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for this moment since t
e knew she couldn't fight him-not ye
pportunity cam
calculated lunge, her fingers finding the dagger at
d, the metal flashing
dn't h
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, she was pinned
he stone floor. His breath was hot against her ear, his body pressed
s burned
ith amusement-and something darker, some
ghtened his grip. His fingers curled around her throat-not c
growl against her skin. "I'll admit, little hu
h. "Then you shoul
ed in his eyes-so
her tunic wide, exposing the skin where his ma
this means, do you?" he murmure
body, more than just pain-something de
raying her with the way
low, wicked. "A
. Twisting her leg, she drov
. Damn him,
se-he l
to try hard
tal movement, he lift
his grip unyielding, his expression ca
fought. But it
he halls of his fortress like he was car
effortless i
he flicker of recognition in their gazes,
y k
ust his pris
as cl