Julie relented and nodded, the gesture inadvertently brushing his finger with a gentle kiss. Dax's eyes dropped to her mouth, and the hunger came back. He growled and reached up to grab the braid that had been driving him crazy since the moment he had seen it. Using it as an anchor, he pulled her to him and took her mouth with a hungry fervor. His tongue swept in and teased and tormented her until she was breathless and aching. She grabbed his shoulders, twisting her fingers into his shirt to keep herself upright as her knees weakened. Dax lifted his head and looked down at her. To Dax, Julie's heavy-lidded gaze and kiss-swollen lips were the sexiest, most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Only the knowledge that her parents were in the other room kept him from shoving her pants down

