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t it sent a bolt of pure heat through my veins. It was a fire I
g the solid wall of muscle, the raw power held in check. He lifted me into his arms as if I w
y heart was a frantic drum against my ribs. This was it. The final ac
nding shivers across my skin. The moment his mouth made c
was a thousand times stronger than the Sparks I'd felt before-a torrential
I had read about it, dreamed about it. It was the legendar
e pulled back, his eyes wide with a raw, visceral
he breathed, his voice a r
oken. The connection was severed. Unless... The thought was a wild, impossible
rrifying. I didn't want this. I couldn
lf had ot
oar erupted. It was Lyra, awake and alive
IN
rocious, possessive, triumphant scream that shook my very soul. A powerful,
sponding, not with a simple answer, but with a roar
LAST! OU
ee
ght of oblivion-it all evaporated in the face of this cataclysm
nger was gone, replaced by a man looking at me with a
voice thick with a
ntent. It was a statement of absolute, undeni
protect myself from this impossible hope. But my body, now thrumming with Lyra's ec
ne, and this time there was no mask, no barrier. It was a kiss
shared with Zane. This was a supernova. A soul-deep res
sensation and emotion pull me under. For the first t
oming in ragged gasps. He looked down at me, the masked woman in his bed who had just turned his entire wor
know. He h
ommand, laced with an authori
e it
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