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"So are you planning on dressingelse?" she asked once they'd cleared a challenging rise

"I planned to pack as , so you could sleep later," he lowered his voice, "or take care of ent unfinished last night" He'd a so unselfishly as that Her unfulfilled desire et her into bed with hi "I was atteh I've little experience with it"

"I' to you about this I' as my own"

"Maybe I do have these needs - doesn't mean you're the one I'll choose to help reedily chugging water

His voice low and seething, Bowe said, "You regard hioing to get that demon killed All he wants is to 'attempt' you Do you ken what that means?"

"In fact, I do ken what it means In the throes, you know One of my boyfriends was a demon"

"Boyfriends?" He frowned "You mean lovers How bloody many have you had?" He stopped "Are you free with yourself, then? With other- "

"What'd you think?" she asked over her shoulder "That I was a virgin?"

"You're only twenty-three," he said, sounding very stodgy, even to himself "And I try no' to think of any male before me But if you were no' an innocent, then I'd hoped it would have been once, in the dark, with a haht against laughing"

She shrugged "I'm sure the number of notches in my bedpost can't compare to yours"

"Aye, but I'm twelve hundred years old! Even if I had one female a year, you'd understand how they could accu" Just as he felt a flicker of ease, she murmured in a sexy voice, "But, baby, I've been busy"

His fists clenched

"Jealous?"

She probably wouldn't think he'd admit to it, but in a low tone, he said, "Aye, I envy any uess the number you've taken into your bed, then you'll tell ht"

She hastily faced forward onceGet bent"

He narrowed his eyes "One You've had one" Her shoulders stiffened barely perceptibly, and he wanted to sag with relief

"Why would you say that?" she asked in a nonchalant tone