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His explanations would have to wait until they got back to the oasis, Drax realised, as the wind died abruptly and suddenly there was complete silence

‘What—?’ Sadie began uncertainly, sensing that the unnatural calerous malevolence about it

‘The eye of the storht make it to the oasis before all hell breaks loose There it is up ahead—see?’

Sadie could The camp had an abandoned, empty air about it; several of the pal crashed down into the oasis itself Drax brought the vehicle to a halt alongside the one re tent—Drax’s tent, Sadie saw

‘Where are the others? Vere?’ Sadie asked, al over his twin’s na

‘Back in Dhurahn by now You drove straight into the path of the stor his seatbelt and turning to unfasten hers Sadie shook her head She wanted to refuse to get out of the Land Rover, but the eerie silence was so with him At least she knew that only he was here

She wouldn’t let hih a deep drift of sand to cross the few feet that separated the vehicle from the entrance to the tent

‘We are lucky that the generator is still working,’ Drax said once they were both inside ‘At least for now’

‘Maybe the storm is over and we don’t need to stay here? Maybe we should try to get back to the city?’ Sadie suggested ‘And e do get there I want my passport back, Drax I won’t stay and be…abused’ She lifted her chin and said fiercely, ‘If you and Vere want to play those sort of perverted games then you will have to find so with shaust

‘Sadie—’ Drax groaned, but he stopped speaking abruptly as suddenly, out of nowhere, the silence was torn apart by an unearthly sound as the wind returned to howl and screa at the fabric of the pavilion as though it were an alien life force

It was impossible to speak above its fury, but Sadie could see fro to die, aren’t we?’ she whispered

Drax must have read her lips, because he shook his head and ether And I would rather die with you, Sadie, than live without you’

What was he saying? He couldn’t possiblytowards her She tried to evade him, but it was too late His arms closed round her and his mouth came down on hers in a fierce, possessive kiss

She shouldn’t be letting this happen But so her own are that theythe e her return his kiss with equal hunger, urging her to take what there was before the darkness came down on them

Outside the wind shrieked, but all Sadie could hear was the frantic thud of her own heartbeat and the voice inside her that said nothing mattered but this need within her Her body ached and yearned for Drax’s touch—and not just his touch, but his possession She could feel her flesh heating, seeking a co at its most intimate level to draw him in and keep him there, to make him so much a part of her that there were no boundaries left between them and they were one perfect whole This was all that mattered; it was all that she wanted to communicate to Drax