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more than capable of caring for her three younger sisters.
    No, he demanded that she would have to wait until he was certain she truly had discovered her own beauty. She tried to make him believe she had, several times, but he knew she was only saying it so he would let her go. That alone set his heart to aching.
    Day after day, he had hoped she would have no desire to leave him, but even though he read her thoughts and knew she found great pleasure in being with him, he did not sense she loved him.
    As he now loved her.

    Analeen lay back on the soft pelts in the cavern and stared up at the crystal ceiling.
    It sparkled and glittered, casting thousands of rainbows across the cavern floor. She raised one hand and a rainbow striped her skin. She studied it, seeing the beautiful red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet against her flesh.
    Yet she didn’t completely see it. In her mind she pictured herself with her captor, rolling across the pelts, kissing and licking and biting one another. Bringing each other to climax after incredible climax with their hands and their mouths.
    Yet Law refused to bond with her.
    Over and over he had told her she truly didn’t know him, didn’t know what he was. When she knew, he had told her, she could make the choice then.
    She was certain who he was. A fierce, protective, and loyal man. A man who taught her how to care about herself as much as she cared about others. And a man who taught her she was beautiful inside and out.
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    Wolf’s Law
    Finally, clear as day, she could honestly see it, as if the mask others had placed upon her had fallen away to reveal the woman she truly was.
    With a sigh she rose up from the pelts and her feet pattered across the smooth rock floor of the cavern. She was now completely comfortable with her nakedness, not having worn clothing since the day she had arrived.
    Every day, Law had blocked the entrance with a large boulder, keeping her prisoner.
    She didn’t imagine that most prisoners were made love to the way Law made love to her.
    At first, she had been angry, and had searched and searched the cavern for some way out. But over time, she gradually came to accept her temporary imprisonment. Law had promised to release her when she truly appreciated herself.
    Under Law’s constant attention, by the way he cared for her, she felt like a newly opened jensai bloom. The rare flowers always started out as plain black buds that were nothing special to look at. But when they bloomed, they were the most incredibly beautiful and precious flower one could ever hope to see.
    That was how Law made her feel. Beautiful. Rare. Precious.
    Even though she knew the entrance would be blocked, Analeen slipped from the coolness of the cavern, into the long passageway that led to the outside and to Law’s pool. They had spent countless hours there, laughing and playing in the water, bathing, and exploring one another’s bodies. Cool air brushed her naked skin and her nipples tightened as always as she imagined it was Law caressing her body. She could never tire of being with him.
    She had fallen in love with Law.
    Analeen paused in the passageway, her scalp prickling with the realization, and she held her hand to her pounding heart. “Oh, my gods,” she whispered. A sense of giddiness came over her and her heart felt near to bursting.
    Just as quickly it faded. Likely Law didn’t feel the same.
    But what if he did?
    She slipped into the passageway that seemed brighter than normal. It was about time for Law to return from hunting, and even though she couldn’t get out, she could wait for him.
    Analeen rounded the corner and saw the cave entrance was open. Slowly she walked toward it. Maybe Law was already back? Or could he have forgotten to move the boulder before it?
    The thought raced through her mind that now she had the opportunity to escape, to return to her family.
    But just as quickly that thought fled. She didn’t want to leave Law, the man she