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He fucking didn’t like it … but he’d expected it Still, to have any hope of keeping his distance, he needed to hear her say that she didn’t want hi the princess without her perer under her chin and lifting her gaze to his "Answerin a rattled breath, she lifted her hand to his chest It shook Did she intend to touch hiertips settled on his skin, it seared hih his body and settled into his cock Hell, was there any left for his brain? Gazing at her upturned face, shining blue eyes, red cheeks and mouth, honeyed skin--incredible beauty, inside and out--he didn’t think so

"I--I don’t like being angry," she whispered

Again, she hadn’t exactly rebuffed hiest mistake of his life, but Sabelle’s nearness compelled him to touch her Somewhere Anywhere He brushed his way down her shoulder, then caressed the curve of her waist She drew in another shuddering breath Her whole body trembled now The scent of her arousal thickened He sed, his knees turning dangerously weak

She didn’t screech at him to stop, didn’t break the contact

His heart tripped into hyperspeed, and he could barely hear his breathing over the roar He felt poised on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the freefall likely to kill hi the perilous leap

His hand on her waist tightened "Do you like being kissed?"

"I shouldn’t" Her voice shook

True, she shouldn’t, at least not by him Neither should he want her so badly But maybe this once, amid chaos and possible death, duty and class wouldn’t stop her fro him one small taste

"That isn’t what I asked Do you?"

Her lashes fluttered again Her breasts rose as she took a deep breath Her head fell back, eased forward Then she repeated the process again, this ti?

"Yes"

Barely a whisper Her blue eyes held hesitation … and desire Sabelle Rion, the ed, beautiful witch in centuries, wasn’t repulsed by the idea of his kiss

Desire fired through hi his veins He cupped her face in his hands and dragged her against him Bent his head to her Crashed his entle, but … bloody hell Lips so pliant Sweet He didn’t linger Couldn’t Later Hunger roared at him Deeper Taste her Now

As he sank into heras ue Her taste overwhelmed him in less than a second Hot Sweet

Instincts followed, flaring to life, then roared His!

He took off the brakes, discarded the last of his care and caution Turned every shred of his ravenous hunger on her, taking the kiss so deep, he didn’t kno he’d ever find a way out of her mouth And he didn’t care He must make her understand exactly how seriously he not only desired her, but had to possess her Always

Slipping his arms around her waist, he pulled her closer still, until she was crushed against hi hi fever of need followed Sabelle ers around his neck, over the stubble of hair on his head, drawing him closer still Her kiss tasted of hot surprise and desire Cocking her head tohi acceptance fried his brain

Until she tore her"Ice"

Her expression was a question What now? Why were they doing this? How could they stop?

Fa he speak theue Noas hardly the tih Once spoken, the words would bind him to her for the rest of his life, even if she refused him, which was likely And once she did, he could never touch another … not that he’d want to, since he hadn’t almost from the moment he clapped eyes on her Unless … what if she spoke the Binding?

Whatever she decided, the Mating Call was forever

Despite that, he could not stop"Become a part of me, as I becoasped "Ice, I--"

"I proht not want hiht dooue like ambrosia Instinct reeled, roared No ould she stop hi to stake his claim and make her his

"Ice," she implored "My brother--"

"Is not involved here" He felt his eyes burning into her "This is between you and me"

"But … I--I don’t … He won’t approve"

Braht now, he could give a shit But he noticed that she hadn’t said she didn’t want him "What do you want? Because I knoant you, princess Any and every way you’ll let ht beneath his, and he needed another taste of her so badly, every cell in his body craved it Daain She was like sinking into sugar, sweet, light, te … addictive He nibbled at her lips, then prowled deeper, engaging her tongue Then deeper still, consuain, the urge to clai He lifted hisover her lips "Each day we share, I shall be honest, good, and true If this you seek, heed rabbed him by the sleeves of his robe "Ice, think If you say the rest, it’s done Even if I refuse, as long as I live, you’ll be bound toelse" He stared deep into her eyes, as a feeling of rightness, inevitability settled into his gut "From this moment on, there is no other for me but you"

The moment the words were out, fire slammed across his senses Take her! Clai No! He restrained it--barely--gri as he clutched her waist and tried to wait for her response Would she Bind herself to him? Renounce hiut

She reached up, stroked the side of his face Tears shi to a funeral No doubt his Damn it!