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embraced what he wanted of me. Now, it’s your turn.”
    “Cougar Spirit?”
    “He taught me how and why to listen. It’s my turn to do the same to you.”
    Madman, he was a madman! But was he? She pondered this as his fingers slipped into her hair, and he lightly massaged her temple. At first, she remained tense, but bit by bit, her muscles relaxed. Her eyes didn’t want to remain open. The strain in her arms seemed to decrease, and why would she want to straighten her imprisoned leg when lying here, breathing in the forest’s scents while her captor taught her to accept his touch, was so incredibly hypnotic.
    More than hypnotic. She was becoming even more aroused.
    “Your skin’s so soft,” he muttered. “And under that, you’re strong. Cougar Spirit approves.”
    “Cougar Spirit? Approves? What—”
    “No more. Your time for questions will come, but first you need to turn yourself over to me. For that to happen, you must go deep inside yourself and listen to your own silence.”
    He had to know he wasn’t making sense, didn’t he? Opening her eyes, she lifted her head. With his hand still in her hair, he reached for her backpack and withdrew the sleeveless T-shirt she slept in. Even before he started twisting it, she understood what he had in mind, so when he rolled her onto her back and pressed it against her lips, she clenched her teeth, fighting in the only way she could.
    “There,” he said when the makeshift gag filled her mouth. Lifting her head even higher, he tied off the shirt in back. “Now you’ll listen to your body.”
    Then he knelt beside her again with his hands resting on his potent thighs and his gaze working slowly over her helpless body. Something hot and heavy licked from between her breasts to her crotch. When the heat settled in her pussy, for the first time in her life, she saw herself as nothing except a sexual entity. This isn’t happening , she tried to tell herself. But it was.
    “I’ve been waiting for this.” His fingers clenched, making her wonder if he was forcing himself not to touch her. “Ever since I accepted my destiny.”
    What destiny, she tried to ask with her eyes. But even if he replied, would it make any sense?
    Revealing no emotion, he leaned over until his face was so close to hers that he began to blur. “You’re destined to be my mate, my partner, my equal in the battle that’s been thrust on us, but first I must claim you.”

    Even as he spoke, Stark struggled to accept that he was actually saying the words he’d waited so long to speak. All those lonely days and nights and he’d finally found her , captured her.
    She was afraid, of course, but he read more than that single emotion in her. Hopefully, the time would come when he could explain why and show her how to put her conflict behind her. But just as his new reality had slowly revealed itself, she had to go through the same process. Otherwise, the change wouldn’t be complete. Otherwise she’d continue to fight instead of accept.
    Accept. Embrace . That’s what the rest of today and however long it took was about, wasn’t it? Because if he failed to bring her into his world, he’d continue to live in it alone. The aching solitude—
    No! He wouldn’t go there!
    Instead, he’d touch and teach until she turned her back on everything she’d been and believed in before coming to Cougar Mountain.
    Unless he failed.
    A low growl rolled out of him. He had to succeed, he had to!
    Fighting the animal in him, he again dug into her backpack looking for signs of the life he’d taken her from. Pulling out her cell phone, he flipped it open. Mia’s messages , the opening screen read. So, her name was Mia.

Chapter Three
    “Your body is ripe,” he said. “I look forward to turning it into what I need.”
    Desperate to discover what he meant by need , she tried to speak, but even though the gag muffled her efforts, he pressed his fingers over her mouth. “Don’t,” he warned. “Certain