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They lay back, both gulping breaths

Murdoch was struggling to recover from the most pleasure he&039;d ever experienced - and the hardest, ined

The release had been , but perhaps all ier senses, then ouldn&039;t sex be heightened as well?

With one need met, another instantly screaht before and hadn&039;t co it He could still snore it He turned to her She was cradling her burned hand, her eyes still wet

When their skin had made contact, hers had felt like ice, definitely uncomfortable to him His skin hadpoisoned arrows from her flesh, there&039;d been no tears

"Let rated

She reluctantly showed hi hiet ice for her, but was so unsteady he wondered if he could even trace to the kitchen With effort, he erator, saw the containers of blood there

So thirsty He felt a et her the ice She&039;s burned because of you

Ice Before now, he&039;d never ht about it Yet it had been his Bride&039;s salvation What would have happened if he hadn&039;t gotten her cooled last night? Would an i with a paper towel filled with ice cubes, he handed it to her, careful not to lance at her neck

She closed her hand around a couple of cubes and sighed in relief After a few moments, she peeked up under her lashes at him "So what happens with us now?" The shy Valkyrie was back?

"You tell me"

"This is out of the realm of my experience" As her pain faded, her expression showed hints of exciteht they were e Females always had in the past No matter how much he warned the with Daniela - a wo myself to misery

He just needed tiri as the material scraped over his abused shaft

She must have sensed his tension, because she dropped the ice and defensively bundled the sheet to cover herself After a few moments, she said, "You&039;ve lost a lot of blood"

"I&039;ll be fine Been in worse shape"

"I expect so, since you died and all"

He turned to her "And you kno I came to be like this?" When she nodded, he said, "Tellon a battlefield He gave you a choice of fealty to him and eternal life - or death That&039;s what Kristoff does, what he&039;s always done"

Fealty or death Murdoch reht as if it were yesterday Kristoff had found Nikolai first, in a pool of his own congealing blood But Nikolai hadn&039;t feared death, so he&039;d negotiated with Kristoff before he would accept the king&039;s offer

He&039;d de to take orders from anyone but Kristoff himself And he&039;d wanted Murdoch and any trusted comrades with mortal wounds turned as well

Nikolai had also demanded the span of a huer sisters, their two younger brothers, and their father

They&039;d all been dead in a h his hair "Tell me how you kneho I was"

"The Valkyrie heard Forbearers were going to be out in the city When you told ether He&039;s the Forbearer most likely to search for her"

Now that Murdoch had experienced for mere hours the hell that Nikolai had endured for years, he was furious aneith Myst Daniela&039;s sister "Shouldn&039;t he have searched for Myst?"

When Daniela nodded blithely, he frowned "And shouldn&039;t you be deave hirin "If Nikolai is half as sensual as you are, I wouldn&039;t be doing her any favors to get her freed I&039; by now"