The Mysterious Affair

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to sleep in

.....

. She missed his warmth, the solid strength of his arms about her back, the steady throb of his heart beneath

him. An icy fear ripped through her. Then

an

, she knew he heard her and he was very much awak

s "Will you not

and went c

ainst her mouth..... Into

ed deep in his heart, letting her taste the fierceness of his hunger. With one arm he caught

e coul

t long-ago night. She'd entrusted to him that which she had never told another. And with the feel of his mouth warm and hard upon hers, the tight knot

oat, her fingers curled and u cu

He wanted her. He ached for her.....

render draw the morrow's pena

en place hidden deep within her. "Do you, Betty? Say yes or say no,

her and she was reminded of other hands. Hands

.... down to where dark fingers caught her own. They were str

reness of her very breast, immeasurably gentle despite their strength. Those han

ld no terror

s fiery hold of his. With quavering heart and quaking limbs, she heard her voice,

g in his embrace. He kicked the door shut with the heel of his boot. Her toes touched the floor. Almost before she could draw breath, her g

ed crimson, Betty could not help herself. Always before, she had hidden her face a

man whose sheer presence was an overp

as..... Ext

rength. Masculine g

contours of his shoulders were sculpted and round, and his arms were sinuously defined with muscle. A dark netting of fur covered

m dropped out of her stomach. Rigidly unconfined, framed in coarse black curls, his staff stood boldly erect. Bet

half-smile curled his lips. He allowed no time for shame. No time for embarrassment. A hand at her hips urged her body against his

rangely thrilling. Warm breath filled her throat.... His breath. Never in her life had she dreamed a kiss could be like this. When his tongue danced a

d. Firelight flickered over his features as he prop

will do to you?

ushed

tty, for when I take you.... It will be nothing like what was don

ht wildly, she had no choice. Some little-known sense i