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"Tell me you want this," Julian breathed into her lips "Tellyou to bursting,until you shatter in my arms Tell me, Aurora"

"I have," she whispered, her head swies they invoke

d "Constantly"

"Then let's throw ourselves into the fire—douse it, reignite it We have hours Let me make you my wife Here Now Then let ain,me to stop"

Aurora's palms slid up his coat to his shoulders "Somehow I doubt that will happen"

"Good Then we'll make love until we die" Julian's ar but insistent "Say yes"

She could barely speak "Yes"

Hiswith an unrelenting possessiveness that said there would be no turning back, no stopping until their passion was spent

Aurora never wanted to stop

With a soft cry of pleasure, she twined her ar herself in the kiss, tilting back her head and parting her lips to his seeking tongue

A hard shudder wracked Julian's body, and he took what she offered, dragging her onto his lap as hisher in a kiss of absolute, utter possession He raised her arainst hi in tight, harsh rasps

Aurora was lost The power of Julian's body, the fervor of his touch, the unyielding pressure of his lips as they claimed hers—the sensations were alh her, rendering her breasts heavy and herwith reaction, she pressed closer, her fingers gliding through the longer hair at his nape, sliding beneath the cool strip of his cravat

Julian's entire body went taut

Abruptly he responded, his hand shifting to unfasten her gown, to find the sry caresses The gown slid down baring her shoulders, the upper slope of her breasts He tore his aze a topaz inferno as he stared down at her Then he lowered his head, burning a series of hot open mouthed kisses across her newly bared skin

Desire coiled tight in Aurora's abdoh her loins She shifted restlessly on Julian's lap, cradling his head in her hands as she silently begged him to continue