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His hand grabbed her forearm to spin her back “How many times has he held you in his arms?” he demanded

“He hasn’t,” Lorna denied

His other hand brushed her cheek the way Bull’s had “I suppose that was the first time he touched you, too,” he mocked

“It was, but I’ to try to convince you of that,” she declared, and jerked away from the derisive caress of her face

“How one?” He twisted her arm to pull her closer while his cold eyes narrowed on her

“That question doesn’t deserve an answer,” she spat, and turned her aro of o to bed”

His fingers closed on the straight neckline of her thin chemise With a doard stroke of his hand, he ripped it off as Lorna breathed in sharply froled frantically when he scooped her naked body into his ar at hi frorip of his ar as he dropped her onto the bed

“Isn’t that what you wanted?” he growled

For a stunnedup at the labored movement of his chest, unable to believe he hadn’t intended to rape her again It was that kind of violence she saw in his face Just when she was about to accept she rong, he lowered hiht to pin her to the , Lorna tried to throw hi at him with her nails

He caught her hands and forced therip of one hand Helpless now, Lorna turned her face froht went out of her as she began breathing in silent sobs and tried to shut her mind to the violation of her body

Yet the hand stroking her was not cruel and the hardthe hollow of her collarbone was not brutal He held the weight of her breast in his pal its firm sarm kisses She trembled with uncertain desire when he took the nipple into his ue around it until it hardened to an erect nub His teeth nibbled at it, sensuously tugging at it

Her breath started coht behis head, he watched his hand explore where his lips had been His weight shifted partially off her

“Has he touched you like that, Lorna?” Benteen murmured

“No,” she moaned

Her wrists twisted under his pinning hold, but he wouldn’t release thee and across the flatness of her stoling with the sensation his tongue created He ran his hand over her naked flank, gliding to her knee and curving behind it to raise it When his fingers began h, the small sound that ca desire