Janus' Conquest by Dawn Ryder Page A

simple gesture, but it felt intense.
    His fingers closed around her limb, securing her in his grasp once more. Satisfaction flickered in his eyes now. “Was that not worthy of your expectations?”
    “If kneeling in front of you with witnesses is what you crave, you need to find another, Janus.” Her voice was laced with disappointment, but she meant each word.
    There was confidence in her voice, even if she heard the fear of rejection in it as well. It might have been much wiser to simply leave her feelings unspoken, but she could not use him. Her temper flared up at the sparks that rose between them. They were opposites. Two things that would never mix well, very much like oil and water. Each touch only chained her to him further, but it was a doomed attraction. He wanted a female who would bend and she was as rigid as the trunk of a tree.
    “You see? I was correct to resist you. We do not suit. You must find another.”
    She turned, but never made it even one full step away from him. A hard arm snaked around her body as he closed the small gap between them. She whimpered as his body heat wrapped around her and his cock pressed against her lower back, taunting her with its presence. A deep shudder shook her body as need became too much to contain. There was no more control, only enduring.
    “You will belong to me.” His voice was low and laced with determination. His arms closed tighter around her, allowing her to feel his strength for a mere moment before he relaxed enough to keep from crushing her smaller body. His breath teased her ear as he leaned down to whisper. “But you are correct about one thing. There will be no more waiting.”
    He grasped her wrist and let her body go as he knelt in front of her. He dragged her over his shoulder with the use of his grip on her wrist. He pushed back up to his full height and her feet left the ground as her head landed against his back. His free hand landed on top of her bottom. He cupped one side of it and grasped the flesh as he began retracing their steps towards her dwelling.
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    Dawn Ryder

    She had pushed him past his limits.
    Fay stared at Janus, fascination capturing her complete attention. She rested against her own bed and let her gaze rest on her companion. He was blocking the doorway of her sleeping room as he began to pull his uniform gloves off. Now that they were inside once more, he was shedding his uniform, pushing his duty aside in favor of joining her in intimacy. Gone was the Hunter who had challenged her for weeks on end. She faced the man. Beneath his uniform was a male she knew precious little about. The only thing she seemed positive of was the fact that she was not sorry she had tempted him.
    Anticipation surged through her blood at a speed that threatened to make her lightheaded. Her heart was pounding beneath her breasts as she watched him work open the front fastenings of his uniform top. Her gaze followed his hands with a devotion that bordered on obsession. He pulled the edges of his uniform apart to reveal the dark hair covering his torso. The image had sprung up in her memory endlessly but it was so much better in person.
    Fay pushed up off her bed and moved towards him. She was too excited to remain still any longer. Hunger flickered across his eyes as she moved smoothly across the floor until her fingers threaded through his chest hair. A shiver moved over his chest, rippling past her fingertips as they lingered over his flesh.
    Janus was positive he’d never before been so aware of a single touch.
    Yet it was more than that. Fay was stroking him, savoring the contact of their skin as she slowly moved her hands until her palms were also pressing flat against his abdomen just below his ribs. She fanned her fingers out over his lowest ribs and he watched as she gasped delicately in reaction to touching him. It was by far more moving than tasting her slit had been. No one might have ever made him believe that he’d come to think of such a