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Fane looked into her eyes and could see the sincerity there, no condeer, and he was so thankful She was truly a, and she was his Thank the moon that she wanted him because he would have hated to have to spend the rest of their lives pining after her

"I arateful that you do not condemn me Nonetheless, you are my mate and I should always be there to protect you, which is why you will not be out of e I will trust no one to protect you but an to remind him that her mother would not approve of this but he stopped her with a finger to her lips

"I will talk to your mother As I said before I will not put your safety second to her approval"

When he reer from her lips, she stepped forward and kissed him When she stepped back Fane looked at her quizzically "What was that for?"

"Just because I can, and I wanted to," Jacquelyn told hirabbed her around the waist and tossed her on the bed, covering her body with his Jacquelyn let out a squeak He held his weight off of her by supporting himself on one forearm Then he leaned down and nuzzled her neck with his nose Jacquelyn began to giggle and push at his chest

"Stop that, that tickles," she told hi to make me pee on you"

Fane pulled his head back to look at her Her eyes were crinkled with laugh lines

"I’et to pee on you, then you et to pee on ently, then a little harder By the ti to catch their breath

"I think we better go downstairs now," Fane told her, still trying to get his breathing under control

Jacquelyn reached up and stroked his face and gently pulled hian to kiss hio on a mo her up at the saht here with you, love, Jen et that show she’s been waiting for," Fane told her as he winked again

"Ugh, fine, have it your way But you’re the first guy I’ve ever heard of that has walked away fro female," Jacquelyn told him

Fane pulled her back as she tried to walk past him "We have plenty of ti ferief, and here I thought I was picky," she teased "Ok, wolf- to be there when you decide to tellto be conveniently occupied with so that would normally be unimportant but for some reason at that exact er across the marks on her neck and Jacquelyn shuddered "What ever makes you happy, love"

Jacquelyn rolled her eyes and took his hand as they went to join the others downstairs

Chapter 23

"Seriously, Sorin, how old are you?" Jacque heard Jen asking hi roo rude?" Jacque asked her nosy friend

"Jen rude? Never," Sally said in ood-naturedly "No, I don’tI do, however, ask that you not act too shocked when I do reveal that I am 135 years old"