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failed, now leave it alone.”
    Her voice broke on the last word, hitching as emotion seemed to crackle like
    electricity within it.
    “I don’t think so.” He stepped closer. “I was unaware that you had taken Lucian
    and myself for fools. That we would calmly stand aside and allow you to hide because
    you’re too frightened to reach out for what you want. You can’t keep that indomitable
    self-control and find the satisfaction you need, Tally. It won’t work.”
    He didn’t touch her. Not yet. He stalked around her, watching her carefully, seeing
    the naked nervousness in her gaze as she watched him warily. She knew Lucian much
    better than she did him. He had deliberately held himself away from her, stayed on the
    outside of her circle of friends, rarely giving her the chance to dissect him with those
    perceptive eyes of hers.
    She did that. Watched people, waiting on them to reveal to her their every dark
    secret so she could use it to hold them at bay, to insure she had every weapon available
    to keep them from getting close to her.
    “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” She was breathing roughly, though
    he could tell she was fighting valiantly to control it. “I hate to prick that ego of yours,
    Dev, but you and Lucian may not be the walking female orgasms you think you are.”
    May not be. He noticed she didn’t state it as a definite. His lips kicked up in a grin.
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    He stopped behind her, not touching her, not daring to. Her shoulders stiffened, her
    breathing becoming rougher still as he towered over her.
    “Had you waited, you would have had what you needed, Tally.” Her arms
    uncrossed, her hands falling to her sides and clenching at the material of her robe. He
    could see the hard rise and fall of her breasts, almost feel her fight for control.
    “How like a man,” she sneered. “Perhaps I’m frigid. Isn’t that the standard male
    excuse?”
    “Or perhaps you’re too stubborn, too intent on being in control, on being the
    Mistress, to ever admit there could be a Master,” he suggested softly. “I know what you
    need, Tally. I know, and I’m going to make certain you have it.”
    She seemed to freeze, stiffening in response, not just to the words, but also the
    underlying promise that came with them. When she started to run, he was ready for
    her. He was determined Tally was not going to run anymore.
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Chapter Twelve
    Tally was in shock. This was not the gentle giant she had always thought of Dev as
    being. This was a man in his prime, far stronger than she, and determined to have his
    way. He caught her as she moved to run from the bedroom, a chuckle sounding in her
    ear as his arms went around her, holding her close. A second later she felt her robe
    loosen as she struggled against him, fighting to tear herself from his muscular arms as
    he stripped the robe from her body.
    “You bastard!” she raged as he picked her up and tossed her to the bed.
    Her fingers curled into claws as fury overwhelmed her. Hot, blinding rage burned
    in her stomach like acid as she snarled and flailed out at him.
    She gained little more than a dark laugh as he straddled her body and within
    seconds, to her complete horror, had her arms spread and her wrists shackled with soft,
    padded nylon restraints.
    “Let me go.” She jerked at the restraints, staring up at her wrists in disbelief as the
    slender chains running from the nylon refused to give way.
    Instantly his weight was removed, but it wasn’t to release her. She shrieked in
    disbelief, attempting to jerk her foot from his grip as he began to shackle her ankles. She
    was now spread eagle, held naked to the bed as he watched her in amusement.
    “You son of a bitch!” she screamed, outraged, terrified. No matter how desperately
    she fought she couldn’t release herself, nor could she stem the rising anger building
    inside her. “I’ll kill you for this. I’ll carve your dick from your body if you