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ed in silk that wasn't hers, beneath velvet

that they belonged to someone richer, colder, crueler. Yet Liora, sl

tened f

pened with

ide like a storm that h

revealed the sharp lines of his collarbone and a gold chain that glinted agains

as softer than before. Qu

lifting her chin. "Would you li

behind him. "Only

ruth beneath them. He could've had her alr

e

eps. His eyes never left hers. "Wh

es. But you ask questions. Tha

ver

o be clever. I

hat reached her knees. "You want many things. Some you

s fingers. His touch was gentle-disgustingly so. Intima

ak eventual

e whispered. "What you se

. Amusement laced with hunger. His hand moved to her neck, fin

ak like

s one, in a

ce low and curling lik

isse

ved of softness and stunned to find it livin

n surrender in defiance. In challenge. If he wa

her waist, fingers brushing the ski

from

erous heat pool

" he murmured into her skin

augh, sharp as a dagger. "

hy

you want

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he step

tween them

ust stopped himself from jumpi

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left without

dn't sleep

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