A shriek rose in her throat as there was a sudden painful thrust within her - but the shriek wqw lost when his mouth gripped hers. The sob that shook her body seemed not to move him at all as he thrust again, draining her of strength. She lay back weakly, her consciousness fading partly from pain and partly from lacknof air, for hisbgasping mouth had nearly cut off her breathing.

Raphael, holding her quivering body so firmly In his grasp, having her welded to him as it were,ran a hand lightly down her spine and she felt it tingle the length of her. A pulsing rhythm thudded against her...