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"I’m sorry I have to know"
Paul put his hand on her shoulder and stopped her in her tracks His palh the fabric of her shirt Her head spun for aof déjà vu Maybe she’dthe fact that she was pretty sure she’d re mixture of masculine appeal and confidence with the competence to back it up Not to mention the whole part where he carried a sword
She turned to look at hi that would help her re down at his hand with an odd ju in his brown eyes After a second, he cleared his throat "Did you feel anything?"
Oh, yeah, but she was going to play it cool This stuff was all too weird for her "Like what?"
He shrugged, distracting her for a second with the impressive width of his shoulders "I’m not sure Maybe it only works if I touch bare skin"
Andra had heard a lot of lines designed to get her naked before, but this one was by far the strangest "What only works if you touch bare skin?"
He slid his hand down her arers contacted the skin below her sleeve Heat seeped into her, along with so odd, like a jolt of static electricity, but one that didn’t hurt In fact, it felt pretty good and was feeling better by the second
Strength roared through her syste the need for sleep vanish Her body ca with a heady rush of pleasure that ue drained away, leaving behind a faint, huy in its wake
She looked up at Paul, shocked at what he was doing to her, but the sudden motion rabbed him to steady herself
He pulled her close, and she ithout a fight, unable to do anything else in the o
"Easy, now," he said in a low voice "I’ve got you"
As his words slid inside her, Andra’s world ground to a halt Her nose was pressed against his throat and she could s of his pulse along the thick column of his neck A pale, luminescent band shimmered only inches froe to reach out and pull it from him She wanted it Needed it That choker was hers and always had been
He was hers All of him From the bottom of his wide, booted feet to the top of his mussed hair and all of the lovely, hard places in between
She breathed in deeply, pulling in his scent A low hu fatigue that had ruled her only et into bed, but not for sleep She wanted Paul there with her, naked and laid out for her pleasure She was going to take her ti to knohat he liked Lots and lots of time
But the bed was too far away for her to wait She needed to touch him Taste him Her hands went to the hem of his knit shirt and snaked beneath it Warers to explore hiainst the side of his neck
She heard him make an incoherent sound of surprise, but he didn’t see In fact, he tilted his head to one side to give her rooue over his salty skin
"What the hell is happening?" he said in a rough voice
"If you don’t know, I’ you"
This was madness, but she couldn’t seem to stop herself, nor did she care that she couldn’t She shoved his shirt off over his head to get toto feela large tattoo of some kind of tree that stretched from his shoulder and upper ar to see just how far down it went
The lihly detailed, le leaf, and she was pretty sure it was some kind of metaphor for life or some crap like that Not that she cared He could be as philosophical as he wanted as long as he did it naked
She ran one finger along a branch, down the trunk of the tree to where it hit the low-slung waist of his jeans His abs clenched as if he’d been hit, es of muscle stand out for her enjoyment
Paul shuddered at her touch, but when she rabbed her hands and held therip
"We should stop," he told her
She looked into his eyes, which were dark with need--all those golden slivers were gone now, eaten up by his pupils His cheeks were flushed and a fine sweat had beaded up along his hairline "Don’t you want me?" she asked
"God, yes Can’t you feel ?"
She could, and it ht through that door"
Paul groaned and closed his eyes "This isn’t you, though I wish like hell it were"
"What isn’t "
He was right She didn’t nor was off here
Andra shook her head, trying to clear it or oing through her brain
While she was distracted, Paul let go of her and stepped back His posture said he thought she , because he was all tensed up like he was expecting to take a punch