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"But what you absorb doesn’t last"

"What he imparts does," she replied simply

He tapped his te back to her rag so that he wouldn’t see the sudden bead of tears in her eyes, she said softly, "It was ht before she died I guess it stayed with o"

"But she was hu in her heart as she said, "I probably should have qualified my description of her One of her ancestors was Fae, but the line had become so diluted she was considered human"

A pause Then, "You have too much to live for, Tinker Bell, and I don’t want you to seek a killer while I’ and told him so with her silence

He leaned down and whispered, "I’ll kill anyone you ask, and I won’t be nice about it They’ll hurt, and they’ll beg, and they’ll screa Only, their suffering won’t end as quickly as yours did A thousand years? Try ten thousand"

Tre "You have to let ht is actually wrong? No You’re aze jerked up

His cheeks reddened The cascade of his warhtened "I mean, you’re my responsibility noant you alive and well"

You’re mine Her body had come alive with those words Her pulse had quickened Her stomach had quivered Every inch of her had heated But the sensations had fled with his addition She was a responsibility, nothing ?" He pinched a lock of her hair between his fingers, tickling her scalp

"Nothing" She batted his arm away One second he ran hot, the next cold The next hot He isting her into terrible knots, and she didn’t like it

He frowned "Tellfoolish"

"I can’t do that I consider this conversation foolish, and yet I’ot to be a few things you want to do before you die Besides ht as well have rolled his eyes

There was soaze fell to his lips She wanted to kiss hiulped and croaked, "Like what?" Noho’s running hot and cold?

"Likefall in love"

Love Yes Soht, whenat the door of the rooled, thrilled to be summoned, to be kissed and touched and maybe even held afterward

"Have you ever fallen in love?" she asked

"No," he said

"You’ve had sex, though A lot" And she suddenly wasn’t happy by the thought

He nodded stiffly "You heard stories about that, too, I guess"

"A few" But the spies had only witnessed his public encounters She wondered what happened when he was behind closed doors, and shivered

"When was the last?"

The sharpness of the question surprised her "Story?"

He nodded

"A year ago We were told you had a one-night stand"

He relaxed "If you’re hoping for an exclusive packed with details, you’re not going to get it"

"I’ for it" She smiled with fond re my patience, woman Paris already has a female, one who is very powerful and would not find your yearning a them nose-to-nose "Even if he didn’t, you’re et"

This time, he offered no addition, and the warh her veins, and oh, sweet heat, suddenly her heart was racing faster than ever before, her bones

"Your responsibility?" she asked with a tre her, and said, "I have a lot to think about I’ll find you later and let you knohat I’ve decided"