Kitty wants reviews. Angry baby tiger bats at screen with adorable tiny paw. Rarr...

PLEASE REVIEW!!! Much love, Cat.

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He had been the bane of her existence from the moment she sprang from her father's head. As they grew to know each other those feelings only intensified and coupled together with a confusing mixture of desire and other unidentifiable emotions. And recently she had learned that they were meant to be together, a simple statement that had shattered so much of what she thought she knew about her identity and his. She supposed she had always seen him in some respects as no more than a child, barbaric and wild and driven by lust and his baser passions unable to grapple with serious matters or deeper emotions. She supposed he had always seen her as nothing more than a repressed, sexless fountain of knowledge, judgmental and unapproachable and driven by her need to gather information and to always have the solution, the answer to a problem, unable to indulge in her desires beyond occasionally giving into frustration.

But that had quickly changed. Living through the evolution of her feelings made the experience seem like it had been gradual, but considering how much time had passed, she realized that he had managed to destroy her preconceptions in a matter of days and hopefully, she had done the same for him. She had to have or else he would not be holding her so close to him now, softly murmuring nonsensical compliments and endearments in her ear. Or would he?

Ares pulled her closer, so that her curves molded to the hard lines of his body and the dance became more of sensual embrace than pleasant diversion. She could feel his chest rise and fall with his every breath and was conscious of the fact that her breathing naturally adjusted to fit his, so their movement were synchronized and they seemed to be one being. He buried his face in her hair, inhaling the sweet scent of roses, his breath teasing her senses and making her body go weak. She felt deliciously drowsy as though her bones had dissolved as her body sank against him. This caused him to catch her even tighter to him, so tight that she could feel the effect their closeness was having on him, an effect that spread a lazy warmth through her from where she was pressed against him that pooled in her belly. She murmured his name softly.

He lifted his head to look down at her.

At the absence of his head against the top of hers she looked up.

Deep brown met stormy gray as they stared into each others passion-darkened eyes, each believing in that moment that they would willing drown in the others gaze.

He cleared his throat. "Athena?" he prompted.

She realized she had said his name, quite without purpose aside from enjoying the feel of it as it passed over her lips. "Ares."

He read something in her gaze, something more than desire, an acquiescence of sorts. He bent his head to press a gentle kiss against her neck. She repeated his name. He was quickly discovering that it was his new favorite sound. His lips moved to her shoulder.

"Ares."

He reined in the raging lust pounding through him and gently tugged at the sleeve of her gown until the curve of one perfect breast appeared. He brushed his lips across the delicate flesh he had revealed. She shivered against him and repeated his name. As he continued his caresses, his name became a chant of sorts, a plea for more that wrapped around him, cast its enchantment over him until he found himself powerless to resist her bidding and the pull of her allure any longer.

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We are entering M territory. I will probably consult with my beta before going further, but first I need to know...will you follow me into M territory (it necessitates a switch of categories so you will probably need to put this on Story Alert or bookmark the page if you want to find me afterwards...that is if I do make a switch).

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Much love, Cat.