sleep that nig

se to addiction. Damon Vale hadn't made love to her. He'd claimed h

e-she'd

elene sat at the edge of the mattress, naked, her fingers trembling slightly as she reached for her

like a thief," h

n't think we were

the corner of his lips. "We're not. But if I wanted

apped closed wit

permission t

do

sharply.

ular body. He walked toward her, fully nude, with the c

ower, Selene. Don't

here for

say when they're afr

in his hand, and tilted her head

ispered. "To feel you. To obey you. I

owed. "And w

ps grazing her e

-

estate-a private wing she hadn't been told existed. There wer

ives," Damon said, guiding

ined in dark silk, the furniture stark and decadent-leather

owly. "Is thi

th room," h

a brow. "An

truth needs

t like control is your armor.

h. "You think yo

h. "No. I think you'll

ist, lifting her onto a low, padded bench. Her br

," he said. "You'll answer trut

if

lt from the table beside th

thundered-but

raid of pai

e promised. "And

-

asts. He watched her, expression unreadable, as he gently fasten

ushing her nipple with his thumb.

es

t me to mak

sitate

g an

s her thigh. The sting

aid darkly.

she whi

kiss between her breasts, th

Have you ever wan

osed h

N

ck again-high

ll l

he gasped. "But I

gaze flared with somethin

murmured. "The fire

her panties down her thighs. He didn't

, tasting her like a man starved. Her moans echoed off the silk wa

ripped through her like lightning, loud

iled like

-

her skin bore the faded marks of his di

hat," she said

ged. "So

is dan

oward him. "Everythi