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He ies collided Their breathHe paused, gave her every opportunity to pull away as he slipped the blade slowly back into the sheath Instead, she eased his internal struggle by pressing her cherry-red lips to his

The sweet brush of her

It was the first kiss of an innocent Yet beneath this chastecuriosity, a wild thirst for knowledge, power This woht to embrace her womanhood on her own terms, not in the way society deemed appropriate

By rights, he should remove his hand from beneath her skirts But the need to appease his own curiousin life that eluded hih and settle on a plump buttock

Miss Vale sucked in a sharp breath as she broke contact, yet from behind herblue eyes

“If you want to experience desire, Miss Vale, allow me to be your tutor” One h to ease this odd yearning for now Besides, did this lady not need an education in the dangers of succu to carnal needs?

He waited for a sign of approval

It took a few seconds for a coy smile to play at the corners of her mouth “If I’m to experience it with any man, I would like it to be you”

Her words rocked him to his core

They spoke of es that brought the only glimmer of hope he had experienced in all his twenty-six years But he knew better than to place his trust in dreams This lady wanted a wild adventure, and for the next few ive her one

“Then you must let me knohat you like”

She sed “And you must do the same”

He rowled at hi “Then I want you to exploreback If I’h, you must tell me”

“What about Mr Wincote?”

“Sod Mr Wincote”