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against hers , and he released her hair and gripped her waist. It was dizzying to be sitting in a position one second, and a different the next. Suddenly, she was straddling his lap, and even through his cotton pants, his erection pressed against her, hot and hard. Pulling her against him, he rocked and she moaned at the feel of him between her thighs. So close, but not nearly enough.
    His skin was fevered under her touch and she explored every taut curve of his sculpted chest. He hissed as her fingers brushed the top of his pants, and he threw her onto the air mattress beneath him. Pulling her hands above her head, he held them there until she was completely at his mercy. His jaw worked as he plunged his tongue against hers, and she arched her back to get closer to him. Lowering himself onto her, aligning their hips, he met her the next time she swayed against him.
    He tightened his grip on her wrists, but she didn’t care. She was too far gone now. If she couldn’t have Daniel’s warm love, she’d take Brooks’ cold bed as a consolation prize. Her time had run out, and if she was going to experience the adoration of a man, it had to be now.
    Releasing her hands, Brooks unbuttoned her jeans with practiced fingers and slid them down to her knees. Pulling his pants beneath his hips, he pressed the head of his cock against the wetness his touch had conjured between her legs.
    “No,” she murmured against his lips. “I want more.” More than just a quickie fuck in the ten t of her enemy. More than pants-still-on-one-minute-anger-bang where she couldn’t feel all of his skin against hers.
    He drew back and smoothed the hair out of her face with rhythmic, gentle strokes as he stared at her, his silvered gaze half vulnerable and half dazed with lust. He was beautiful like this, uncertain and open. “You said you haven’t been with another man. It’s your first time?”
    “Yes. I want you to be gentle. Touch me. You don’t care about me, I know. Just…” She inhaled deeply and rested her hands on his heaving chest. “Pretend.”
    He pulled away from her fingertips and angled his head like he wanted to look away but couldn’t. “I can’t do this. Gentle…that’s not me. This is your first time and you shouldn’t be fucked, Corin. You should be with someone who feels something for you.”
    His admission that she meant nothing was like the lash of a whip against her insides. She clenched her jaw so her lips wouldn’t tremble. “You took that away from me when you decided to follow through with this war, Brooks. If I’m not with a man now, I’ll never have the chance. I die at dawn.”
    “Maybe you won’t.” His voice had a tinge of desperation.
    “So you’ll allow some of Bear Valley to live? Your people will allow that?”
    “No.” He slid off of her and gave her his back as he ran his hands through his dark hair. “I’ve never been with a virgin and for a reason, Corin. I’m not starting with you.”
    “Because you have to be gentle?” She didn’t understand.
    He stood and strode for the door of the tent.
    “Coward,” she accused. Standing, she kicked out of her jeans and threw them at his back.
    Turning slowly, his eyes were narrowed to dangerous looking silver slits. “Don’t call me that.”
    “What, you ’re afraid you’ll feel too much?” She hated him. She loved him. “Afraid if you allow yourself to touch me like you really want, you’ll be weaker for it?” She needed him. “Hurt me then.” Lifting her chin bravely, she pulled her shirt over her head. “I have no time left, and I want to be with you. If you have to hurt me to do it…”
    Dropping her chin, her boldness washed right out of her. She didn’t really want him to hurt her. That sounded awful and degrading, and if he was monster enough to only have sex rough, then maybe she didn’t want this before she died. Maybe she’d be better off never knowing what she was missing.
    His profile was ridged and his face