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‘I’m not sure I understand.’

‘It’s quite simple,’ he said, leaning back in his chair and surveying her with hooded eyes. ‘I find you very attractive.’

His bluntness shocked and stirred her in equal measure. Beneath the lowered lids she discerned a glitter of desire.

An involuntary shiver—part fear, part keen anticipation that temporarily paralysed her thoughts—tightened her skin.

Kain examined her face, his cold eyes piercing and far too astute.

‘I think the best way to deal with the situation is for you and me to become lovers.’

‘What?’

He bent his head and kissed her startled mouth. It was a claim, open and demanding, and it smashed through her barriers with shaming ease. She had no chance to think, no time to do anything but surrender to a compelling hunger that battered down her instinctive resistance.

‘That’s not fake,’ he said, his voice rough. ‘Admit it, Sable—you want me every bit as much as I want you.’