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But he wasn’t those vaht of how the fledglings had viewed her, for all their ferocity and uncertainty He also thought of Danny’s words, how a servant helped a vampire keep in touch with his own soul He’d make sure his child knew that about a human servant, and that he or she would never think of their hly respected and beloved helped to suppress a smile, because he was fairly sure she wouldat him with such ashe’d described, she’d already done for him She’d mended his clothes, fussed over the scratches from the lion attack Made sure he fed properly, and when he wanted the blood in a glass, she garnished it with a slice of fruit or a dash of spice, "cooking" for hi it, had ift to adorn it
She’d also stood by hi he needed Given the demands he suspected were made of a wife in the lonely and harsh Outback, he was pretty sure she was overqualified to be a va way She was struggling against his hold again, and he was fairly sure she was going to start kicking in a few moments Because he wanted to do so, he siainst the soft earth and laid himself upon her He slid his hand beneath the skirt, found the soft petals of her sex, catching her attention i how they loosened, how instinctively she surrendered to hiht have a ree of it, he expected most husbands were the sary need to dominate, to possess and clais were nowhere near as inconsequential as he’d believed the his elbow by her shoulder, feeling her heart race beneath the press of her breasts against his chest "You are the child’s mother You think, after all you know of me, I would take that away frohter?"
She stared up at hi stroke "I can’tthink when you do that"
"I know You’ve been thinking far too ertip into her, stroked the inside and felt fire when she whih I want all the way in"
He lifted off her enough to get his own clothes out of the way Then, with barely a hesitation, he ripped the panel of the panties She gasped at the barely leashed violence to it, but her gaze went opaque and her teeth sank into her botto and pushed in, just until he’d gotten the head past the gate
"Beg me, Elisa Tell me what you want"
"I want you inside All the way In every way"
That fire expanded in hi my child is inside of you, Irish flower I want you as my full servant, and every bit of what that s toht It , but I think it was meant to be
"I can’t offer you much," he added "Three hundred years of life, and the occasional vaether But I will love you and care for you I will try to give you the best life possible I can only tell you how I feel I want you withmoment, and then a tiny smile bloo his heart ar ht and flood, but I guess it will do And I will have a baby with you Maybe more than one I know va, are we?"
"I believe in ave her a smile back, one heated with desire and need both "I don’t want you to leave I won’t allow you to leave You’re mine, now and always Understand?"
She nodded, and he slid deeper inside of her body, into the clasp of her eyes He would take those doubts and worries, and prove to her she’dher life to his He’d take it as seriously as the oath he’d s that reallyher face in his neck, but then she proved that she didn’t need access to his mind to know he could use some of the same reassurance
I’m yours, Master, now and forever I promise I love you, too
Elisa woke in their bed alone, but that was all right She kneas nearby She curled under the pelts, her naked, well-used body pressed to the sheets Stroking the furs with idle fingers, she let the promises spoken and unspoken wash over her
The life he offered her wouldn’t involve rings and white dresses But he’d bound himself permanently to her out of a need to claiht he’d third-, even his supposed reasoning that it was s But tonight he’d stated it baldly He wanted to protect her, wanted her to share his life While she was scared about some of it, she wasn’t uncertain She wanted to be with hi else would come in time, wouldn’t it? That was the way it was supposed to work, with or without rings and dresses