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Her heart thundered and her cunt clenched “I knoant to feel you inside me”
The kiss he gave her was nothing short of sizzling Then he shut off the water and said, “Take your bath You knohere to find me”
He stepped out of the shower, and when she followed, he handed her a thick, white towel She wrapped it around her body while he turned the faucets back on to fill the tub
She watched hi on her lips Nothing felt quite so e come
Trying to contain her exciteh the velvet drawstring bag so with a robe and slippers Inside the bag, she was delighted to find hu a razor, somewhat crudely fashioned like the ones she’d pick up at the pharmacy from time to time
Then she scanned the labels on the ses of the tub, finally settling on bath salts that smelled like jasmine She poured theh She overdid it and ended up with a mountain of suds, but as Jade slipped into the bath, she found the silky foam that coated her skin luxurious and sensual
Resting her head against a plush, folded towel, she closed her eyes and took several deep breaths The relaxation that oozed through her body was a new sensation The tension she’d carried with her since her childhood eased considerably
Despite being in a castle full of demons—most of whom, she ventured, likely did not share the same compassion toward human life as Darien did—she felt safe under the protection of the king And while she knew her friends in the village would be worried about her disappearance, the slayers would have reassured thean
For once, she allowed herself that sense of security she’d never been able to latch on to, given her dangerous life In particular, she didn’t wrestle the age-old quandary of what her purpose in the village was hts fall by the wayside and, instead, wiped her hands over the towel she leaned against to rid the bubbles from her skin and reached for the book Darien had selected for her
Darien had settled on the large sofa before the fireplace in his bedrooht hiions across the continent As the flaht the sudden hint of jas breath caressed the shell of his ear as she leaned over of the back of the couch
“Do you have a dictionary in your personal library?”
“Of course” He grinned, though she couldn’t see it from behind him “Desperate to knohat ‘obsequious veneration’ and ‘pedantic nature’ mean?”
“I’ve given up on those,” she said in her sultry voice “I don’t knohat a fortnight is and, apparently, Lizzy is to attend a ball in that time period”
“Teeks”
“Oh Well, then Why didn’t she just say so?”