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Her head swam and she reached out for a bedpost. So much for desire… When Peter came closer she put up a hand to stop him. “Chamber pot, quickly.” He found one in short order and she knelt on the floor, Peter pulling her hair out of the way just in time. She looked up
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“Sir Peter is ruthless,” she said. “I heard he became that way in the Holy Land.” Yes, she heard that much right from his mouth, right before that mouth came over hers… “I had expected him to fight much as he had three years ago,” Gilburn said. “He has changed. I allowed myself to make
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Catherine came slowly awake. She blinked up at a high ceiling that didn’t look anything like her apartment. It was too pretty; edged with fancy trim. Her hands smoothed over satin sheets. Nope, definitely not her apartment. She noticed the scent on the bed. She turned her face into the pillow and breathed a little
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She seemed to have genuinely stumped him. His brows tightened in confusion. Catherine shrugged. “Maybe I’m just worried about you. Did that occur to you?” “Me?” She took another look at him, seeing past the vampire. As hard as it was, she forced herself past how hot he was too. “Mmm,” she sounded. “Okay.” He
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The above audio I couldn’t write here. It was just the sort of thing that needed to be done adlib… 💕❤️😘
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“I trust you,” Matthew said. “What bothers me the most is that both of you say things to me that I’m not allowed to talk about.” “She told you things?” “Down boy, not those things. But she tells me things about how she feels about you, and you tell me how you feel, but neither
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She turned the knob and opened the door a crack then peered through. It was dark on the other side. She opened it a little further, not sure what she’d find there. Not sure what she wanted to find there. It had to be morning, or later even. She’d been in shock so she’d probably
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She watched as he retrieved her jerkin, battling within herself. She wanted to ask him but she was afraid to know. He held it out to her and she turned around, pulling her hair out of the way and letting him dress her. A blast of cool air came across the garden, hitting her in
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This is from yet another work in progress. It’s not unusual for me to have several of them going at the same time. It’s for my Tangled Moon series. She went down the stairs, and then past the bookshelves, any lights she needed coming on for her as she went. She found him sitting in
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