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CHAPTER ONE

‘DO YOU REALLY have to shave it off?’ A tone into her plea

Helios met her eye in the reflection of the bathroorow back’

She pouted Carefully The clayit hard for her toit Another ten minutes and she would be able to rinse it off ‘But you’re so sexy with a beard’

‘Are you saying I’m not sexy without it?’

Shesound ‘You’re always sexy’

Too sexy for his own good Even without a beard Even his voice was sexy: a rich, low-pitched tone that sang to her ears, with the Agon accent which made it dance

I, with dark olive colouring and ebony hair, currently tousled after a snatched hour in bed with her, Helios had a piratical appearance The dangerous look was exaggerated by the slight curve of his strong nose and the faint scar running over its bridge: the ers Utterly without vanity, Helios wore the scar with pride He was the sexiest man she’d ever met

Soon the hair would be tamed and as smooth as his face would be, yet his innate ed body would be hidden by a forth and vitality would per from his liquid dark brown eyes would still offer sin

He would turn into Prince Helios Kalliakis, heir to the throne of Agon But he would still be a flesh and blood man

He lifted the cut-throat blade ‘Are you sure you don’t want to do it?’

Aine if I were to cut you? I would be arrested for treason’

He grinned, then gave the mirror a quick wipe to clear away the condensation produced from the steam of her bath

S until her foot reached the taps, and used her toes to pour a little more hot water in