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"I should be sorry, too I want to be--wel , ht me to you, so…"

He kissed her temple in thanks I wonder how you drew that piece of Hate inside you without kil ing the host I wonder how you took Hate, but not Secrets

"From what you told me, the host of Hate wanted ed his mind You didn’t wantto do with it"

Maybe

"Or maybe I wanted to hurt him, but didn’t want to hurt you"

That o through a purging again

Frowning, she sat up, turned, and straddled his waist "So you plan to deny us both for the rest of our lives?"

Yes Even though the word passed froed to drip with al kinds of irritation He wanted her, da her was nearly i him as she was, her breasts uptilted, her nipples hard, she wasn’tit hard Very, very hard

One of her brows arched, and a calculating gleam entered her eyes She flattened her palms on his pectorals and leaned forward, as if she meant to push off hi me resort to rape, Amun"

Haidee--

In the next instant, she raised her hips and impaled herself on his erection She was already wet, and took him easily

His lips parted on a silentdeep "A girl wil do what a girl has to do to prove to her man that the only way to hurt her is to deny her But then, I guess I’irl I’m borderline demon, so you should have expected this kind of behavior"

You shouldn’t have--you need to--oh, gods… Unable to stop hied the rest of the way inside her, hitting her deep, so deep A hoarse cry left hi around him, and in the back of hisfrom his lips

They didn’t So he forced hi, afraid and hopeful

As her knees squeezed his sides, her sto hiht Never looked asped into her mind I shouldn’t have thrust the rest of the way You have to…move…off me…on me…you just have tohiht She was so wet, so wonderful y cool inside, and she was kil ing hi to round He didn’t have the strength to push her away And he dae her on He wouldn’t hurt her He wouldn’t risk her

Haidee, he said, trying again

"Just hold on, baby," she whispered huskily "This little lady is gonna do al the work"

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

ALL THE WORK…

Holy hel , she real y would kil him

Especial y since there were no more secrets between them Not anymore Amun knew she could now read hi this She had felt his fear, his deterh he had felt her fear, she il ing to risk herself To try this again

But more than he wanted the exquisite pleasure he could find in her body, the utter bliss of feeling her inner wal s cla inside of her, retreating, then sliding back in, he wanted her safe

Secrets, he gritted out Do you knoil happen to her if we…if I…take her again?

His de in

Damn this! Haidee hadn’t moved since her announcement

Shehier man, he would have shoved her off But he wasn’t

He was a warrior who had final y found his woman A warrior anted to possess her, body and soul A warrior who needed to stake his claiht? Just release ed to growl into her ain? Yep He had I wil protect you Even fronoring the other things he’d said

No! Gods, yes

"Wel , what do I have to say to change your mind? I need your fire, A the slant of his erection inside her and roan She braced her hands beside his head, her breastsat him, her wanton mouth poised about his "And I think, ht hesitation revealed sohts and tone hadn’t Uncertainty She was afraid she couldn’t please him sexual y That she was too cold for him, that she would hurt him