A Child Claimed by Gold

by Rachael Thomas

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  Alessandro was so different than she was. Gabby had never truly fully appreciated just how different men and women were. In a million ways, big and small.

  Yes, there was the obvious, but it was more than that. And it was those differences that suddenly caused her to glory in who she was, what she was. To feel, if only for a moment, that she completely understood herself both body and soul, and that they were united in one desire.

  “Kiss me, Princess,” he said, his voice low, strained.

  He was affected.

  So she had won.

  She had been the one to make him burn.

  But she’d made a mistake if she’d thought this game had one winner and one loser. She was right down there with him. And she didn’t care about winning anymore.

  She couldn’t deny him, not now. Not when he was looking at her like she was a woman and not a girl, or an owl. Not when he was looking at her like she was the sun, moon and all the stars combined. Bright, brilliant and something that held the power to hold him transfixed.

  Something more than what she was. Because Gabriella D’Oro had never transfixed anyone. Not her parents. Not a man.

  But he was looking at her like she mattered. She didn’t feel like shrinking into a wall, or melting into the scenery. She wanted him to keep looking.

  She didn’t want to hide from this. She wanted all of it.

  Slowly, so slowly, so that she could savor the feel of him, relish the sensations of his body beneath her touch, she slid her hand up his throat, feeling the heat of his skin, the faint scratch of whiskers.

  Then she moved to cup his jaw, his cheek.

  “I’ve never touched a man like this before,” she confessed.

  And she wasn’t even embarrassed by the confession, because he was still looking at her like he wanted her.

  He moved closer, covering her hand with his. She could feel his heart pounding heavily, could sense the tension running through his frame. “I’ve touched a great many women,” he said, his tone grave. “But at the moment it doesn’t seem to matter.”

  That was when she kissed him.

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  A CHILD CLAIMED BY GOLD

  © 2016 Rachael Thomas

  Published in Great Britain 2016

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