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By the gods, there was nothing better than the feel of her war shrouded in heated silk A fantasy for any va his head doard, he nuzzled her neck, nipping at her skin as the scent of her blood filled his senses

With an effort he resisted the urge to slide his fangs into the curve of her neck He was already hard and aching Thehis mouth over the line of her collarbone, he kissed the hollow beneath it before exploring the delicious curve of her breast

Darcy gave a soft sigh as her fingers tangled in his hair

"Styx"

"Yes, angel," he breathed, his lips closing over the hard tip of her breast

"Styx, I want" Her words broke off as he suckled her with growing insistence "Wait, I can’t think"

"You are not supposed to be thinking," he assured her, turning his attention to her other breast

"But I want to co his head to aze

"What did you say?"

She reached up to cup his face in her hands "I want you to be my mate, Styx"

A fierce, near painful joy clenched at his heart, but he sternly kept his expression guarded

"Do you knohat you are saying?"

A sparkle of amusement entered her eyes "I may look like the traditional ditzy blonde, but I usually understand the words co "Darcy, to e You can’t walk away froaze remained steady "Well, I don’t know if I have an eternity, my love, but I do know that whatever tiers captured her chin as he searched her eyes for the truth of her words

"This is what you truly want?"

"This is what I truly want"

A smile slowly curved his lips His mate For all eternity

"So be it"

Her saze, Styx reached to lightly trail a linger down the curve of her neck He could smell the warm blood that ran just beneath her pale skin

"I ht balk Although she had freely given of her blood, this wasthat would tie her to him with no hope of escape

Besides, it wasn’t the sort of roirls dreauard, she pressed his head down to her throat and softly urged hiave a softflesh

Swift pleasure flared through his body He was prepared for the sensations The inti of blood was always erotic But he hadn’t expected the surge of searing bliss that rolled through hiroan he slid his hand down her body, seeking the heat between her legs To his relief he found her already wet for him He needed to be inside her as he took her blood To co in thehis need, Darcy wrapped her legs around his hips and arched in silent invitation Styx gave a soft hiss as he positioned himself and slid into her with a deep thrust

A shudder shook his body as her tightness wrapped about him This was paradise, he realized as his mind clouded with pleasure and his hips moved with a fierce insistence This was the perfection of aclimax, Styx slipped his hand between them to stroke the center of her heat He felt her shiver in pleasure, her nails biting deep into his skin

He jerked in dark delight as her blood flowed through him He could sense her heart, her pleasure, her boundless love, her utter commitment to hi

And nothing had ever been so wonderful

Styx heard Darcy’s soft gasp and then the tiny ripples of her pleasure clenched around hied forward and poured hi to press his face into the curve of her neck "My eternal angel My salvation"