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from her grasp within seconds and tossed it onto the floor. The next thing she knew, she was face-down over the small table. Damn him, he was going to spank her again! Then again, as frozen as her butt was, she probably wouldn’t even feel it, she thought.
    “You were already in for one hell of a spanking for making me chase you through the snow,” he growled. “But after that little episode with the poker, you’ll be lucky if you can sit down by the time I’m done.”
    Shayna glared at him over her shoulder. “I should have hit you with the damn thing, you bastard!”
    Behind her, Madoc ground his jaw. If there was ever a woman that needed a good, hard spanking, it was Shayna Matthews, he thought. And this time, he wasn’t stopping until he was sure that all the fight was out of her.
    Running off into the snow had to be the dumbest thing anyone had even done.
    Lifting his hand, he brought it down on her shapely, jean-clad ass in a series of quick, sharp smacks, only to abruptly stop after a dozen or so spanks.
    “My God, you’re soaking wet!” he exclaimed. “What the hell did you do, go for a swim somewhere?”
    The look she gave him this time wasn’t nearly as defiant as before. “I t-tripped and f-fell,” she stammered, and he realized that her teeth chattering.
    Madoc stared at her in disbelief. Tripped and fell? It looked like she had been rolling around in the snow for an hour! He’d been so angry before that he hadn’t noticed, but her lips were blue and she was shivering uncontrollably, he realized. Why the hell hadn’t she said something to him before? Because she had been more interested in whacking him with the fire poker, he reminded himself wryly.
    Even though Shayna really did deserve a spanking, Madoc wasn’t about to give her one while she was on the verge of hypothermia. As furious as he was with her for trying to escape, he definitely didn’t want her to freeze to death, especially now that he had her back in custody again. He would have to get her warmed up, and fast!
    The spanking forgotten for the moment, Madoc took Shayna’s arm and gently pulled her to her feet. “We need to get you out of these wet clothes before you freeze to death,” he told her.
    Without waiting for a reply, Madoc unzipped Shayna’s coat and tugged it off her shoulders. She was so cold and exhausted that she didn’t even bother to resist, but simply stood there. That only made him more worried. All the fire that had shone in her eyes as she’d tried to hold him at bay with the poker was gone now. Tossing the wet coat onto a chair, he turned back and slid his hands beneath the hem of her shirt.
    Shayna’s head jerked up in surprise. “What are you doing!” she said, trying to push his hands away.
    Madoc paused, but didn’t take his hands away. “I’m trying to get you out of these wet clothes and into bed before you freeze to death,” he explained. “Now stop being such a pain and let me help you.”
    She looked at him in confusion, but after a moment, she slowly nodded her head.
    Madoc wasted no more time getting the rest of Shayna’s wet clothes off. Lifting her shirt over her head, he tossed it on top of her coat, and then quickly went to work on her jeans. As he unbuttoned them, however, he couldn’t help but notice how round and perfect her breasts were beneath the sexy lace bra she wore, or the way his body responded to the sight. Stop it! he chided himself. Now was not the time to be ogling his prisoner. She was standing there freezing to death, for heaven’s sake! But even as he told himself that, he knew he would have to be a monk not to see how hot she was, especially when those long, shapely legs of hers came into view as he pulled off her sodden jeans. Even flushed pink and covered in gooseflesh, they looked great.
    Trying hard not to look at his half-naked prisoner, Madoc led her over to the bed, sat her down, and wrapped the blanket around her shivering form.
    “I’m going to make