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He took her hand and led her to the bed She reached for the lah voice “I want to see you, Elsa”

He threw his shirt and undershirt aside, kicked off his pants, and took her into his arms

“Tell me what you want,” he murmured, his lips on hers

He was asking for words she didn’t know, answers she didn’t have

“Maybe you want me to kiss you here? Or here?”

“Oh, ain His touch was ic, created a need she could neither control nor deny, made her desperate for more

His hands were all over her, touching her with an intiined The world disappeared, spiraled down to nothing except her desire and her need No one had ever known her like this; he showed her the power of her own body, the beauty of her need She dared with his she’d always dreamed of Relief came in waves; she felt ethereal, bodiless, at one with the air in the roo When she finally ca corporeal again after being nothing but need—she opened her eyes

Jack lay on his side, staring at her

She leaned boldly forward, kissed his lips, his te

“Don’t cry,her close “There’s inning”

My love

“YOU ARE GOING TO wear a groove in the floor,” Natalia said, exhaling smoke

Loreda stopped pacing “It’s been two hours Maybe she is dead”

Ant shot up “You think she’s dead?”

Loreda shook her head Stupid “No, Antsy I don’t”