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"I do not swoon I have never swooned inhim in the back with her pal it!"

Adahed Ah, how he’d missed his fiery ka-lyrra! "Possession is nine-tenths of the law, Gabrielle Seeing as how your bottom is currently in my hands, not yours, I believe that , upturned ru intimately into the cleft between her cheeks

"Oooh--that’s theI’ve ever heard! What is that--fairy logic? Nine-tenths arrogance, and one-tenth brute force? Put ain? Need a little Sidhe-seer help? Well, too bad Go away"

He patted her bottoh the house at a swift pace,away, ka-lyrra," he purred, savoring the soft, supple weight of her against his body It felt like a century since last he’d held her

"Sure Yeah, right Go ahead,for theot in mind You can’t just walk out on me, only to pop back in whenever you feel like it There’s no Open Door policy here Hey--take ? Where are you taking me?" she snapped

He turned his face into her and nipped her thigh with a playful love bite "To bed, Gabrielle"

"I so don’t think so," she hissed, pro to bed with her again That she ullible once, but she wasn’t any like a wee hellion over his shoulder, she icily infor such a heartless bastard in her life to any degree, that she hated him, and that she only wished he were mortal so he could die and burn in hell for all eternity

When he tossed her down on her bed, it knocked a bit of the breath froave him time to say, "You hate me, Gabrielle? That’s a bloody sha I’ I’m in love with you"

His ka-lyrra went still as stone, her mouth frozen open in a desperate bid for breath Her throat worked convulsively Then, with a great, indrawn screech of air, she launched herself at hi female catapult of fists and tears

It occurred to hi down to the floor beneath her, that he ht well never understand women

Gabby lay on the floor in Ada

He’d let her pue and yell and weep, enduring it all in patient silence until--crying so hard she couldn’t breathe--she’d begun hiccuping uncontrollably Then he’d rolled her onto her side, pulled her back against his powerful body, wrapped his ar soft reassurances in her ear "Shh, sweet Be easy, love It’s okay Everything’s okay"

Love? Ada the L-word? Into what impossible fairy tale had she fallen?

"Am I awake? Is this a dream?" she whispered

"If it is," he whispered back, "I ask only that it go on forever Not the crying part," he clarified, "the holding-you-in-ently then, to face hi to understand as going on Afraid to believe she ake Afraid that the moment she let herself believe it, she would wake up Find herself alone in bed, in her big, silent house

"Look at me, ka-lyrra," he said quietly

With a little sniffle, Gabby tipped her head back and aze And frowned, bemused She’d been so stupefied to find hiood look at hi about him was different But what? His eyes?

"I love you, Gabrielle O’Callaghan"

The words slammed into her; she stared at hi hard over hers, his velvety tongue gliding deep And she gave herself over to it Dreah for her She was in his ar he loved her and if she was asleep, she just hoped she could stay asleep forever

Even his kiss was different, she realized di life in his arency that had never been there before It was no longer shaped by immortal leisure but held a very huer and passion