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in?”
    He shook his head. “A whole lot of trouble.”
    â€œHe said it didn’t work properly.”
    â€œOh, it’s working, all right. I can feel it right now.” He rubbed his temples again.
    Her entire body felt flushed. Maybe she was having an allergic reaction to it. “Do I have to get violent to make you spit out what you know?”
    Ryan hissed out a breath through his teeth. “It’s a lust potion, Emma. An old one from the British Isles. There’s a legend that says that this is the potion that Guinevere was given to make her fall in love with King Arthur, but it didn’t work quite that smoothly. You know what happened with Lancelot, right? She fell for him instead. It’s this potion’s fault. And, no, it doesn’t work on everyone which is why Franklin thought it was a dud. Some mood enhancer. He has no idea.”
    Her mouth dropped open. “Guinevere and Lancelot?”
    â€œYou got it.”
    A lust potion. That would explain why she suddenly felt so warm. Why her body had begun to tingle. Why her nipples had tightened. Why her belly twisted with a strange and difficult to ignore need. Why she desperately wanted Ryan’s hands on her as soon as possible. “Lustful for…?”
    He smiled, but it was shaky. “Well, I guess that would be me .”
    â€œYou?”
    â€œWe were together when it spilled on us.” His gaze, now heated, swept her body as he drew closer. “It’s rare and dangerous stuff.”
    A shiver went down her spine. “There’s some left. If you stole it, you could get a lot of money for something like this.”
    â€œI could. If I stole it.”
    Her breath came quick, and Ryan’s mouth was suddenly the main focus of her entire world. “I feel an irresistible need to kiss you right now. Which is incredibly inconvenient considering how much I hate you,” she whispered.
    â€œI thought you said you were indifferent to me. Put down the bottle before you break it. If any more of that stuff spills, we might have a larger problem to deal with here.”
    Instead of arguing, she placed the green glass bottle down on a table next to the couch and dropped her purse to the floor. “So…now what do we do?”
    She felt his gaze on her like a brand. It slid over her breasts and stomach, and her insides tightened with desire.
    â€œKiss me,” he suggested.
    Her heart pounded hard. “Bad idea.”
    â€œYou’re afraid what might happen?”
    â€œYes.”
    He had the audacity to smile at her. “See, I knew you knew words other than no, Em.”
    â€œI need to get out of here.” But she didn’t move. They were alone in the library of Xavier Franklin’s mansion with a party going on outside the heavy closed doors. She could hear it—the voices, the laughter, the band playing some up-tempo but classical number.
    â€œSo despite you telling me a minute ago that you’re indifferent to me,” Ryan said, “what you’re now saying is that you hate me.”
    She nodded. “I can’t stand you.”
    â€œBut you still want to kiss me.”
    Yes. She needed to kiss him, to do more than just kiss him. To feel Ryan’s hands on her, his hot skin beneath her fingertips. To feel him sliding inside of her, filling her the way she’d always fantasized about. Even in themonths that he’d been out of her life, she’d still dreamed about having him in her bed.
    Damn.
    It was Emma who closed the distance between them first. Her mind was foggy, but her body knew what it wanted. It wanted Ryan. It had always wanted Ryan since the moment she’d met him. And the Desidero potion, just a small splash of it, had heightened that need inside of her to an uncontrollable level.
    Just because it was inconvenient didn’t mean it wasn’t true.
    Ryan looked concerned. “Emma, we need to—”
    â€œShut up.”