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needed to be smart about this. Just because he’d been open didn’t

mean this would end any better than it had with Beck. A million

things could go wrong. She should be pushing him away and getting

dressed. Instead, when he put his hand possessively over her stomach,

she found herself moving her head to his shoulder, unable to force

herself to break the connection.

“That was fun,” he said with a wicked grin. He was so beautiful it

made her heart ache.

“Is that the way you invite a woman to play?” It would be an

effective seduction technique. Suddenly she felt so vulnerable. She’d

seen his past. He’d had hundreds of women. They lined up for him.

How could she ever compete?

His perfect face was suddenly very serious, looming over her. His

gray eyes looked almost silver in the soft light of morning. He sank

his hands into her hair and turned her face up to his. “I’ve never done

that with any woman before. I’ve waited my whole life to connect

with another soul the way we did, and we could have so much more,

Meggie mine. You’re my wife, my bondmate. It won’t work with

anyone else.”

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She looked up at him and finally realized he wasn’t his brother.

Technically, he was half his brother, she understood, but they were so

very different. How could she ever find happiness if she never asked

for what she wanted? If she kept telling herself no, she never gave

anyone a chance to say yes.

“I’m scared,” she told Cian quietly.

“I know,” he replied with soft eyes. He leaned down and pressed a

very soft kiss on her forehead, as tender as the pleasure before had

been rough. “How about we do this? Let’s take it slow. No more


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