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about her.
Don t be. I won t harm you. I am here to help you. Now, do this one thing I ask
of you and allow me to aide you.
Dori did as asked, pulling the skirt of her dress up and drawing it back behind her
to fashion into a tail. It took both hands to hold it in place, leaving her legs and hips
exposed completely to Merrick s greedy gaze. The purr that rose in his throat at her
cooperation showed his approval and made her skin sing with a new wave of need. One
that felt welcome this time and let her know she was doing the right thing.
The scent of her drew a deep rumble of pleasure from Merrick and he licked his
lips. He could taste her on the very air about them. It whet his appetite for a true taste of
her. Very good, my dejah, he praised. You are doing very well. He didn t do
anything until he felt her begin to calm with his words. She teetered on the brink of a
fight or flight response and he had to keep her from either one in order to help her.
Easing down into a kneel before her, he breathed deeply of her most intimate
scent to draw it deep into himself. His eyes moved back to her face and he smiled when
he saw curiosity at his game. I am going to sip of your cream, Dori, he informed her in
a silky voice meant to entice her. And then I am going to fill you up with my cock. Your
only order is to let me.
She drew in a sharp breath at his sexy tone and wicked words. When he slid
closer to her in his kneel, she instinctively parted her legs, only to gasp when he dove
forward to feast on her cream. He sensed her grip tighten on her tail as she strove not to
release it. He growled and cupped her bottom in his hands to drag her forward, delving
deeper into the sensitive flesh, making her fight harder. He purred against her, feeling her
jerk as the vibration almost sent her over the edge.
She had a very sweet, wild flavor. Decadent. It made him long to sample much
more of it. He teased and tickled her with his tongue, encouraging more of that sweet
syrup out of her.
Never had Dori been so aroused in her life. So much so, his every touch drove her
crazy with need. Only his touch with using Trey s Caress against her made her feel like
this. Now though, she cared little about who heard her scream if he made her feel as good
as he had then.
Dori lifted her leg to slide up the wicked Zyan s side, just to encourage him more
in his wickedness. He slid his hand down her thigh as he turned his head to trace his
mouth over the sensitive inner thigh. She gasped aloud when he bit her there, drawing on
that bit of flesh to leave a light mark, but careful not to draw blood.
He caught her when she collapsed, pulling back before her skirt fell over him and
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lowered her down into his lap. She looked up at him through passion-glazed eyes, seeing
his amused smile. You must allow me a full taste of you when we are better suited to
enjoy it. he said.
Dori shivered at the promise in his voice. He wasn t asking her permission, he
was making a decree of things to come to pass for her. And she felt very willing to give
him the chance to do just that.
Releasing Dori, Merrick allowed her to stand, pleased by how unsteady she
looked when she did. She was desperate for him now and the climax he had denied her.
He could see it in her eyes and her unsteady stance, smell it in the air as her perfume
filled it. He rose to his feet before her, deciding just how to do this.
Go to the bed, dejah, he instructed. with your back to me.
I like looking at you, she said, frowning.
And I like you looking at me, but I cannot grant you what you need with you
facing me.
She smoothed her hands up Merrick s chest, savoring the ripple of the strong
muscles beneath the silk of his shirt. Her fingers played at the ties he d left unlaced.
Dori, do as I ask, Merrick murmured. His commanding tone became lost in the
pleasure of her touch.
Why? she asked. She dared to reach up to tickle his chin. Though he knew she
wanted his touch and his promised attention, something made her resist.
Merrick growled at her. She was an evil little thing for doing this to him. He d
burrowed deep enough to find female mating instincts in her and awakened a monster
temptress meant only to drive him mad. Mine, he said in a growling purr of claim.
She raised up on her toes to nip at his chin near to where the scent gland lurked.
Prove it. she challenged before moving to the other room. She added an extra sway to
her hips as she moved, purring in invitation.
Turning to look at her, Merrick smiled. He licked his lips as he watched the
hypnotic sway of her nicely-rounded hips and the bottom he knew to be its own
enticement. If only she knew how tempting a little thing she was to him ... his eyes
narrowed in interest and it was all he could do to not grab her and yank her back to him to
take her here and now, on the floor of the bath chamber.
She is a virgin, he scolded himself. She is an innocent and if you come off like
some conquering barbarian, not only do you risk scaring her but getting your balls
ripped off by her or her Ath toi ja.
His reminder, and the looming threat should he forget it, re-focused his thoughts
and his fervor cooled somewhat. Not as much as he would have wished, but no matter.
He could think straight again and would accept what gifts were granted him.
While she did as he asked of her, he knew she still had a great deal of power here.
She could give him a very painful lash to the mind if she didn t like what he did to her.
She also had a lot of fear still living in her that might set that attack off if he weren t
careful. A conundrum as he hadn t faced before with a female. A welcome challenge, but
one he wished he didn t have to face. He didn t like that he had to soothe such fear in one
he felt such inner strength from.
The cost of the last war for her was great and he only wished he could somehow
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ease the wounds it left in her soul. He knew how to ease the demands of her body, but the
pain of her past, he wasn t so sure he could. He had yet to really face someone who lost
as much as Dori must have. It left him at a loss and hoping he didn t make things worse
for her.
Merrick followed after her, knowing he still faced an uphill battle with her.
Instinct guided her now, but sooner or later, she would come back to herself and they
would be back to square one. If he didn t breech her fear and show her the error of her
ways, he would fail and she would be lost. And him along with her when insanity over
her loss claimed him. The legacy of her own people lost to her upset him. He would have
to point out Etherson s foolish decision to keep that knowledge from her later.
Shaking the thought from his mind, Merrick focused on what Dori needed now.
She needed his attention and his bond. As long as it had been since his first touch on her
mind to start the mate-hunt, he knew she was at dire risk of permanent harm the longer he
waited. The window to save her from such an outcome would close very soon, leaving
him desperate to save her from herself.
Dori was the one woman he knew he wanted now and for always. She was a
beautiful, tempting little thing and maddened him to no end. He reveled in the refreshing
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