"You're sure you aren't a hunter?" he asked between kisses.

"No, I'm a biochemist. They would never let me join the Brotherhood." She sighed as he kissed her again and then gasped as he lifted her up and placed her farther back on the bed. Then he lay on top of her, kissing her again, and all shock faded beneath the pleasure of what his lips could do.

"Do you wish to hurt me or my family?" he asked. His hands lifted her sweater. The heat of his body burned her, not ...