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"I didn’t think it was needed You pretty , so I wouldn’t dare not to" Her ss happening in this roo But she framed his face with both hands, stared up at him
"I love you, Derek Storo away like that again, I will turn you into a house cat Theo will slobber all over you and carry you around in hisstate been in the Fae world, and afterward, she’d sent him away Plus, sooner or later, because of his job, Derek would have to leave again She understood that But she was counting on his that drove the statement, versus the unlikely reality of it
"You’re a cruel woers over her hips now, he cupped her backside The sphere continued to float in their proxiave the with me?"
Ruby blinked "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said I want you to travel with me Let me help you learn how to use your power, and you help aze, her heart thudded up higher into her throat "When you’re given power, it’s given for a reason You aren’t intended to sit on it While there are a hell of a lot ether, the Powers that Be ether specifically because of what you’re beco, and what I already am
"You have free will," he added carefully, at her uncertain look "You always have a choice of what to do with it But I’ht Guardians aren’t all that plentiful, and I wouldn’t be the first to apprentice a strong ic user to aid his work"
She was floored Frorip, she suspected she’d gone about two shades paler She etting kind of old Probably need younger eyes, and all that"
The lines near those appealing blue eyes crinkled "You’re probably right about that And, thank all the gods, young as you are, you’re already potty trained I won’t have to worry about that"
He took her blow to the solar plexus with good grace, not evento defend hied, his touch gentling, coe "If you get pregnant again, then we both take the ti our child is as i else I’ve done I’ll dedicate ht centuries; they can give rown I should have been here the first tiain Okay? Not even the fires of Hell or treacherous Fae es will keep me away from you I’ll incinerate the entire Fae world if they try"
It was a bolstering thought, having her centuries-old boyfriend offer to destroy an entire world for her She wanted to give hih her head, so s, she wasn’t sure how to react And then he really sent her into a tailspin
He took a deep breath "Later, I’ll think of a better way to do this, in a iven how our lives are, I don’t want to wait another o with me, I have a condition I want to marry you, Ruby I want you to be my wife"
SHE DIDN’T GIVE HIM AN ANSWER ON ANY OF IT, OF course, and was relieved he hadn’t expected it, not right now He appeared content to have said it, to know she understood-- though with the incredulity of Moses seeing the burning bush-- that he meant every word, that it wasn’t soain
Well, okay, yeah, a little, but not in the wrong kind of way More in the totally flattering, can’t-believe-I’ve- waited-this-long kind of way
However, he sees were resolved, the most important of which was in this cave There was a cot in the corner, and of ravitated toward it, because neither one wanted to leave just yet They sat on the edge of it, watched their daughter, talked quietly of this and that, hands loosely linked Derek’s arm was around her, his other palm curved over her hip so she was in the shelter of his body At one point, the sphere descended to rest in their laps, then drifted off again
Ruby laid her head on his shoulder, realizing how late it had gotten, and that she was getting sleepy Rather than suggest they leave, Derek stretched out on the cot, bending his knees since it was about a foot shorter than his frame, and pulled her back into his body She rested her head on his biceps as they continued to watch their daughter’s soul randoically iled with his under her head His other hand stayed on her hip They fell silent, staying that way a long ti with Rose of what ht there was no Heaven," Ruby spoke softly "No place where there’s peace, stillness Where there’s only Light, no shadows I gave that to her, gave her Heaven, because I couldn’t bear the thought of letting her go where there was nothing, and that was all she’d ever know When she was ripped frohter ever felt fro she felt, the first and last, was your love" He considered the sphere "I’, but it’s not to initiate a decision, all right? I don’t want you to tense up Want to keep you loose and relaxed like a snake on a warainst his arm, and tried to comply, tried not to feel the trickle of uneasiness He rubbed her back in slow circles, helping