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One corner of my mouth quirked into a sht of hih for me But Ethan Sullivan--soldier and Master--was a man of his word

He clasped my hands in his, lifted them over my head, lowered his mouth to mine as he pinned me beneath him

"This isn’t so bad," I said playfully And it wasn’t, until he let his fangs descend and tugged at my lip, then scraped the delicate skin of ed his hold on my wrists to free one of his hands He slipped it beneath the heers up ned to tease To inflaain, his eyes silver, his fangs glealazed with desire He was the embodiment of power, of man, of vampire

And he was mine

It was my turn to take And fortunately, I’d learned a trick or two, mostly from him

Still beneath him, I arched my body, watched his eyes shift down I took the ht and, in one quick move, reversed our positions so he lay in front of the fire while I straddled him

His expression--surprise, awe, and thrilled desire--orth the trouble

"I believe I’e now," I said, and pulled the dress over arments, and then I covered him with my body, pressed my mouth to his, and kissed him until his body thrummed with tension, with anticipation

His niht memorize the shape of my body by touch alone He looked up at me, traced a thuh of you, Sentinel"

"You have all of me, always," I said, and arched when he touched me, when he drove me over the first delicious wave of pleasure

He leaned up, skis across my collarbone, my neck, then paused to wait for ive

Yes, I said, and he bit, fangs piercing tender skin, and sent roaned with pleasure, ar around me as he drank, as we shared the unique connection of vaether

My body was already warain, kissed ers into his hair, closed my eyes to focus on sensations, on the taste of hiathered and rose again

"Look at me," Ethan said, his voice deep, the words as much order as request I opened my eyes, undoubtedly well-silvered by desire, and aze And I watched his pupils dilate, his lips part, as sensation pushed through hi that ain We fell together like angels bound to earth, and bound to each other

It wasn’t a bad way to go