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.Slipping from her bed, she silently opened their adjoining door and peeked out.Her gaze was drawn magnetically to the bunk where he lay.Delight knew by the sound of his regular, steady breathing that Jim was sound asleep.Emboldened by that knowledge, she ventured forth, the long flannel nightshirt she wore trailing the floor behind her.The burning lamp cast a weak, flickering light in the room as she came to stand by his bed.His features seemed hardened by the shadowy lamplight and Delight almost panicked when he stirred, afraid for a moment that he wouldn’t want her…that he would reject her.She knew then that her only hope was darkness.She had to come to him under the cover of the night, to love him anonymously, to give her greatest gift in secret devotion before fleeing his life forever.A serenity enveloped Delight as she turned out the lamp.It seemed so right.She needed to be with him, to be held in his strong arms, to be a part of him.Swept up in her desire to love him, she stepped free of Jim’s nightshirt and approached him.Delight wasn’t aware that she appeared as a wraithlike vision as she moved about the cabin.And Jim thought he was dreaming when he opened his eyes and saw the ivory-bodied goddess of the night coming toward him.Held captive by his intoxicated state, he lay still, letting his gaze roam over the silent, graceful woman who seemed to be floating as she drew nearer.Her face and hair were hidden in the shadowy darkness of the room, but her alabaster flesh gleamed with a purity that stole his breath.“Who are you?” he managed to croak, the thrill of this midnight illusion making coherent thought impossible.Delight was scared…she hadn’t expected him to waken…not yet.Her lack of experience frightened her, but she decided to brazen it out.She wanted to be with him…she had to be with him.Driven on by a need as old as time, she drew no closer, but played on the fringes of his mind.“I’ve come to love you, my captain,” she whispered, her voice as soft and feminine as a gentle breeze.Jim didn’t move for he was afraid that his beauty would vanish if he tried to touch her.Sure that the combination of champagne and scotch had conjured up this heavenly dream of a woman, he made a note to drink them together more often.A crooked smile touched his lips.Delight saw the smile and fear clutched at her heart.Had he recognized her?“Then love me, my beauty.” He spoke to her gently, slowly extending a hand in her direction.Delight needed no further encouragement.He wanted her…he wasn’t rejecting her.She put her hand in his big warm one and felt herself pulled gently but with steady strength toward him.Glad she had extinguished the lamp, she surrendered herself to Jim’s embrace.“Are you real?” he murmured in profound confusion as he drew his dream lover down upon the bed with the utmost care.How could this be happening to him? Had he been sober he would have bolted from the bed and demanded an explanation from this beautiful young woman who was giving herself to him.But the liquor had dulled his rationality; he was caught up in the sensuousness of the moment and he wanted only to enjoy every second of his dream.The blackness of the night surrounded them as their bodies touched intimately for the first time, and her hands clutched at him, holding him tightly, never wanting to let him go.“Relax, beauty,” he told his illusion.“I’m here, and we have all night.”A sob caught in her throat.Just this one night…that was all they had…and it was more perfect than she’d ever thought possible.His mouth descended to hers slowly, sensuously opening her lips to him and drawing her life from her in a devastating kiss unlike anything she’d ever dreamed.The boldness of his tongue as he tasted hers sent a thrill of desire through her that eclipsed all of her previous imaginings.It was perfect, this blending of male and female, and she reveled in the discovery.“What pleases you, beauty?” he asked between short, breathless kisses.Never before had a kiss stirred him so deeply…so sensuously.He felt moved from the depths of his soul, and he longed for the ultimate union with her slim, cool body.“Your touch pleases me, my captain,” Delight responded without thought.“As I hope the gift of my love pleases you.”Jim groaned as his mouth possessed hers again.Delight felt that she was losing herself in him as a heated yearning pulsed to life deep within her.She couldn’t control the urge to move against the hardness of his muscled body, and Jim was thrilled at her uninhibited response.“Not so fast, little one.” He slowed her with gentle hands.“Let’s go slowly…together.”“I’m yours, my captain, to do with as you will.” Her tone was softly feminine yet serious in intent, and Jim looked down into her night-shrouded features.“I wish I could see you….” he muttered.“All of you…”But Delight distracted him, pulling him down to her for a kiss.Jim gave himself up to the artless wiles of this tender woman who was gracing his bed.With practiced, learned strokes he caressed her.Twisting restlessly under his tantalizing touch, Delight longed for more.Why was he doing this to her? Didn’t he know how she felt? Didn’t he know that she was burning with desire for him? Couldn’t he tell that she needed him to possess her fully…to take her and brand her body with his so they would always belong to each other?“I love you, Jim Westlake.I love you,” she whispered.Jim was torn between the need to take her quickly and the desire to savor each moment in her enthralling embrace.She was like a wildfire, burning out of control, possessing him body and soul.His dream lover was entrancing him, bewitching him, mesmerizing him in a vortex of emotion unlike anything he’d ever known before.Ignited by her passion, Jim could hold back no longer.He made her his own.The shock of their joining amazed him as a powerful current of emotion surged through him.Theirs was a mating of souls…a longing of the flesh that transcended time and place…and Jim was lost in his need to love her.As ecstasy claimed them, they collapsed together, wrapped in each other’s arms.“Did I please you?” she whispered in his ear.A tremor of excitement shook Jim as he lay still, trying to grasp the reality of what had just happened.“Oh, you pleased me, all right,” he growled, rolling over quickly and taking her with him.“You pleased me too damn much.”“Too much?” She was worried, he sounded so fierce.“I didn’t mean to upset you….”“No, no, my love.You haven’t upset me.” His feelings were so new and so powerful that he was at a loss to explain himself to her.“I would never want to hurt you,” she vowed.“You mean everything to me.”“Rest with me for a while and then we’ll talk,” he invited, hugging her close.“You only want to rest?”Her innocent words aroused him in a way no other ever had before.“You’re right.I could never rest with you in my arms,” he said fiercely, kissing her.“You are my dream.”He made love to her again, hungrily, passionately.“I love you, Captain,” she sighed as they rested in the aftermath of their spent desire.“You’re perfect, my love,” he whispered.“I’ll never stop wanting you…
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