Love Against Duty

piece swimming suit, and your hair glowed like a gold copper wire. I remember thinking that I had never s

e in love, or is it just a word to you? I refuse to put up with your nonsense. She tried to pull away from him, but it was futile, and it was crazy to find herself in the arms of a stranger so strong, and who

y about themselves. Her heart beat faster at the feel of his handsome face so close to her own, and the things it made her feel made her so desperate to get away from him. I don't mingle with gangsters. He laughed softly, his warm breath playing over the bare skin of her lovely neck, a honey-colored tanned skin from the hours she spent at the b

ommon word. Will it be a duel in the market square, or will the winner wrestle the girl. Damn you....... Now, that isn't a nice word for a lady, is it? I should let Austin break your neck! E

r special talents. Then scream, bring them running to this room,

hands. Into your teeth she clenched, like some shark in the sea. I won't bite out your flesh, for I prefer you whole, he drawled. Are you really afraid of me? She lay very still in his arms, feeling the thrust of his jaw and the

times, we all need a little alcohol for the senses; otherwise, the things we have to face would be damn hard to endure. A secret meeting can be romantic; it doesn't have to be an introduction to a disaster. Like two strangers hanging on the tip of a cliff, struggling for their lives? She muttered, for no

erous. Life wasn't meant to be all roses; sometimes we have to take a risk and go through the thorns to get to the roses. You found that out tonight, didn't you? You ran from the music and sought something out there in the dark. The dark god watches them all, you know, and they'