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"Are you sure this is a good idea? There&039;s a whole bunch of people after us, and they&039;re bound to knoe&039;re here" I turned the lock on the door, just to et into our room

"What people?" Alec asked

"Eleanor, for one That lich toward lint to his eye

"Maybe I should feed you again You only got enough blood to get your engine running before Pia and Kristoff left to take Ulfur back to Italy with thery"

"I&039;ll feed in a bit"

I hesitated, worry riding uppermost in my mind "Not only are those va you off to the Akasha, but more importantly, you were literally almost ripped in half Perhaps we need a bit of caution here The healer did say that your injuries ave me a sloe-eyed look, and before I could somyself on him, he had me naked and on the bed in one of Sally&039;s non-Abaddon spare rooainst h proof that he was just as anticipatory as I was But still, I had to be sure

"No, seriously, I think we should wait" It was a feeble protest at best, but I couldn&039;t in all good conscience give in to the hunger that claimed us both

"You want me as much as I want you," he murmured inand teasing me with sensual little touches that immediately aroused my deepest passion "I know you do I can feel that you do"

"I think the fact that I can&039;t keep iveaway to that little fact," I said, grabbing his hands to keep the reen eyes narrowed slightly "Why do you reject , and I&039; that because I want to make sure that you&039;re OK"

"I&039; back into breast central

I squirmed out of his hold, rolled off the bed, snatched up his shirt, pulling it on quickly lest my own needs and desire drive ood intentions, the stark, horrifying ainst the ballrooh to soberkind of person until I can see things for myself"

"The best way for me to prove to you that I have healed is totoward ave a particularly succulent bunny in his path

"No, the best way to prove it is to strip and let me see your - "

He was naked before the words had left aze to caress the long,so sleekly under skin that I knearood With an effort, I stopped the path dohich , and reminded myself that just a short time earlier he had been almost killed "Nice try, but I refuse to allow you to distract me that way Now, let me see"

The blast of power hadn&039;t acted on Alec with the precision of a bladed instru the thick scar that ran froed and uneven It was also thick, and still red, and when I laid my hand on it, I could feel the heat as the flesh continued to repair itself I letthe twisting, angry-looking red seam that stretched from his collarbone around the side to the back of his neck It, too, was hot to the touch

Alec was clearly in no condition for the acts he so obviously desired, but if I told hiht, he&039;d just scornht of whether it would harm him I couldn&039;t let him stress himself, obviously, but hoas I to stop hinore the lure he posed, because that just wasn&039;t possible, and we both knew it

No, I&039;d have to tell hi to take a new, much more passive role for the afternoon&039;s activities

"Are you finished touching me?" Alec inquired politely "If you are, it&039;s h as I pointed to the bed "Lie down"

His frown returned "You are being dominant Evidently you are under the impression I like that in my Beloved While it&039;s true that I&039;s with you, I have never been one to take enjoyo I thought you were dead I know you think you&039;re perfectly fit for love, but I don&039;t think you are, not really However" - I held up a hand to interrupt his protest - "I aht in that I want youto indulge us both, providing you let s my way"

"What way is that?"

"For one, you let me seduce you I know that you don&039;t nor atacross the roo himself down on his back, his hands clasped behind his head, his feet wiggling in anticipation I couldn&039;t help but laugh

"Co voice "I a as you do it now, and don&039;t waste any h to pleasure you as you deserve"

I laughed again, and slowly, so as to tease just a little, unbuttoned his shirt that I still wore His eyes lit with faux outrage as I deliberately tooksure I stroked my hands over my hips (which seemed to hold some fascination for him) all the way up toerratic as I stood, considering him for a moment

"You&039;re the onlyand sub at the heat shining so brightly in his gorgeous green eyes You&039;re going to seize e, aren&039;t you?

Absolutely

That&039;s what I thought

His eyes widened as I grabbedonout of the roo?

Stay there Alec, I mean it, stay there! Don&039;t think I don&039;t know you&039;re putting your clothes back on and going to come after me, because I know you are, and you can just stop it I&039;et back into bed, and consider how lucky you are to have a Beloved who plans on ht without fetching anything else And what is it you&039;re getting? His tone was grumpy, but I knew he could feel the sincerity in h it wasn&039;t what he wanted

You get extra bonus points for that, I told him And you&039;ll see

He spent the next tenat the way he would punish me if I didn&039;t return to hi nored, but the latter made it extremely hard to carry on a coherent conversation with Sally, who in a sunny bow-fronted roo petits fours

Alec was scowling when I returned to the roo to behold "You have been gone exactly twelveto do with those?"

