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He kissed her She expected a hard kiss, a blaze of passion and anger and fire

Instead, she got … gentleness

Jana tensed and her hands lifted Her nails dug into his arms No, no, that wasn’t--

His lips caressed hers Softly So soft, and his tongue whispered into her mouth

She used her hold and tried to pull him closer She didn’t want soft She didn’t want slow She wanted--

Zane’s head lifted He stared down at her, his eyes darkening "It’s not gonna be fast this time" The words sounded like a threat He picked her up and held her easily in his arms Control He had it in spades at that th, reined in, all around her

Zane carried her back to the bed and lowered her onto the e of her panties "Not fast…" he rasped again, and slid her panties down her legs

His fingers were rough, with calluses on his hands, but his touch was easy as he stroked her skin

"You’re so damn beautiful," he whispered

Her breath caught

"I think we need to pick up where we left off" His jaw tightened "Before you ran out on me"

Hit "You don’t want the proble up the inside of her thighs and talking was a bit hard right then "You don’t … ah, I’m just a bounty, remember?"

"I don’t fuck my bounties"

But he was about to fuck her

"You stopped being a bounty the hs apart and opened her wide to his gaze

"What am I?" Because she needed to know Not a freak, not a weapon, not--

"The woers touched the folds of her sex "And right now, you’re ht then, hers

Zane shifted his body, and his breath blew over her exposed sex, sending a shiver through her "Let’s see just how hot you burn," he said

Zane put his mouth on her

Jana nearly jerked off the bed "Zane!"

His lips feathered over her sex Then she felt the wet lick of his tongue, a sloipe right over the center of her need

Her heels dug into the bed and her hands grabbed onto his shoulders Not to push hiainst her, then one long finger pushed inside her straining core In, out, that finger plunged in h And his , and Zane tried to drive her out of herto enjoy you" No, he was going to er pulled out of her Her body tensed No, she wanted--

His tongue pushed into her sex just as his thuainst her clit Jana’s breath choked out and her body went bow tight

He growled against her, the vibration shaking through her sensitive flesh and that tongue-the deainst hi …

His mouth left her "Open your eyes, Jana"

Her eyelashes flew open, and she found his black stare trained on her The laht on the bed

"You’re not co, not yet"

Oh, but she’d been close She wet her lips "This soaze was heavy lidded "You said you wanted pleasure, remember?"

She’d also said she wanted him "Take off your jeans" She wanted them flesh to flesh

He yanked his wallet out of a back pocket

What--

And he pulled out a condom

He’d planned his seduction Why did that ain Big deal, right? She’d wanted to sleep with hiers went to the buckle of his jeans

She shook her head, refusing to aders slid between them, and she took the condoe of control he held

Jana wanted to see the control shatter No, she wanted hiht before her eyes

He unzipped his jeans with a slow hiss of sound She reached for his cock and found it thick, hard, and swollen with need She stroked hi, slow puame slowly, too

She stared into his eyes So dark, her demon’s eyes But fire could burn in the dark She’d seen it happen plenty of ti his jaw and he eased away, sliding back onto the bed She rose, following him, and stretched her body so that when he lay back, she was over hiht over that cock that reached for her

His flesh arm beneath her hand, heated with his need and lust When she touched the tip of his erection, a drop of moisture appeared My taste Jana leaned forward and licked that drop, tasting the wild blend of ue licked over the head of his cock, then slid just under that broad tip

His hips jerked, just a bit

Control

The deht

She opened her mouth Jana let her breath blow on his flesh, then she took his cock inside, parting her lips around hi her head in an easy rhyth --

"Not yet," he rasped and she found herself on her back again, with hi how she’d s were spread open He rolled the condoers eased beneath her back, and he unsnapped her bra When the material fell away, he took her left breast into his ht score of his teeth