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He smelled like musk and citrus, and the heat of his body seeping into hers was making her light-headed. She fought the urge to slide her legs around his hips. Craved the fullness of his erection pressing against her core. Wanted…him, for purely selfish reasons that had nothing to do with Sura and the others in her order.
    “Claire?” he asked in a throaty voice. A voice that sent a shudder through her whole body.
    “I…I study folklore,” she mumbled as he continued to torment her ear. As her skin continued to vibrate. “I’m a professor. At a university. I know the story behind the firebrand opals.”
    His touch disappeared. Cool air rushed over heated skin. Confused, she opened her eyes and looked up. But his face was no longer flushed with desire. Instead, his brow was wrinkled, his dark eyes searching hers for… oh, shit …truth.
    “How does a human know of the firebrand opals?”
    Shit, shit shit …
    “I…” What could she say? How could she cover this? He couldn’t know what she really was. She needed…
    She needed him as desperate for her as she’d just been for him.
    She rose up on her toes and pressed her mouth against his before she could change her mind. His entire body tensed. Djinn reacted to physical contact. It was one of their weaknesses. She’d been taught long ago that they were ruled by their desires, and judging from the erection she’d felt earlier, she hoped that was still true. Hoped it would be enough to distract him from his line of questioning.
    When he didn’t move a single muscle, she tipped her head, changed the angle of the kiss, and slid the tip of her tongue along the seam of his lips, hoping, wanting, waiting…
    His lips parted. In surprise? Bewilderment? Want? She didn’t care. She took the opportunity to dip into his mouth and taste him for the first time.
    Darkness. Spice. Lust. Sensations bombarded her from every direction. She stroked her tongue against his, moaned into his mouth, felt herself slipping even though he hadn’t kissed her back yet.
    You may even enjoy it . Sura’s parting words echoed through Claire’s mind as she continued to kiss him. She knew she shouldn’t. Knew she needed to stay in control. But he tasted so good. Felt so alluring pressed against her. Burned so hot where their skin met…
    A growl rumbled from his throat, and then his arms were around her, his mouth opening, his tongue taking charge and sliding along hers, his body pressing tightly against hers, just the way she wanted.
    Oh yes. He was still hard. Desire beat out curiosity. Her thighs ached, and that place between her legs throbbed in a way it never had before.
    He turned her toward the bed. Thought slipped out of her grasp when he reached behind her and parted the netting. She kissed him deeper while he lowered her to the bed, groaned when she sank against the mattress and his weight finally pressed into her.
    Yes, yes, this, just this …
    Her goals, why she was here, why she’d summoned him seemed to fade into the background. All she knew was his mouth. All she felt was heat and passion and desire. He kissed her again and again, dragged his hand down her side and pushed her shirt up so he could glide the palm of his hand along her rib cage. She shivered, groaned at the warmth and tingles dancing across her skin, gasped when he finally released her mouth and trailed his lips to her ear where this time he licked and suckled her lobe until she thought she’d go mad from the pleasure.
    “What are you doing to me, maya ?” he whispered. “You smell so good. I want you in ways I haven’t wanted another.”
    She closed her eyes, tipped her head to the side to give him more access. Felt the same way. Which was strange. Forbidden. Wrong. “Not even your teachers?”
    He nipped her earlobe, then suckled the sensitive spot. “Never my teachers. Not like this.”
    A thrill rushed through her at his words. It was another line, but this time it didn’t bother her. His hips