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His breath grew ragged, his mind struggling to keep up with the sensations flooding his system. He, the half-beast, the fearsome warrior, was rendered powerless by the gentle touch of a woman he had intended to dominate.
Every soft caress of her fingers, every brush of her lips against his skin, chipped away at the walls he had so carefully constructed around his heart.
Ragnar's pulse raced, his control slipping away as Sophia's touch ignited a fire within him that he couldn't extinguish.
The beast within him raged, confused and desperate, unable to reconcile the primal desire to claim her with the unfamiliar emotion that now threatened to overwhelm him.
This was not how it was supposed to go!