would enrage her, as it had before, and entrench her even more deeply in her disgust of Amarnes and its royal family. A subtler tactic was needed, a more sophisticated deceit.
He needed to keep her pliable, sweet, until he could decide just what he would do with her. What he wanted to do with her…Leo felt a tightening in his gut as he thought of how she responded to his lightest touch…She was so transparent in her desire. And yet he felt it as well, deep inside, a need…
He pushed the thought—as well as the feeling—away. He couldn’t afford to desire Phoebe. She was a problem to be solved, an inconvenience to be dealt with, just as she’d surmised all those years ago. Even now he remembered every word of the conversation, could feel the smooth silk of her skin against his questing hand…
No. He clamped down on the thought, straightening his shoulders, and tossed back the last of his brandy. As the first stars began to glimmer in the sky, he considered his next move.
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