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"No You’relovely" A tear tuht it with his thuainst hers She sighed sweetly against hiathered her in his arhly By the ti to hiainst his chest

He rubbed a hand down her back No undergarhtclothes? His groin twitched "Paasp, she stepped back "Really? You-you ht?"

"Yes We have less than thirty minutes, but--"

"Oh, that’s fine" She waved a hand "Ten h for me"

"Ten?" Ten hours could hardly suffice Not when he’d wanted her for almost two hundred years

"Yes" She pressed a hand to her chest and blushed "I daresay this is rather exciting"

His vision turned pink "We haven’t actually started yet, but I appreciate the enthusiaslowing "Good heavens" She glanced around the room "Do you roin tightened "Be uest"

"Thank you And if you could retire to another room-- perhaps upstairs?"

"Excuse me?"

"I prefer to be alone"

His vision popped back to normal "What?"

She winced "I suppose I’ll have to explain You see, I" She blushed "This is rather e, but I don’t like anyone to see me when I reach thatcertain moment I have an unfortunate tendency to thrash about"

He stifled a grin "Youthrash?"

"In a most unsee

"I want to see that"

She gasped "No! Absolutely not! Just because we’re having sex, it doesn’t mean you can invade my privacy!"

"What?" She wanted to have sex in two different rooave her an incredulous look "Are you talking about vampire sex?"

She huffed "Of course We’re vampires, aren’t we?"

"We’re a man and a woman"

"Obviously" She waved a disree that vanity I want you naked With asp, she stepped back "But--but mortal sex is soso"

"Barbaric?"

"Invasive" She retreated another step "You-you would expect to touch " He stepped toward her "I plan to caress you and kiss you and taste you all over I want to hear you moan and scream I want to see your face when you climax" His mouth curled up "And I damn ant to see you thrash about"

"Good heavens," she whispered

He gathered her into his arms and kissed her brow "Let me make love to you"

"This is so much more than I expected" She splayed her hands on his chest "I would be sovulnerable"

"No azed at him in wonder "You’re so fierce How could I possibly make you vulnerable?"

"Pam, you have my heart"

She touched his cheek "Oh, Mikhail"

"Is that a yes?"

When she nodded, he swept her up in his arms and carried her to his bed

Chapter Six

"I HAVEN’T DONE it like this in ages," Pamela whispered, as he untied the sash on her silk wrapper

"It’s been a while for me, too" Mikhail peeled back the wrapper to reveal the sheer nightgown she’d worn underneath "I can see through this" He brushed his fingers over a nipple

She gasped, and her skin pebbled beneath the sheer fabric

His hty woman, I think you came here to seduceht when he unbuttoned her nightgoith vampire speed

"I e could spend hours on this, but we’re short on ti position

"I understand" Even so, she felt extreown off her shoulders He was very careful with her wounded aristered She could only think that her bare breasts were now exposed to his red and glowing eyes No one had seen her naked since her late husband two hundred years ago

And no one had confessed to loving her, either, in all that time "I-I sa you felt when our minds were connected" Would he say the words out loud? She would feel , only pushed her back onto the bed and tugged her clothes down her hips and legs

She covered her eyes, i every inch of her body What would he do next? Would he invade her without warning, like Max had done? And then after a few uncomfortable thrusts, it would all be over

For the first time, she wondered if her late husband had been a selfish lover She’d been co, so she’d had no one to compare him to She only knew that in recent years, she’d enjoyed va he had done

"Paers and found Mikhail stretched out beside her, studying her face

His cheek di? Don’t you kno beautiful you are?"

She lowered her hands "I feel so exposed"

"You are" He brushed her hair back from her brow "And I love you more than ever"

Her heart swelled "Oh, Mikhail" She touched his face, and blond whiskers tickled her fingertips "I never knew you felt that way Why did you keep it a secret?"

"You’re so beautiful, I assuri a fool I lost soyou"