Trial by Fire by Megan Hart

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The long-awaited sequel to Amber Quill's best-selling Dream Upon Waking ... Noa and Riordan declared their love for each other when she asked him to become her ahavatara, her first lover. Now Noa can summon and control the high magic, but even her newfound power isn't enough to keep Riordan by her side. When Solveig de Yourk sets her sights on having Riordan for her own, Somnus Keep is turned upside down and Noa almost loses Riordan forever.

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"Don't make a fool of yourself, girl. Go away and leave me alone."

"Why do you seek to push me away?" she cried and advanced on him. "Why fight me like this? What are you afraid of?"

His retort thundered in the chamber. "I fear nothing!"

"You are a liar!"

He raised a hand and she stumbled back. Her powers had grown, but his were stronger. She could not fight him with magic and expect to win.

Instead, she went to her knees in front of him. Her hands lifted the hem of his cassock and exposed the dark leather of his boots. He stepped back, but his thighs hit the table behind him and he could go no further.

"I offered this to you last night, and you took it."

"Any woman who gets on her knees before a man to try and woo him to her wishes is an idiot."

She shoved him harder and the table crashed against the wall. "I'm not wooing you."