A warm hand stroked Sabine’s bare stomach. She opened her eyes to stare up at Dax. Before she could even form a coherent thought, he bent down and kissed her. Her eyes automatically closed again, and she tasted his lips and the herbal concoction on his tongue. His hand lowered to her hip and he deepened the kiss, sliding his leg in between hers.
It had been a long time since she’d kissed him like this. Need and desire welled within her, but something tugged at the edge of her memory. There was a reason they hadn’t been intimate in months, but with his power trailing over her skin in the same pattern as his hand, it didn’t seem terribly important.
Someone pounded on the door, but Dax ignored it and slid his hand up under her shirt to cup her breast. She broke their kiss and pressed her ha
