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    As much as she wanted to go to him, did she have the courage? Could she put the past behind her and move on in the hope the past didn’t repeat itself?
    “Do you feel the passion between us, Druid? Or are you afraid of giving in to it?”
    “Yes and … yes.”
    One side of his mouth lifted in a devastating smile. “You’ve been in my dreams for months. I couldna see your face or hear your voice, but I knew your magic. Your magic led me here, to you. I doona know why, and right now, I doona care.”
    Rennie’s mouth went dry. Her body was screaming for her to take the few steps separating them and wrap her arms around him while her mind was reminding her of the disaster of the last relationship she’d tried to have.
    Indecision kept her rooted, but it was the disappointment in Dale’s eyes she saw right before he turned away that propelled her forward. Rennie hurried to him and put her hand on his shoulder to turn him.
    As she did, she pressed her mouth to his. In the next instant, he had her against the wall, his hard body blocking her in. His kiss was intense and wild.
    And she loved every second of it.
    He broke away, his breathing as ragged as her own. Dale looked into her eyes with his face close to hers. “Tell me you want this. Tell me you want me.”
    “I want you,” Rennie said and pulled his head back down for another kiss.
    Their passion was explosive, sizzling. Scorching. It was an inferno raging out of control now that the flames had been fanned.
    Buttons flew, fabric ripped as they frantically fought to remove the other’s clothes. They couldn’t get to each other fast enough.
    Rennie moaned when he reached between them and cupped her breast before rolling her nipple between his fingers. Her fingers delved into his short, dark hair as he kissed down her throat.
    He lifted her, and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he smiled at her. “Which way to your room?”
    “Down the hall to the left.”
    He strode from the kitchen and made his way to her room. There she unwound her legs, and he slowly lowered her until she was standing.
    “It’s been a long time for me,” she hedged, suddenly uncertain of what to do.
    “Your body knows.”
    Rennie lowered her gaze to stare at the thick sinew of his chest and arms. Unable to help herself, she caressed her hands over his warm flesh, amazed at the strength beneath her palms that could be unleashed with barely a thought. “Does it?”
    He leaned close until his mouth was near her ear. “Aye, lass,” he whispered.
    Rennie shivered from the sound of his voice. She had never had a one-night stand, and she knew this was most likely where she was headed. Even as she knew it was wrong, she couldn’t stop herself. She wanted Dale, wanted to feel the passion and desire that made everything else fade away.
    “Have you had a vision?”
    He leaned back and shook his head. “Stop thinking, Rennie, and just feel.”
    She opened her mouth to reply when his finger slid between her bare breasts and didn’t stop until he reached her navel. Everywhere he touched, her body burned, eager for more.
    “Stop thinking,” he ordered. “You’ll make me believe I’m no’ doing a good enough job.”
    Rennie grabbed hold of him to keep steady when he circled her nipples leisurely until her breasts swelled and her nipples peaked.
    He took her mouth in another bold kiss as he gently lowered her to the bed. Rennie sucked in a ragged breath when his weight settled atop her.
    Flesh to flesh, body to body, their hands and mouths explored and learned. Time melted away until it was only the two of them. Rennie could think of nothing else, could feel nothing else but Dale.
    His touch left her panting, his kisses made her weak with need. He knew just where to touch to make her moan, just how to stroke to bring her higher and higher.
    She clutched the covers when his fingers delved into the curls between her legs. He teased her mercilessly until he slid his fingers