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from her and clenched his fists. His chest moved up and down with the fury of emotion. Real fear catapulted upward inside her.
    Before she could take another breath, he yanked her back into his arms.
    He buried his face in her hair and whispered close to her ear, “Follow my lead and you’ll understand in time.”
    She didn’t have time to ask what he meant.
    His lips came down over hers. Surprised, she drew in a sharp breath. Firm and aggressive, his kiss wasn’t the sweet, light kisses she’d witnessed men and women sharing on Magonia. No. His mouth took, twisting over hers from side to side then sealing securely to taste. His tongue slipped inside immediately, and she jerked in amazement. Cheers went up around them as Dane devoured her mouth, each stroke of his tongue along hers sending incredible sparks dancing in her body like touches of embers from a fire. Liquid heat spilled through her middle, charging her body with a craving that abolished her fear in a wash of desire.
    Her hands gripped his shoulders convulsively.
    Yet as his fingers speared into her hair and his other arm tucked her tighter against his body, many of the things she’d learned started to dissolve like sleeping powder in water. Fire licked her body as a strange dizziness overtook her. Her limbs felt weaker, her mind fuzzy with a sensual daze. Her nipples tightened and tingled, and a treacherous ache built between her thighs. Strange, undulating calls came from the crowd and instinctively she recognized this was somehow expected. His kiss gentled, and as it did, she heard the cheers around them die down. He drew back, and she saw a strange red glow pulsate in his eyes, and when his lips parted, she sensed he still wanted more. Something deeper, more feral. More dangerous to her very being.
    It frightened her in a way that didn’t have a name.
    His arms fell away from her.
    Ketera stared at him in amazement, her jaw slack. She quivered, her body alive with every sensation she could remember having in her life. Rolls of heat cascaded through her. Tears rose to her eyes, but she didn’t feel sad so much as shocked.
    Bewildered, she spoke through trembling lips. “How dare you?”
    Now that the trauma had died down, new aches tortured her muscles. All around her, normalcy started to return. It surprised her how calm people now seemed, their smiles returning. The drama of the event pulsed with dull, painful thuds. He grabbed her arm. Before she could protest, he swept her up in his arms.
    She gasped in indignation and kicked her legs. “Put me down. I can walk. I’ve been doing it since I was very young. My legs are fully functional.”
    His arms around her felt secure and those wild feelings he’d aroused with the kiss continued to tremble within. She tried tamping down the feelings, but her body didn’t care what her mind thought. Her skin flushed upward into her neck and face as she thought about how she’d reacted. Angry with herself for allowing him to take liberties and responding to his impudent embrace, she pushed at his shoulders and continued to kick her legs. He was so strong it didn’t faze him. Frustrated, she almost screamed. Most of the men she knew couldn’t withstand blows like this without dumping the abuser on the ground.
    “Women are not allowed to face down dragons.” He almost growled the words as he walked. “I told you to stay in the tower.”
    His imperious tone, spoken in a clipped fashion, didn’t surprise her. But fury grew even higher regardless. “So this is how you treat women here? Putting women in their place? Not allowing them to flourish?”
    “Wherever you got your information, it is flawed. Women on Dragonia have every freedom. You’ve seen in this castle how they walk around without escort. Do you see any of them led around by the nose by men? They sell goods at the carts and run their own households. There are few single women, but that is because there are so many more men than women and the