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Oh, yes, she’d seen thatand storied history with hi as Thronos’s memory played on

Anticipation burned inside hi, he’d scented his mate thedoinding lane, he glanced up at every

"I still don’t understand your eagerness to reunite with her," Aristo said, following hiony would fill ive her?"

Because Thronos had put hiht "She was only a little girl Her parents had just been decapitated, her beloved sister killed"

"As they should have been The parents threatened Lore secrecy with their palpable sorcery outlays, and the sister !"

Aristo thinks exactly like hiive you?"

"If I tell her how Father truly found out about the abbey, she’ll knoas blae , Thronos spied his reflection, scowling at the scars

Aristo caught his reaction "She’d promised to be a little beauty, hadn’t she?"

"Yes So?" Thronos knew she would be the most comely female he’d ever seen She had already been He’d spent endless hours i what she would look like now

"Sorceri are fickle creatures, brother In addition to all the pain between you, it ht of that?"

Of course Every time he saw his reflection "She’s my mate; we’re fated, and she felt it too" That last day, when she’d turned to hihed--

"Mayhap you merely need to copulate?"

He did With Melanthe Gods, how he did! But Thronos had waited this long; sohteen and could be claimed Twenty-four more months by Vrekener law It seemed like an eternity, especially with the way his curiosity and lusts had been building

He wondered if any other eighteen-year-old male could possibly think about intercourse as much as he did

"I fear you set yourself up for disappointive her up, without even trying? Just forget it You wouldn’t understand"

His brother hadn’t found his mate, and likely wouldn’t for decades, if not centuries Thronos had been an ano

"Then explain it tofrom my life--"my ideal female" She wasn’t thus because she was faultless, but because he adored even her faults He didn’t just want her; he needed her They were each halves of a greater whole

Why was that so difficult for others to understand? "She’s mine," he said simply

"We’re at ith the out

"Thenin on her "The building at the end of the lane," he said over his shoulder, already hurrying forward "There’s a dwelling above"

Heartbeat pounding, he alighted on the sill Melanthe! She was in a bed asleep Holding his breath, he crept inside

A sharp exhalation left hireedily took in every new detail He’d known she would grow to be lovely, but she was beyond his wildest fantasies Her lashes were thick against her pale face, her black hair a silken cloud around her head The sheet gathered at her waist, allowing hiown

The generous swells

Her nipples strained against the thin material

To see her like this roin He no longer felt his old injuries

To see her like this, he could forgive her anything

How am I to wait two years?

He’d had no idea what to say or do once he finally found her Now the ansas startlingly clear: sit beside her on the bed, wake her with a caress, and explain the truth of that night to her

He hated the pain he was about to bring her, knew she would feel guilt for her actions But he had to clear the air between the bottles of wine Thronos tensed to attack, to protect his oneher eyes with a smile "Marco"

The vampire Marco smelled of her And sheof him

Thronos was frozen, unable to co to be bedding anyone!

His senses werewide Bothher first He teleported Melanthe across the room

She blinked in astonishment "You?"

"Who the hell is this?" the vampire demanded

Thronos found his voice "Melanthe, I need to speak--"

"He’s an eneain"

"As you wish, sweet" The vampire traced them away

"Nooo!" Thronos bellowed

To be this close! Frenzied, he scanned the rooht have been taken He would find her again!