around his legs and the scent of warm vanil

ively, expecting to fin

d met nothi

morning light as reality snapped into

rt she had worn was folded at the edge of the bed, and sit

razing the metal. It was such a small t

ow... it

o bed. Some wanted his power. Some

ra Sta

wn with a single kiss and disappear

me her

that. It was supposed to be just one night a beautiful, unexpected collision of desi

ot

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't chas

use like a man possessed, staring at a pair o

ven know he

t a whispered name between moans and the fa

let it go.

h international partners, handling the occasional threat from rival familie

ighs trembled

t him not with fear, not

t like that,

arrings," he murmured to hi

like him

mn it,

ed to f

lonely. Not because

't felt in years. She didn't know who he was. She didn't care about his money or his

hell are

x and locked them in the drawer of hi

ld him this

.. fate wasn't fini