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He re yours, you’re wrong At least, not for some time, as a rule”

“Not last night?”

“That would be the exception”

Jade’s heart beat faster “I had a dreae in my head was true to form”

“I did that,” he adh his dark features hardened, as if he was torether “I can influence the visions in a huular basis I don’t read your thoughts in particular because they’re…extremely painful”

He shifted away from her

Jade stared at his broad shoulders and wide back Last night, he’d given her a sensational idea of what it was like to be naked with him, and her body burned with the reminder

But she was balancing on the tip of a sith both theory and reality taunting her The fact that he wouldn’t tap her brain because of the grisly memories of the lethal attack on her parents and a breakup that had also alutted her was a relief, yet he’d still crossed a hu her dream

Worse…

“You kneas thinking of Michael and you insinuated yourself into my subconscious so I wouldn’t fantasize about him” Another revelation hit her “It was you outside the tavern When he was about to kiss me”

Once again, the king’s muscles visibly stiffened beneath the black sweater he wore Jade couldn’t deny that she pushed him to the brink of insanity as much as he did her

As he slowly pivoted toward her, the cords of his neck pulled taut and he said, “Michael Hadley hurt you once before I won’t let it happen again”

Jade took a step back as uncertainty skittered through her “How do you know so much about me if you’re not in my head, as you claim? And what does my relationship with Michael have to do with any of this? We’re losing sight of our purpose None of thispicture suddenlyme”

“Yes,” he finally conceded “In various capacities”

“How many can there be?” she demanded, incredulous