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"Edward is? Really?"

Grigori grunted softly "He has Kristov&039;s blood in his veins Andof the beautiful vao

"How can he be so powerful so soon?"

"He has good blood," Grigori said with a wry grin "When a very old vas a th" And Kristov had been a very old vaori had ever met Kristov&039;s blood, combined with Khira&039;s and his own, made for a very powerful co powerful?"

"It could be He is powerful, but he is a young vampyre who does not yet fully understand what has happened to him, what powers he possesses He lacks wisdoerous combination"

"I&039;m not sure I understand"

"The Dark Gift affects people differently Soo insane Some look for ways to help mankind And some turn into monsters, like Kristov"

"A monster? Edward?" She s, she couldn&039;t iine him as a monster There had been an old-world courtliness about hioodness

"It cannot be easy for him to accept that he has becouess not I wonder what he&039;ll do now For a living, IThat was funny "You knohat I ent man I aed at Grigori&039;s lips "He will have plenty of time to find one" He sat down beside her on the sofa and drew her into his arainst hi the feel of his arms around her She felt safe in his embrace, loved, cherished All her doubts and fears faded away In time, she would accept the Dark Gift from him, and they would truly be one Soon, but not yet

"Cara"

She gazed up at hile as his preternatural power moved over her skin like a dark ind They had been married only a short time, and the fire that had ever smoldered between the to be in his arms He was a creature such as she had never known before - a th, who possessed powers she did not fully understand He could mesmerize her with a look, destroy her with a touch, charth of ten entle with her

Her eyelids fluttered down as he dropped kisses as light as rain upon her brow, her cheeks, her eyelids His tongue was like a flaainst her throat, a silent entreaty Shehim to take what he needed

"Cara"

There was no pain, just an oddly sensual feeling of euphoria as his fangs grazed her throat And she surrendered to hiori