Prince of Fire by Linda Winstead Jones

Author:Linda Winstead Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780425214817
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2007-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

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10

Keelia's sleep was deep, and for the most part all was black and quiet. Now and then she drifted toward consciousness and heard a familiar voice. Joryn's voice. He said things Joryn would not say, so she decided the words were part of a dream. Odd, since she had not dreamed at all the last time Joryn had rendered her unconscious. Not that she remembered, in any case.

She woke slowly, gradually coming to understand that she was being carried. Not gently, as you might imagine a Queen would be borne, but draped over Joryn's shoulder like a sack of meal and horribly jostled as he walked and climbed at a quick pace. A moment later, she realized that she was naked, and that her hands and feet were bound.

Her insides fluttered insistently.

"What are you doing?" she asked, trying to make her voice cold, and failing miserably.

"Don't pretend you don't remember exactly what happened, Your Persistent and Very Naked Majesty."

She'd wanted Joryn desperately, and she'd done her best to get him. The priestesses who'd seen to her training since the age of fifteen had told her she would be irresistible when she set her mind on seduction, but apparently that was not the case. In this way, as in so many others, she was a failure as Anwyn Queen. She was different from all those who had come before her. For as long as she could remember, she'd been told that she was special and powerful and unique. She would give anything to be more like the women who had come before her; women who had not failed in the simplest of tasks.

She wanted Joryn now, but did not find herself in the best position for another attempt at seduction. Just as well, since that attempt would likely also fail.

That didn't mean she wanted him any less. Joryn's skin against hers was wonderfully seductive. Always, but especially now. Draped over him as she was, she felt him everywhere, and her insides fluttered again. His skin was so close, she could not help but inhale his arousing scent. That scent alone was enough to make her quiver deeply.

She pressed her bound hands against his bare back in order to steady herself, and to feel his wonderful skin. All she wore was the silvei bracelet he had given her, and it brushed against his nicely muscled back just as her fingers and palms did. Her thumbs raked against a particularly attractive muscle; the tips of her fingers swayed.

The heat of her fertile time had always been strong, but now that she knew what it was like to have a true lover, now that she understood the depth of the sensations of making love, the heat was beyond strong. It was dazzling. It was unstoppable. She closed her eyes, and imagined Joryn pushing inside her, again and again.

Her hands balled into fists, and she moaned. Her body lurched slightly.

Joryn sighed. "Not again."

"Yes, again," Keelia snapped, forcing her mind away from the fantasies of love.

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