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“That, and I thought you s while we talk”

For the first ti her s”

“That’s merely incidental”

“Well, I wouldn’t want Ashby to think he has an advantage”

They stared at each other as their breathing quickened Lucius saw his desire reflected in those vibrant green gems, saw hope there, too

“You spoke of wandering the desert,” she said, and the own and bunched her skirts to her knees “Perhaps I ht quench your thirst Perhaps you’d like to drink”

Bloody hell!

If he woke to find this was a damn dream, he’d murder someone

He studied her bare legs, pale and sers slowly from her ankle to her knee “Convince me this is what you want”

“Can you not hear my need for you in my voice?”

“Convince me, Sybil”

Her light laugh lasted for a few seconds before the hazy veil of desire altered her expression She placed both palms on his chest, leaned forward and claimed his mouth

Twice she pressed her lips to his Teet kisses, like the nervous dips of a toe in the lake He let her test the water before opening hisher to juasp, in her pretty hum, felt it in the way she caressed his chest, in the way she struggled to sit still in his lap

Tee to rush, he drew back, nipped at the corner of herthe searipped the soft flesh, desperate to feel it cushioning his hip as he plunged into her wetness

“Once ,” he whispered against her mouth, “I fear I’ll not stop there”