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An Excerpt From: RING OF SEDUCTION
Copyright © LYN CASH & ALEXIS
FLEMING, 2008
All Rights Reserved, Ellora's Cave Publishing,
Inc.
Suddenly, a large hand snaked around Mellika’s
right side and lifted her arm, turning it palm down. “You have no need for
a lamp, my lady. You wear the ring of the sultans. That will bring you your
heart’s desire.”
Mellika cast a quick glance
over her shoulder. Zeb! Madame Lila’s nephew, and the real
reason she’d allowed Madame to talk her into attending the party.
“Hey, is that the old ring you bought at Madame’s
store?” Tracey cut in.
Mellika tried to concentrate
on the ring on her right hand, but she was too conscious of Zeb brushing against her back. His heat seeped into
her, streaking through her blood and lodging between her thighs. Without
meaning to, she leaned back, allowing him to take some of her weight.
He stroked his finger gently across the top of the ring.
“It’s a peridot, a prized gem of Turkish sultans
in the Ottoman empire. Set in gold, it’s
said to ward off evil and the terrors of the night. But when set in a
combination of silver and gold, it becomes something else.” He slid his
hand under hers, supporting her palm, his thumb rubbing sensual circles on
the sensitive flesh.
She shivered. Resisting the urge to turn into his arms,
she focused on the ring. Fashioned of silver, with a gold bar either side
of the yellow-green stone, it seemed for a moment as if it glowed every
time Zeb’s finger touched the gem. At the same
time, warmth seeped into her finger where the silver banded her.
She jerked her hand upward, clenching it into a fist.
How weird. When she flattened her palm out again, the illusion disappeared.
It was nothing but an old ring she’d found in Madame’s junk jewelry shop.
No glow. No heat. But for a moment there…
Zeb slipped both hands around
her from behind and cupped her hips. His head dipped and his breath
whispered against her cheek. “Now that you know the power of the ring, do
you dare risk what it may offer? A night of pleasure such as you’ve never
imagined?”
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