Once A Wolf by Susan Krinard

Author:Susan Krinard [Krinard, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"When I found you here," he said, "you were already dreaming of my touch."

"That is… not true."

"You're a poor liar, Rowena. You dreamed of my touch, as you've dreamed of it since the day I

took you from Cole."

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"Please." She averted her face. "Don't."

"You're no more a coward than a liar." He waded closer, rising from the water. "Look at me.

Look at me, and tell me that you took no enjoyment in my caresses. Tell me that you were

possessed by some spirit that robbed you of will and forced you to endure so great an affront.

Tell me, and I'll never touch you again."

The world itself seem to hang breathless upon her answer. The canyon wren ceased its song,

and even the sound of rushing water fell to a murmur.

She looked at him as he demanded. Her brown eyes swirled with tiny golden sparks, set alight

by her inner battle.

"Very well," she said. "I will tell you the truth, Tomás Alejandro Randall. You are very good at

what you do. You could charm a snake from its nest, and I have no doubt that you could seduce

any woman you choose." Her hands twisted into a knot in her lap. "I am no exception. You

have… affected me. You have caused me to forget myself and lose sight of my strongest beliefs.

You have made me ashamed."

He felt as though she'd calmly reached out and struck him across the face. "That is not what I—

"

"The flaw is in me. It is the part that wants to become a beast and run at your side."

The dull resignation of her tone robbed his victory of any satisfaction. He reached out to her,

and she made no move to pull away.

"Yes, Tomás, you could have me," she said. "You could make me betray Cole and myself. I might

even enjoy it." She looked down at his hand on her arm. " But it's only the beast you will win.

There is a part of me you can't touch—the part that is human."

He curled his fingers around her wrist. "Rowena," he said thickly.

"You needn't worry," she said. "You don't care about anything but this." She grasped his hand

and placed it on her breast. "Once you have this, the rest scarcely matters, does it? You'll have

no reason to make me stay."

He felt her nipple harden under his palm. "Ah. You'll sacrifice your virginity in exchange for your

release?"

"Why not? Will you agree to such a bargain?"

She wasn't serious. Her words came of anger and bitterness, and a desire to hurt. Surely she

didn't think she could wound him merely by suggesting she would give herself for freedom from

captivity, but not for pleasure—that she'd give him the shell of her beauty and not what lay

beneath.

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"That is not the sole reason I brought you here," he said, snatching his hand away. "MacLean

must pay far more than the loss of your maidenhood. I'm afraid I can't accept your bargain."

"Then I am at your mercy.

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