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A blanket fell on top of ertips My eyes closed “That feels nice…”

The blanket lifted again, and then an inferno of heat hit me A massive arm draped over my waist, and I was smothered in the kind of heat that I felt at midday in the summer, the kind that made sweat drip down the small of my back

“What if she tries anything?” Ian asked

“I’ll snap her neck” The voice caht at my ear “Problem solved”

My eyes opened and looked at the muscular ar in the hearth My head turned farther, and I saw a ht e of a sharp blade The blanket was at his chest, and I could see the ?” I felt better, but

Mastodon’s deep voice sounded again “Keeping you alive”

I lifted aze

His eyes were already closed—as if he didn’t see me as a threat at all

I lifted the blanket slightly to look underneath…and I saw it

It

His hard chest led to a riverbed of chiseled abs, strong abs that could take a beating, and then he had this line of hair underneath his belly button that traveled down and down…until…yeah

His hs were tanned like his arms and covered in dark hair

Butthat had captured my full attention

Damn

I dropped the blanket again and turned to make sure his eyes were still closed

They weren’t They ide open—and staring right at me

For one of the few times in my life, I was actually embarrassed, so I quickly looked away, unable to handle that stare any longer

The sound of voices and shuffling woke me up

Before my eyes opened, I are of how relaxed h It was the first time I’d been comfortable since I’d left my bedroom in the castle

My eyes opened, and I saw Ian beside er breakfast

My back earing hot because there was a solid rock pressed to it It slowly rose and fell, in cadence with ht flashed back to

My god, it was huge

And I’d been caught staring at it