ic, shallow jerks, each breath a ragged, desperate gasp. Her vision doubled, the dark hallway splitting into two waveri
. Clifton, who was still standing by the window holdi
ng over a side table. He grabbed the handle and yanked the heavy
beneath her. She pitched forward, falling like a broken marione
d caught her solid against his chest, her body sla
d plummeted so severely that the logical, reasoning part of her brain simply shut down. Instinct took over-animal instinct, s
aring against his chest. Her breath hitched against his collarbone in shallow, r
blazing with fever. Her eyes were glazed over, unfocused, the pupils blown wid
nded, his voice thick with a raw panic he didn'
at and sensation. The cheap black-market hormones-designed to hyper-stimulate ovulation-mixed wit
ed her nervous system with an intense, burnin
ithing against his. She tried to push the thin straps of her t
bbed her wandering, feverish hands and pinned them against his chest, hi
re. She tilted her head back, looking up at his blurred
on her toes, her body pressing flush against his. She pressed her c
gasoline. The frustration, the guilt, the dark, suppressed desir
her away, froze in mid-air. His dark eyes turned
ling, wrapping around the back of his neck. She blindly searched for his
on's control snapped wit
gers tangling in her sweat-damp hair. He crushed his mouth against hers
e frame. He walked her backward, pinning her spine against the cold wall of
d instantly melted into his aggressive as
as if she weighed nothing at all. He carried her through the dark
ss, her hair fanning out around her head like spilled ink. He followed her dow
logic. There was only the heat of his skin and the des
hing and clothes hitting the floor. The tempe
rly shattered, Clifton ground out in a rough, grav
n her flushed cheek, disappearing into her tangled hair,
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