PREDATOR by Wilbur Smith: First Sample
PREDATOR by Wilbur Smith: First Sample
PREDATOR by Wilbur Smith: First Sample
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PREDATOR
WILBUR SMITH
WITH TOM CAIN
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I dedicate this book to Niso who is the Sun that lights my days,
and the Moon that glorifies my nights.
Thank you for those countless delights, my darling girl
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reached up for him with her hips, gasping as she felt him slide
deeply into her.
It was far too intense to last long. They mounted together
swiftly and irresistibly to the giddy summit of their arousal;
then, still joined, they plunged over it into the abyss. They
returned slowly from the far-off places where passion had
carried them and neither of them could speak until their
breathing had calmed. At last she thought that he had fallen
asleep in her arms until he spoke softly, in almost a whisper:
I didnt say anything, did I?
She was ready with the lie. Nothing coherent. Only some
wild gibberish that didnt make any sense. She felt him relax
against her and she carried on with the charade: What were
you dreaming about, anyway?
It was terrifying, he replied solemnly, his laughter almost
hidden beneath his serious tone. I dreamed that I pulled the
hook out of the mouth of a fifty-pound salmon.
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