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“And how could I want to? You take me by surprise and hold me in this … just what is this … and …”

“And I mean to make you mine, if not now—soon,” he said simply

“Could we stand on solid ground while you hed out loud

“Oh, but you amuse me as well as work my lust,” he said on a low note

She eyed him and mentally slapped herself This seducer was handsoentle, but she knew different She knehat he was, she reminded herself, and yet … she felt a hed, he teased, he … and here was the crux of it, her ness to always see the good in soet her into deep shit

“Well … ? Will you set ed

“I cannot We are in a dimension I call the ‘in-between, where time stands still”

“How … ?” she started to ask, shocked to her core Ti only the queen could accomplish, and even the queen had been unable to accomplish it in recent years

“Ah, IMy powers are quite unliic I have perfected over the centuries” He stroked her face “One day I will rule the earth with u and my brothers You will sit beside me, as I have chosen you, but for now, I need a place from which to work my … plans, and this simple but perfect dimension suits me”

“But—”

“Be quiet, Seelie Princess,” he adue “You e a bloody war on humans I will enslave them, yes, but with mental persuasion They will be easily controlled when the time comes It is the Seelie Fae that must be conquered—and I shall start with you” Suddenly his tone, which had becorim and displayed some of his ruthlessness, softened once more “Indeed, beautiful Princess … I shall start with you …”

She struggled as he bent oncetrail of kisses across her neck, to her ear, and back to the hollow of her neck Then he startled her further by pulling at her tank top

She pushed at hiainst ed to herself that his kisses, his touch, and his aura had an effect on her Curiosity flooded her veins, he damn well knew it, and she was shocked by it—by her reaction to him

He chuckled and touched her chin “You are but a child, untried … I shall enjoy introducing you to pleasure”

“You think you can conquer the Seelie Fae?” she said, changing the subject “But you have set yourself an impossible feat” She watched him for a reaction to her words Had she drawn on his temper—would he lose control?