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Giaco in hauteur “As the book explains—”

Heat washed her cheeks “Oh”

“Oh?”

“Well, I didn’t actually read the book”

They both glanced at the floor beneath his booted feet The book was gone

His eyes widened slightly, hisance his natural beauty was clearly visible, reawakening the heat deep within Sam that her earlier touches had only placated, not satisfied

He studied her as intently as she studied hi ritual You intoned your request for a master and repeated it exactly so there could be no mistake Then you anointed the cover of the book with the fluids of your arousal How could you have done that without reading the instructions?”

“I didn’t”

He shrugged, his broad shoulders rippling and his bare chest flexing “Yet I am here”

The sight of those sculpted chest muscles momentarily distracted her She hadn’t realized it was hunificenta bodybuilder’s overdeveloped physique Then again, odds were pretty good that her uest was not exactly human

Years of reading fantasy novels allowed her to face this possibility without falling into a gibbering terror Yet she also knew that s, no et rid of him Fast

Clearly she couldn’t overpower hiet her nowhere Her only choice appeared to be negotiating with hiuidance in this unfao smoothly or have the consequences she expected But she had to try Starting with his claim that she’d summoned him

Sa before his arrival She hadn’t said anything on purpose, certainly hadn’t intoned anything But had she called out in the heat of passion?

“Please,” she whispered “I said, ‘Please’ That was enough to summon y

ou?”