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When he tore at her shirt, she reared up, hooking strong, long legs around his waist, finding his ain as he pushed back to kneel in the center of the bed

They went over in a tangle of lian to slide damply over flesh

He took her up and over the first ti her weaknesses, her strengths, her needs Quivering, crying out, she let herself fly on the edgy power of the climax

Then they were rolling again, gasps andin tidal waves, nerves raw and needy Her mouth was a fever on his as she straddled him

“Let ainst his ht to his as she took him inside her He filled her, body, mind, heart

Fast and full of fury, she drove them both as she’d needed to from the moment he’d come into the room It flooded into her, swelled inside her, that unspeakable pleasure, the pressure, the frantic war to end, to prolong

She threw her head back, clung to it, that razor’s edge “Go over” She panted it out, fighting to clear her vision, to focus on that glorious face “Go over first, and take me with you”

She watched his eyes, that staggering blue go dark as ht, felt him leap over with one last, hard thrust With her hands still locked in his, she threw herself over with him

And when the energy slid away fro candle, she slipped down, quivering even as she pressed her face into his neck

“I won,” she ed

“Okay”

Her lips twitched at the sot just what I wanted from you, pal”

“Thank Christ” He shifted until he could cradle her against him “Take a nap, Eve”

“Just an hour” Knowing he would never sleep longer than that himself, she wrapped around him to keep him close

When she woke at two AM, Eve decided the brief predinner nap had thrown her syste to click through the information and evidence she had so far