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head and pushed them
up against the rough exterior of the barn.
    She sucked in a breath as he leaned into her.
Tendrils of fear added to the sharp, hot bite of sexual excitement
that lacerated her insides. Liquid heat pooled in her panties as
currents of pleasure and need coursed through her system.
    "What'd I tell you?" He hissed the words at
her.
    Elaina stared, eyes wide, shocked into
silence, unable to answer.
    He pushed his torso into hers. "What'd I tell
you?" he demanded as his tone became harsher.
    She shook her head, unable to calm her raging
heartbeat enough to answer him.
    "I told you to stay the fuck away from
him. I told you not to let him touch you. I told you not to let
him kiss you. Did he fuckin' kiss you again? You let him fucking
touch you again?"
    "N-no."
    "Am I gonna have to beat the shit out o' him?
Is that what it's gonna take?"
    "Raul, Jesus , you're scaring me--"
    "I'm scaring you? You're scaring me
shitless, Elaina." The blood left his face, turning it white, as
the intensity of his emotions ripped through him.
    "C-calm down, nothing happened." She tried to
get him to understand. "I haven't been seeing him, I promise." He
held tight to her wrists so she reached out to him the only way she
could. She pushed her face into his neck and tried to soothe,
"Shh."
    He dropped his head and sucked in oxygen. He
waited for the count of three seconds and then moved his lips to
hers.
    He kissed her softly, taking light sips from
her trembling lips.
    "You don't know that boy, baby. He's got a
reputation with women." He spoke between kisses, his lips lifting
from hers and then going back for more. "He wants to fuck you. You
know that? That's all he wants." His words were basic. Primal.
    She trembled violently in his arms as his
mouth moved to her ear, feeling him suck in a breath. He kept
talking, his voice lowering to a ragged whisper in her ear. "He
can't fuck you, Elaina."
    His hands released her wrists and dropped
down until his arms encircled her waist completely. He hugged her
to him, running his hands up and down her back. "I get that you're
too young for me. I can't have you yet." His hands clenched tight
in pure possession. "But baby, you need to take care. You belong to me --"
    She jerked in his arms and caught him off
guard. "I don't belong to you---"
    His head whipped up to glare at her face and
his hand grabbed her chin and lifted it. "You're gonna fuckin'
belong to me. Just as soon as you get grown, I've told you before.
But you need to take care, protect what's mine, or all bets are off
and I'll move in now. Your choice. I'll give you time and space but
you gotta promise. Nobody fucks you . Now. Promise
now."
    "I don't understand what you're asking for,
Raul. You're asking me for a commitment? Without us being
together?" Confusion creased her forehead into lines. "You what?
You want me to go about the business of my life, but promise my
virginity to you?"
    Raul felt the sucker punch to his
stomach.
    "You still a virgin, baby?" God, he wanted
it to be true .
    Elaina closed her eyes and let out a whoosh
of breath. She hadn't meant to say that. But she figured he already
guessed it anyway. Shit, she was only making her situation worse.
He was going to shit a brick when he found out she was lying about
her age. Not exactly lying .
    She did know one thing. She wasn't confused
anymore. She still didn't know if she was ready for this yet, ready
for someone like him. But God, she did want him. That was
for sure . His intensity be damned. She'd learn how to handle
it. She had to. She hadn't thought of anything or anyone but him
for weeks now.
    The temptation was going to eat her alive. He
was so incredibly hot . He was temptation personified.
    She squeezed her eyes shut tighter. She
wanted someone like him to take her virginity. She wanted him to be
the one.
    She just needed some time. Some time that she
knew she wasn't going to get. She needed to make up her mind. She
needed to reconcile herself to his