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"I’m fine I just--Whoa!" He picked her up and lifted her in his arhed Then he hopped over the rock wall and over to so waves He sat in one and positioned her so that her legs straddled his
Reaching up to fraain, "What is it?"
"You’re being pushy"
"This is new to er kno to care for a wo I cannot care for you if you don’t tell , Ava"
"Malachi…"
"YouYou know hts, but I do not know yours" A small smile lifted the corner of his e"
She couldn’t look away His grey eyes bored into hers His skin was illuean Sea and his dark hair lifted in the breeze
"It’s too good," she finally whispered
An understanding look passed over his face, but he said, "What is too good?"
"I… This Us It’s too easy"
"It should be difficult?"
"It always has been"
He took a deep breath, then let it out slowly "Other men are not me"
"Because you’re Irin"
"Because I am me" He kissed her chin "And you are you" Another kiss at her te strokes up and down her back She could feel his fingers playing along the delicate skin over her spine "There are others like us in the world, but they are not us We decide ant to be"
"And you really want to be with me?" A thread of doubt worked its way into her voice, even though she willed it away
A slow smile crossed his face "Do you think s I don’t want to do?"
"No I can tell that already" She had already seen his stubborn personality--it was apparent It was hard to argue against it when iron control was so ers as she began to stroke his arms Unbelievably powerful, Malachi had to show the strictest control ah the bazaar At the shops Anized it even when they first met so many weeks before in Istanbul He was one of the most controlled men she’d ever met, his power on a very short leash The fact that he loosed it when he held her, let his poash over her in a gentle hen they erously toward him It would be easy to put her heart in his hands Easy to let him take care of her But ould he take in return? Ava didn’t know if she was hanging on to enough of herself to share
"Are you worried about the Grigori?"