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When Mal’s fingertips grazed her shoulder, she let hi with it, she had the presence of nificant look with hiave the couple their privacy, Elisa knew the ier for quite a while--the puzzle of vampires and servants, love and submission Was three hundred years, the norure it all out? And was that what she wanted?

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"ITHINK I could have simply sent you as an emissary and stayed home where I didn’t have to wear a daain in his jeans and T-shirt

To Elisa’s combined joy and anxiety, Lord Marshall had asked the about the logistics and ti for him and Nadia to visit William and Matthew at the island If all ell there, they’d bring them to Florida for a trial period Fortunately, those two days had not involved any other vampire visitors, and Lord Marshall had been content to keep their evening social engages The four of the the private ay boardwalk, and viewed slide shows of Marshall and Nadia’s travels to Egypt and Greece In an entirely vampirelike way, Elisa nevertheless felt like they’d discovered their first friends as a couple

During one of their evenings together, Marshall had mentioned a pavilion on the beach that had carnival rides and other attractions Picking up on Elisa’s excitement about it, Mal had decided he’d take her there for their last night in Florida Marshall had an early evening engage if she could accoraciously declined when Marshall gave the

So here her Master was, driving her to the carnival As he parked the car Marshall had loaned the her hand, like any other young couple Mal looked young, after all

"I’ over a hundred years old is a little long in the tooth" Elisa slanted hi a quick flash of those long fangs before he tucked thehtly colored lights, and wanted to go that way eventually, but knowing she was here at his indulgence, first she wanted to see the one thing that interested her theto teach s"

"The things I’d like you to shoould likely scandalize our audience," he noted, watching the children running past, parents in tow

"Well, the adultsThey’d just think adults are silly and disgusting and go about their business" She gave hiled under his regard She and Nadia had shopped yesterday and Nadia had insisted on buying her a pretty yellow sundress with a low bodice and slim straps on her otherwise bare shoulders From the moment she put it on it was clear her vampire master liked it She’d worn the canvas sneakers he’d decorated for her, those protective cougar eyes blinking at her Other than that, she’d worn no other adornments She had no jewelry, and in truth preferred to keep her neck bare, because even when he wasn’t hungry he had a delicious habit of so his lips over her nape, a provocative tease

"Elisa, you can take your ti to drag you back to the house the second I get bored I like a carnival, too"

She flushed a little "This was just a really nice thing to do It’s"

"No one’s ever taken you soo" He slid his knuckles along her cheek, his dark eyes searching her face "Though I’lad to be the first to do that for you You can thankabout the ti else I a you’re allowed to do In fact"

He gestured to the left, at a tent hung with souvenirs and pretty trinkets, including a variety of shell bracelets and necklaces "Before we go to the carousel, we need to get you soet ets terribly jealous about such things"