joined hers

That didn’t mean it was over She collapsed to his chest, barely aware of her nails digging into his forearher, deeper, into a release that stripped her bare and left her begging hi her apart and re remade

It was a long ti her sated body from his and roll to the side of the mattress

Sitting up, she pushed her hair froaze on the floor, and she froze

Those weren’t her sturdy winter boots, in shreds? That wasn’t her gray wool skirt? Her panty hose? Her shoes?

Oh God

She turned and stared at the closet The door was open, the light was on, and she felt herself pale She felt Mercury tense as he lay still beside her, his gaze on her, watching her carefully

She couldn’t look at h

ih someone had taken shears to them Her sturdy shoes and boots, plain socks and panty hose The only thing she didn’t see was the delicate silk-and-lace underwear sets she had brought with her There were no push-up bras torn to shreds No stockings Like the ones she still wore and hadn’t even realized

Shock slowly bled to fury She stared at the mess, the deliberate calculation in each carelessly dropped shred of fabric, and she turned back to him slowly

He atching her with those icy blue eyes that still seereedy flaant Confident

“What the bloody fucking hell have you done here?”

He grinned “Have I mentioned how much I love it when that very proper, very precise accent of yours shows up? It means there’s a party on the way Be careful, Ria, it’s not just coffee that er”

She stared at hiance, pried her