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Sha
«No,» she whispered. «Nothing you do could frighten me, Whip.»
The lash curled, tugged, and the worn ribbon came untied, leaving nothing to hold up the pantalets. They slid to the floor. Sha
«You’re like the sun, honey girl. Beautiful. Perfect.»
Whip’s voice was as dark and sultry as the cave itself.
«I’ve seen myself in your shaving mirror,» Sha
«You are to me.»
The truth in Whip’s voice was another kind of caress licking over Sha
Sha
There was a swirl of water and the secret rush of drops onto stone as Whip came out of the seething pool. Wearing only coils of steam and a glistening sheen of water, Whip loomed in front of Sha
He was as beautiful to her as a pagan god, but the shadows haunting his eyes were those of a man whose powers were merely human.
I wish I were a different man!
Don’t love me, Sha
An eerie stillness wrapped around Sha
Very soon.
Sha
But it was not to be.
All Sha
As graceful as candlelight and mist, Sha
«Honey girl,» he said through his teeth. «My God.»
Sha
«Stop,» he said hoarsely.
«Not yet,» she whispered, touching him tenderly again. «I haven’t memorized all of you yet. Let me…memorize you.»
Whip didn’t know what to say, nor did he have any breath left to speak. Sha
Whip shuddered and fought for control when he realized that Sha
She knows, Whip thought bleakly. Somehow she knows.
Sha
When Whip could endure no more, he took Sha
Whip tried to speak but could not force words past the anguish and passion constricting his throat. He bent and began kissing Sha
With a rippling cry, Sha
Sha
A hoarse cry was dragged from Sha
Whip laughed and kept driving rhythmically into Sha
Holding her, sheltering her, Whip took Sha
And again lightning raked her violently sensitive flesh.
«Whip?» she asked, dazed, almost frightened.
«It’s all right, honey girl. I just have to know.»
«W-what?»
«How high you can take me. Each time higher and then higher again.»
«Me?» Sha
Her words became a hoarse cry of pleasure as Whip put his arms behind her legs and surged forward, opening her to the full power of his body. Then he began to move deep within her, where ecstasy welled up hotly, endlessly.
Whip’s name came from Sha
Deeply sealed within her, Whip held Sha
Finally, slowly, Whip pulled away from Sha
The sudden blossoming of light revealed two heavy saddlebags. A ragged tongue of gold spilled from one of them.
Sha
«Sha
She shook her head, touched Whip’s mouth with her fingers, and watched him with eyes that held no tears. Tears come from hope, and she had none left.
«I will always love you,» Sha