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selfish. Pompous too, though it pains me to admit it. And a jackass? Well…you’ve seen enough firsthand evidence to attest to that.”
    She bit her lip, giving him a small shrug. “But you have compassion, Sorin. You proved that to me when you gave me Gran’s pendant, even after I lost our wager.”
    “You didn’t lose, Asha.”
    Her breath caught. “What?”
    “You didn’t lose, because there was no wager to be won.” His mouth lifted at one corner, a wicked smirk. “Which brings me to the charge of cheat.”
    “What are you talking about? We made a deal. You said if we had sex—”
    He moved closer now, and reached out to smooth his hand over her loose platinum hair. “I said, sweet Asha, that I would prove you wanted me as much as I wanted you. I said I’d have you begging for me before the night was through.”
    “And you did,” she admitted, feeling the rush of desire flood her just to be near him again. “You proved your point and I lost. You didn’t trick me. I know you didn’t use the thrall to seduce me. There was no need for that, Sorin.”
    He grunted, grinning now. “You did lose that part of our wager. Spectacularly, I might add. You’ve ruined me for anyone else.”
    “I have?”
    He gave a serious nod. “You ruined me from the moment I first laid eyes on you in my casino. Before that, in fact. From the first letter you wrote to me. And all the ones that followed.”
    The confession sent her heart into a gallop behind her sternum. Could he possibly feel the same way she did? That the few hours they spent together hadn’t been enough—would never be enough?
    Could he possibly care about her as deeply as she did about him?
    Her excitement nearly diverted her from the other subject at hand. “What do you mean, there was no wager to be won? How did you—” And then it dawned on her. “Back at the roulette table. You rigged the wheel?”
    “Not me, but my croupier knew what I needed him to do.” Sorin shrugged, unapologetic. Unrepentantly Incubus. “I told you I was a man who liked to win.”
    She gasped in outrage and smacked her palm on his powerful chest. “You cheated! With Korda Marakel too?”
    “No, he lost to the House fair and square. You were the only prize I truly couldn’t stand to lose that night.” He pulled her against him, their faces less than a breath apart. “Do you forgive me?”
    Ashayla looked into his mesmerizing eyes, eyes that held her with such care and emotion her chest was near to bursting. “I more than forgive you. I love you, Sorin.”
    His curse was soft, reverent. “Oh, my sweet Asha. I love you too. I want you with me, by my side. Starting right now.”
    He kissed her, an unhurried joining of their mouths that made her legs weak beneath her. Devotion filled his gaze when he drew back a moment later. His large hands trembled when they came up to cradle her face with utmost tender care.
    “You belong to me now,” he murmured. “You are more priceless than any treasure Ebarron will ever own.”
    Elation filled her, flooding every cell in her being. “I’m yours, Sorin. And you are mine. Forever.”
    He claimed her mouth again, long and slow and deep.
    His kiss tasted of passion and tenderness…and the promise of a future she couldn’t wait to begin with him.
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BOUNDLESS: HOUSE OF DROHAS ~ by Donna Grant
    Masters of Seduction (Book 6)
     

     
    As Master of the House of Drohas, Javan has a personal stake in his family's art business. The enigmatic Incubus has never embraced that duty more than when a beautiful and talented new artist catches his eye. The Drohas name and influence can help Naomi's career, but she's interested in Javan for a different reason. Believing him to be her sister's killer, Naomi soon finds herself fighting an all-consuming desire for the dangerous man, and thrust into a world she never dreamed existed-a world of angels and demons, poised at the brink of a brewing war.

CHAPTER ONE
    Javan Drohas was scrolling on