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His eyes darken.
“Then you should know I have been exercising extraordinary restraint.”
“Really? You?”
“Do not sound so surprised.”
I slide my hands up his chest.
“Show me.”
He kisses me.
And suddenly, three thousand years of restraint feels like a very long time.
His mouth moves over mine with devastating confidence, but there’s something almost uncertain in the way his fingers settle against my waist.
As though this enormous, impossibly powerful man is afraid of holding me too tightly.
I pull him closer.
He makes a low sound against my lips.
Oh.
Interesting.
I kiss along his jaw.
His entire body goes rigid.
“Vidar?”
“Yes?”
I press my lips against the side of his neck.
He inhales sharply.
I smile.
“Are you all right?”
“No.”
I laugh.
“No?”
“You have discovered a weakness.”
“Have I?”
“An extremely inconvenient one.”
I kiss his neck again.
He closes his eyes.
