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Penance for Toying
“But not this morning, Mary Mage. This morning I’m going to do to you exactly what I said I would.”
I blinked at him anxiously.
He slid his arm down the wall next to me and slid his hand beneath my gray mage’s robe and swept one side off my shoulder. Letting it fall to the ground behind me. He reached across to the other side and did the same. His hand brushing my breast on the way by.
Making me hiss an indrawn breath as my nipple hardened at even that meager touch.
His gaze fell to that taut bit of flesh and he flicked a thumb over it as he made an appreciative sound. “Take your clothes off, Mary.”
I made a whimpering sound as I tipped my head back in defeat. Straightening my arms to let the robe fall over the bush next to me.
“Now the dress.”
“Hawk…” I tried pleading one more time. “What would make you let me go?”
“An icy day in Hell, Mary.&r
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