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between her lips and caressed the inside of her mouth, or when his fingers caressed her earlobes—when had he released her hands?—or when he whispered, "Ann, come out and play."
    Come out and play? What did that mean?
    But he answered the question immediately when the tip of his tongue swirled around hers, and when she followed, he drew her into his mouth and let her . . . explore.
    She clutched his wrists, her fingers barely circling the bones, sinews, and muscles. A sensible woman would realize that a man as large as this would dominate her in the act of love.
    But he wasn't dominating; he was seducing, and he was good at it. When she opened her eyes again, his mouth had wandered back to her breasts.
    And she'd wrapped her legs around his waist.
    He'd won.
    But she hadn't lost. With his every movement, she won, too.
    She didn't intend to give him her blessing or her permission, yet irresistibly her hands crept up his shoulders, relishing the stretch of smooth skin over warm muscle. When her fingers tangled with the silky curl at his neckline, he froze, and for a moment all she could feel was his warm breath against her damp breast.
    "Touch me some more." His voice wasn't loud, yet she heard it above the thunder. Pulling her nipple into his mouth, he suckled hard, assaulting her senses with his lips and tongue until she forgot to be timid and released the faintest moan.
    A betraying moan.
    Then he sank his teeth lightly into her flesh, scraping across the fragile nerve endings.
    Her fingers clutched at his hair, tugging hard. And when she grew used to his mouth on her breast, he somehow knew . . . and moved on, kissing his way down her rib cage, across her belly, taut with anticipation, and between her legs. He licked her, a wolf claiming his mate with pleasure. He thrust his tongue into her body, imitating intercourse. Tenderly he sucked on her clit, and when she battled against the rage of passion, he held her still and forced her to accept his attentions.
    She wasn't unconscious; she knew what she was doing, but he conjured an orgasm beyond anything she'd ever imagined. One glorious spasm followed another. Her fragile control crumbled completely. All the moans she'd restrained could no longer be suppressed. She strained, struggled, panted, conscious of her body, tile earth, the storm, the crash of thunder in her ears, and of Jasha.
    "Jasha . . ."
    "What?" He slid up her body, grasped her shoulders, massaged them in his large hands. "What? Arm, tell me what I should do.”
    He made it sound as if he would do what she wanted, when in fact he had not only chased her down and held her captive to his body; he'd also forced her to relinquish her will.
    "Jasha, please.”
    "What?" He used his thigh to keep the rush of her climax tumbling through her veins. He kissed her ear, and his voice was tender, gentle, encouraging. "Tell me, Ann. What do you want?"
    She lifted her lids, the effort almost more than she could manage.
    He sounded gentle.
    He looked fierce, his yellow eyes narrowed, intent, unrelenting. He looked like a man, and he moved like an animal, all sleek, oiled muscles moving beneath glorious damp skin.
    Rain slid down his cheek, and moved by some previously undiscovered instinct, she licked the droplet. It tasted salty.
    He stilled. Slid into position, his legs between hers, his arms beneath her shoulders, his hand cupping her skull, holding her so he could look into her eyes.
    The storm, the earth, the skies, stilled as he made his plea; his voice was hoarse, gravelly, desperate. "Ann, for shit's sake, ask me.”
    "Jasha, please, please"—she skimmed his hair with her ringers—"make love to me."
    The triumphant smile he flashed showed far too much of his white teeth, reminding her of the predator.
    But it was too late for panic. He thrust into her, a hard, steady push.
    And the storm raged again.
    It was too much. He was too big. He hurt her. The world narrowed to the two of them, and as he possessed her with