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"I’m to take your word on that?" But how they’d ached!

"I’ll bet you have a demon seal You won’t release seed until you’re inside your e failing A Vrekener asm, but could never ejaculate until he first claimed his female Thronos racked his brain for another species besides deular trait

"So I have a couple of things in coh his hair "I also have fangs--does that make me a vampire? My eyes turn silver, so I ling to keep your head above water with this Returning to this real your true demon nature"

When he’d viewed Melanthe’s scars--puncture wounds that had pierced her hand clean through--his eyes had felt like they were on fire When he’d iated to rip out soht

No, he was not a bloody demon!

So why had he behaved like one earlier? He’d told himself he would only look at histo bare her body, he’d known he would be helpless not to touch it

He’d i her nipples until she couldn’t stand it anymore By the ti evenher hand into the heat of his pants and guiding her to fondle his length Reaching beneath her skirt and exploring her sex with seeking fingers

Clai last

The dragon was gone; as to stop Thronos now? He raked his gaze over her, his thoughts darkening once more

"Thronos, it’s not bad to be a des just are, okay?"

At her words, he lifted his eyes to hers, felt like he couldn’t get enough air He’d been about to start the et back to the Skye To sanity and reason and order

She was --just as she had when they were children! "If you can create portals, can you sense other ones? Feel their energy?"

She hesitated, then nodded

"We could find Pandemonia’s portal" Thresholds like that were valuable--and vulnerable They were often hidden "You’ll direct me, and I’ll protect you"

"Ha! I will never leave a place like this to slog through a war-torn deon, and we’ll wait out our time"

"You and I could skirt the fray" Her speed was considerable, a fact that he used to curse "I’ll keep you safe"

She crossed her ar to stay in old bed and ski down e McDuck"

Whatever that meant Another TV reference? "We can’t stay here Sooner or later that beast will get frustrated enough to dig through stone"

She pursed her lips "Out there, we’ll face nothing but danger, even more than the homicidal demon armies This place is rumored to be littered with traps"

"What kind of traps?"

"You kno the humans have certain ideas of hell? Well, all those ideas are supposed to be based on the realities of Pandeend Unearthly pleasures followed by punishments The conde to roll a stone up a hill for eternity?"

"Bingo"

Thronos was undaunted "Then we’d best find that portal as soon as possible"

"Nope You will never convince ears sounded fro started to rotate "What’s happening, Thronos?"

Gold dust rained down as the ceiling shifted to reveal a pie-shaped opening

A rappling over the floor beside the for the main cave--then skidded to a stop just beyond the door The outside opening was blocked by another dragon, apparently the same one from earlier! Had it returned with reinforcerier," she cried "Fire co sucked in such a deep breath that Lanthe’s braids rose She heard a hiss like a punctured oxygen tank That sound must be its fuel

Just as fire erupted, Thronos hunched over her against the wall, covering her with his wings, two hty shields The force of the flaainst Lanthe

"Ah, gods, are you okay?"

He bit out, "Why wouldn’t I be?"

Had he just made a joke? Now?

"Ready to leave?" Sweat beaded his strained face

"How?" She could swear she scentedit to liquid?

When the fla out "The teh two folds of his wings "But the dragon’s still above" She spotted so hot puddle of old It had to be silisk gold--aka dragon’s gold

"Down!" Thronos covered her again, and onceto run when he draws his next breath"

"I-I need to collect soauntlets? You don’t need those!"

"First of all, yes, I do Second, I’ about a lanced in that direction "Forget it, sorceress" Gritting his teeth, he said, "Past the benches is a second door We run as soon as these fla her as they rushed to the wall across the tes, hers ide "You’re reading the sections of gold "What of it!"

Just as the gold door began to inch open, the dragon drew another breath She heard that hissing sound

The door was too slowtoo slow! Through the opening crack, she spied a shadowy corridor with stone steps leading down

"Go!" Thronos propelled her inside

She was several flights down before he closed in behind her Flas Once they were out of range of the fire, he said, "Get behindinto"

She nodded, shifting aside to let hieway like this would prevent hi with him--somewhat--his vulnerabilities were hers as well If they’d encountered those ghouls in this tight an area, she and Thronos would be dead, or worse