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uncomfortable around me. You have to admit you
don’t see eyes like mine every day. Even here in Atlantis they are an oddity.”
    “Yes, but they
are very beautiful regardless.”
    “I’m pleased
they don’t repulse you.”
    Repulse her?
Quite the opposite was true. Her cheeks warmed. Gods, she was blushing. She’d
never blushed in her life, and the idea she did now made her want to squirm.
Her gaze dropped to the floor, and she felt off balance from a mixture of
discomfort and excitement. His fingers brushed lightly down her cheek to under
her chin. The sensation sent a streak of lightening down her spine, her belly
fluttering as if a dozen butterflies resided inside.
    “Look at me, Laris .”
    The deep lilt of
his voice shivered through her, her name on his lips an erotic caress inflaming
her with his soft demand. Unable to fight it she found herself obediently
lifting her gaze, caught once again in his otherworldly eyes.
    “You are not
what I expected.”
    Her brow furrowed
at the unexpected confession. “And what were you expecting?”
    His lips parted
in a breathtaking smile, and she fought the impulse to close the distance
between them, bask in his heat, the hard length of his body and stroke her
hands all over the golden expanse of his bare chest. Gods, he was so beautiful
and so male. He oozed masculine sexuality making her aware of her femininity in
ways she never expected.
    “Someone not
nearly as tempting, my sweet,” he murmured closing the distance between them,
his head bending down to capture her lips in a kiss.
    She gasped in
surprise at the assault to her senses, and he took advantage, his tongue
darting inside to stroke and explore. His flavor of sweet wine and hot spices
burst on her tongue and seeped inside her like a drug. He swallowed her moan of
pleasure, the kiss deepening going from tender to dominant in a heartbeat. His
glasses fell from her grasp, forgotten as her arms twined around the strong
column of his neck of their own accord. Her fingers speared into the short
silky strands of his hair as his hands traveled the length of her back, to cup
her ass and bring her up tight against the thick swell of his erection. Her
blood thundered in her ears as her breasts pebbled against the hard flesh of
his chest.
    Her tongue
tangled with his, her teeth grazing against his upper lip as she met his
ferocity with her own. Her sex pulsed painfully, juices weeping for so much
more. Her blood felt on fire in her veins as it pounded through her system. Her
breasts ached, the peaks stiff and throbbing. If he didn’t start touching her
soon she would go mad with the intensity of her need. What was it about him
that affected her so?
    He broke the
kiss, those strange beautiful eyes darkening to a dark forest green, swallowing
the dark slits of his pupils. Her heart fluttered in her chest at the
realization she could easily fall in love with this man she called husband.
    ****
    Zeke’s arms were
filled with warm woman, pressed snug against him, her curves hitting him in all
the right places. Dimly he wondered if he’d ever wanted a female as much as he
wanted this one. His cock throbbed in complete agreement. He drank in the
beauty of Laris , her dark skin the color of burnished
copper, thick, black hair spilled over her shoulders and down her back in soft
curls away from a small oval face. Perfection.
    Mine.
    Satisfaction
filled his chest at the sight of her parted lips, swollen and pink from his
kisses. The soft, dove grey color of her large expressive eyes smoldered. Dimly
he knew on a soul deep level that he could easily lose himself in those
mysterious depths. Her beauty stole his breath while her response to his kiss
inflamed his senses. The delectable scent of orchards and moonlight mixed in
the air with the heady undertone of her arousal, calling to something primal
inside of him.
    His eyes roamed
over her nightgown of gold satin, clinging to her curves. The color enhanced
the darkness of her skin.