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"Oh, I know" She didn’t want hinorant "I’ve seen Lady Danny handle things And with Dev" Lord in Heaven, why did she open that cache of ied her cheeks Mal didn’t need to take advantage of thein her mind to knohat she’d seen He’d been around Danny and Dev his and desires for her unusual bushiven what had happened to Elisa, she’d still view a female’s do, he cupped her face, bringing her startled gaze to hih pressure she had to part the a shiver along her nerves that made her eyes widen farther

She was a natural submissive, so his intent had been instructional, ato react to her response He iined her on her knees, that mouth put to a far different use

"You haven’t been around a dominant male vampire much, Irish flower" He cleared his throat "It’s different, but it shouldn’t be capricious or cruel, no more than Danny’s authority"

"Ian lived at the station Andwe’ve had a few s"

But none of them had paid her direct attention, he was sure Danny had made it crystal clear this one had been limited to household duties, as second marks often were Even so, a riot of needs and eh to spook every creature in a fifty-mile radius It reood or ill, Elisa was a vital key to who the fledglings were, what they could be In order toto have to understand her, draw out her emotions and responses If what he believed was inevitable happened, it would be a critical step

"All right" He dropped his hand and rose "I have some lings’ quarters before I attend to our usual routine with the cats And before you ask, no, you won’t go with ht I want to observe them without your distraction"

She flinched, that innocent expression of desire she’d had under his touch disappearing He ignored it "You’ll stay here for the ti yourself in trouble"

"I may not know your world, sir, but I’m not a child You don’t have to treat me as one Our station is in the Outback, and I understand about dangers in the environment"

"Then you understand why you’ll stay put on this co the other side of the desk, he gave her a look "And I can proood for you to remember that, for a variety of reasons"

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WHAT did he e so wary ofin her head, she was still baffled There’d been no warning signs, no lecherous light in his eye Everything about his deested he did think of her as no more than a silly child, here to cause hiard, but they all did that Around va past an interested pack of dingoes

You’re in no danger here But a vampire’s definition of harm and a human’s could be quite different Lady Danny had said she was to obey hiularly touched her in such sensual ways However, she’d never outright bedded Elisa, though Elisa had no doubt she could have seduced her into it, shocking though the thought was Did Mr Malachi have that right?

He’d left after their h, he’d taped a piece of paper to the front-doorglass Elisa, stay on the grounds and follow Kohana’s direction Thoht tea