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Kelly rolled onto her stoht, you know?"

Ra about? What&039;s not right?"

"What Khira&039;s doing to Grigori and Marisa What gives her the right to do such a thing?"

"She thinks she has the power to do it"

"Well, we ought to stop her You heard Grigori What if she decides she wants you next? Ito stop her Don&039;t worry about that" He frowned at her "Your concern - is it really for Chiavari and Marisa? Or about you andhis shoulder "Both"

He put his arm around her and drew her up close to his side Her sweet, feh she had been designed for hirowling sound and punched hi"

Raht?"

"You said we&039;d be together forever"

He nodded

"Well, I know tiether all the ti married, but I"

"Hush, Kelly"

She stilled and looked away, but not before he saw the hurt in her eyes

Raently forced her to look at him "Will you marry me, Kelly?"

"No"

"No! Why not?"

"Because you don&039;t really want to"

"Kelly girl, when I ask a woman to spend forever with me, I mean it"

"You do?"

"I said it, didn&039;t I? I cannot iine what I ever did without you in irl"

"Oh, and I love you!" she said, and launched herself on top of hi until he was on fire for her

Fire Desire and hunger burned within him He felt her teeth at his throat, felt a sensual rush as her fangs pricked his flesh His hands reat Rolling over, he tucked her beneath hiue laved her neck, moaned softly as she yielded to the vampire kiss, bucked beneath hi red haze, his every sense attuned to the woman in his arms, the touch of her, the taste of her, the scent of her - ah, the warm sweet scent of her blood; the musky scent of her heated flesh; the pleasurable pain of her nails raking his back, her teeth nipping his shoulder

"Forever," he said, and carried theh She had never known love like this in her whole life Never Rolling onto her side, she caressed Edward&039;s cheek "Eddie? We have to do so to help Marisa"

"Like what?"

"I don&039;t know Think of so You used to be a vampire hunter Hoould you have hunted Khira back then?"

"In the daytirunted softly "Hell, we don&039;t even know if she is weak in the daytime No one knows exactly hoerful she is"

"But there&039;s three of us," Kelly argued "Four, if you count Lisa And only one of Khira You told Grigori"

Yes, that coori&039;s voice: "There is powerful blood in your veins, Ramsey Mine Alexi&039;s And Khira&039;s She will find it difficult to destroy you if you keep your wits about you"

There had been nothe surprise and, yes, unease Khira had felt when he resisted her

Together, he and Grigori had destroyed Kristov

Khira had killed Noah Fox and Prince Dracul and Madame Rosa, and who kne many other vaue, a one-wo on the weak

"One way or another," Ramsey said, "ill find a way"

"So, do you have any ideas?" she asked, her eyes gloith excite her neck "But ill think of soet ly easy to plan They didn&039;t need a church, Raland Ramsey found a minister ould perfor Saturday night

Kelly wrote out an invitation to Marisa, and then one for Grigori "It&039;s not right that Grigori can&039;t co up his part of the bargain by keeping Khira occupied," Ras first"

"Is there anyone you want to invite?"

Ra a va for trouble

"You know, it&039;s a good thing the all-night rin, "or I&039;d have to ask Marisa to go to the post office for me"

Ramsey shook his head "It seems silly to send out two invitations when a couple of phone calls would do just as well Besides, Khira probably won&039;t let Grigori co, she put the invitations in her handbag, stepped into her sandals "Coet some stamps Oh! What about a license? The offices close before dark"

"I&039;ll take care of it"

"How?"

He winked at her "Don&039;t worry about it"

"All right" She slipped her arh theabout the taste of food Kelly stopped in the candy aisle

"Look at all that chocolate," she said with a sigh "It&039;s the only thing I really hed "A real chocoholic, weren&039;t you?"

She stuck her tongue out at him "Me and a million other woood for you"

"Sure, it is"

"It is! I heard a doctor say it was good for the enahed out loud this tihed, too, causing an elderly couple to stop and stare at the, Kelly took Edward&039;s hand "Co for the check-out stand when Ramsey came to an abrupt halt

"What is it?"

"Duncan"

"Where?"

"There" He nodded at a tallof potato chips

"Maybe he won&039;t see us"

Ra her backward, but it was too late

"Hey, Ramsey!" Duncan called