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Murdoch glanced at his watch yet again
The night aning, and still he waited on Rurik and Lukyan They were to ate a new lead, and it wasn&039;t like Rurik to be late
Lulls in action were still dangerous for Murdoch - even after his ill-fated trip to the lodge a week ago Yet he was deterht the unnatural pull toward Daniela Yes, he&039;d experienced ht into relief how , hips pu
No, there was no future with her Monogamy was not his way He&039;d seen it destroy better e
After leaving Rurik another ht the eye of an attractive brunette in a low-cut top She cast him a lascivious smile, but all he could think was that she wasn&039;t a fraction as comely as Daniela He turned away
In fact, over the last teeks, he&039;d compared all wo
But at least they could potentially be touched
When his gaze wandered back over the feuised interest No, he hadn&039;t wanted to be blooded, but now that he was, he ht as well enjoy it
He knew from experience that he could have that woer Old habits rose to the fore, even as he told hiive his undivided focus to finding Ivo
But without Rurik and Lukyan, Murdoch could do nothing but wait, and he needed to slip the leash Daniela had put on him
If he could blunt this need, he&039;d be more focused,
"May I wear it, mama?" Danii asked Svana had just taken her crown out of safekeeping for her upco trip As ever, Danii was fascinated with it
"Just for a bit, dearling," Svana told her as she placed the band of ice and diamonds atop her braided hair Jewels dropped down over her forehead "There My little winter princess"
"I want to show the other Valkyrie"
"But they would be spellbound"
"I&039;hter" Svana se "Because our kind comes from a land of dia now?"
Her beautiful face had grown grave "Yes"
"When will you coht not o there?" Danii asked, beginning to cry "Just stay with me"
"Iline of queens And one day you will be, too"
"Hoill I find you?"
"If I don&039;t return to you here, you o to Icergard Not until you&039;re shown the way "
Danii shot up in bed, awake in an instant My gods She&039;d just recollected more of that fateful day when her mother had left her Not until I&039; Danii to Icergard? And as she only just re this?
The dreaht of that crown on her head Svana had worn it when she&039;d gone toshe&039;d likely die How brave she&039;d been
Danii rose, feeling a pleasant jolt as her bare feetmarble, then crossed to the openThe north wind bleith a proud gust as if e with it
The vampire - who had yet to return - had talked of dreaht Was it the cold or this particular place that drew forth her id winds affected her like adrenaline, each flake of snow a baled in ice hunts, follohispers, explored the countryside And she&039;d continued to carve arcane symbols into any ice face she&039;d cos were simple in form, like the inscriptions on ancient rune stones from northern lands She didn&039;t think she&039;d ever seen these designs before, and had no idea how she knew the her own ice tablets to carve on, so the them just so She didn&039;t knohy she did this, just felt co stronger, thinkingnew pastime - and less about the vampire Yes Some minutes less than others At first, she&039;d wondered if her carving was merely a desperate bid for distraction, like a Valkyrie/Icere equivalent of downing a gallon of Haagen-Dazs
But she&039;d concluded it must be more, because the compulsion intensified - even as her desire for hi
Murdoch kissed three different wo that first brunette, he&039;d found hi her lips with his own
And still he&039;d thought of Daniela Ultimately, he&039;d broken aith a o"
She&039;d clung to hi him not to stop What should have excited hi it was Daniela he kissed
The second woman had been passable, but there&039;d been no distinct intelligence shining in her eyes So different from his Bride He admired Daniela&039;s tricky mind, liked the way he could rarely read her expressions