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then gasped as Adalynn tugged her forward.

She stopped her just short of the circle of her arms. She

leaned in, her soft, fragrant breath tickling Cassia’s cheek.

Adalynn’s nostrils flared as she bent her head to Cassia’s neck,

as she drank in her scent like a beast. It was the strangest, most

erotic thing Cassia could ever have imagined. She thought

Adalynn might flick out her tongue, might lap at her skin,

might taste and mark her there, but she raised her face so that

they were nose to nose. Cassia’s hand came up between them.

She touched Adalynn right where her heart was rapidly

kicking. It mirrored her own elevated pulse.

Adalynn groaned and the sound ripped through Cassia as

surely as if it had been torn from her throat. Her breath caught

when Adalynn’s palms captured her face, holding her still.

One hand swept around to her hair, sinking deep in the white-

blonde tendrils. Adalynn dragged Cassia to her with an

unabashed, unexpected power, and then her sweet, blood red

lips were on Cassia’s, crushing, kissing, stealing her breath,

r /> claiming her, marking her.

Chapter 7

Adalynn

Adalynn knew she should be gentle. Cassia had never done

this before. She was sheltered and innocent. She’d led a

protected life. She knew all that, but her desire was too strong.

One taste of Cassia’s pure, sweet lips and she was done. Her

self-control shattered like glass and the breath punched out of

her. She wrapped her arms around Cassia’s slight, petite form

and pulled her against her so there was no space between

them. Her fingers threaded and knotted in the silky strands of

Cassia’s fine hair. She didn’t stop until she gripped the back of