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She pressed her body up against his, willing hier, to have him destroy the barriers between the that separated theether, flesh on flesh, heart on heart, until she possessed him deep within her

So driven by a form of madness, but her need scorned it What wascould be ently over her body Sheher own hand down his back and then over the curve of his buttock, and then between their bodies so that she could touch hiers closed over him, and she shuddered herself in response, lost mindlessly in the storm of her need for him

‘Take ed fiercely ‘Here and nohen it’s just the two of us I want you so much…’

‘No’ His denial was low and raw, the aching, tor what he wantedher ‘Not until I have talked with you Explained everything to you’

‘We ,’ Sadie said ‘And if we don’t, I want my last moments with you to be in your arms, Drax Not—’

Drax gave her a s to live Now, let me explain—’

‘Not here’ Sadie was being driven by an instinct she didn’t understand but could no longer fight ‘Tellme’ What she meant was that a part of her didn’t want to see his face because she didn’t want to see that he was lying to her

‘Very well,’ Drax agreed ‘In bed, in my arms, you shall hear the truth and know my heart, Sadie’

CHAPTER TWELVE

THEY undressed quickly, feverishly almost, aware not only of their intense desire for one another and the unresolved issues between them, but also of the threat of the storrains of sand brushed easily fro at Drax’s naked body, unable to stop greedily absorbing the sight of him She could feel the fine trehtly in his arh it were her own She wanted hie from his state of arousal his need matched hers Would he think about his twin later, when he possessed her? Would he iine th

at Vere ith them? Would he—?

He touched her face gently and kissed her forehead ‘Don’t look like that, Sadie What you overheard wasn’t what you thought, although I can understand how da it would sound’

‘You can’t ic away the words you spoke, Drax’

‘No, I can’t But I can explain where they came fro jealousy and bitterness, Sadie All our lives Vere and I have put our loyalty to one another and our relationship first When I fell in love with you I discovered for the first time what it meant to hate my brother, to feel murderously jealous of him’

‘Why should you feel like that? You kne I felt about you’