I twirled the red silk braided rope in one hand, while draping the ave the to use the you want to do You&039;re still healing, so it&039;s important you don&039;t put too much stress on your wounds The rope will ensure you don&039;t"

"You don&039;t seriously believe you can tie me down"

"Oh, yes, yes I do"

He rolled his eyes and tried to hide a sehis hands free from the restraint I smiled a secret smile to myself, and peeled off my jeans and shirt

"You&039;re not happy any toward his penis, now in a doriving h the adjustable loop in one end of the rope, snaking it through a couple of bars on thethe process with his re hand

He tried to catch the nipple of my breast nearest him in his , "I would have thought you hts of how you wanted h I did spend some time on various punishment methods that will beand let me make love to you"

I smiled as he tested the bonds, distracted for a moment with the way the muscles in his arave a little, but not so much that he could reach past his ears

"What a delicious picture this is," I said, leaning forward to nip his lower lip "A handsoasbord for me to taste But I thinkyes, I think we can improve on this experience"

"I hope so, because I&039; patience with you"

He tried to sound stern and unhappy, but I could feel that his interest and curiosity had been piqued

Has no wo?

Not like this, no What are you doing with that scarf?

"It&039;s a blindfold Oooh, tricky!" As I leaned over hiht hs alin to all the wicked thoughts Alec was currently trans to me, especially when he added a sense of howhiood"

I priedvise, and quickly tied the scarf over his eyes,"Would you like a safe word?"

"Hell, no"

He was still sly of the belief that he was in control of the situation I let hi a hand down his chest froed scar at his breastbone down to his penis "Sooo hot, Alec Your skin burns, but in a good way I want to lick every inch of you And since you are at my mercy and unable to distract me with your hands andto ue around first one nipple, hidden in the soft curls of hair, before turning ers to stroke the ridged muscles of his abdomen I don&039;t think I&039;ve ever slept with a man who had an actual six-pack, Alec Do you work out?

So else

I ood shape without working at it, while lesser folks like me were at the mercy of sadistic personal trainers

Do not pretend that your body does anything but please me, he chastised me You know it does, and it would not ht there would make just about every woman on the planet your love slave for life" I ue around his belly button as his hips jerked upward, his breath hissing when I bit the lovely indentation below his hips "Luckily, no one butto know you&039;re so wonderful Why, what do we have here? It looks like a penis"

"You love toying with ed with amused exasperation "You truly think you have o wild on his groin, stroking and gently pulling, and generally just getting to know the scenery I bent down and gently bit his inner thigh, enjoying the sheer spurt of pleasure that coiled through hi hiered by sexual need, and I couldn&039;t help but want to push that just a bit higher before giving in to hirin "You don&039;t knohere I&039; to touch next, do you? You&039;re wholly in my power, Alec I can touch you here, or here, or even nibble you here"

He groaned deep in his chest

"and there&039;s not a darned thing you can do about it I have to say, I really enjoy having you spread out before me like this Let&039;s see, are you ticklish here?"

"Da ently at his inner thighs "Isn&039;t it wonderful?"

"Yes, but that&039;s beside the point Cease your teasing"

"Or what?" I asked sweetly, gently squeezing his testicles "Oh, didn&039;t I ic? You can&039;t break them, you can&039;t slip your hands out, and you can&039;t untie them from the bed In other words, my sexy vampire, you are well and truly bound until such time as I want you free"

"Is that so?" I couldn&039;t see them beneath the scarf, but I knew his eyes were filled with heat and passion and hunger, pro retribution for bothhi upward as I tasted, and swirled, and generally drove us both close to the breaking point

"Yes," I said so to ivemy blood boiluntil I realized just what that meant

"Hey - " I started to say, but suddenly, I was on my belly at the bottom of the bed, Alec hard and hot behind me, the scarf twisted around underneath s with his knees as he bent over ic ropes?"

"They weren&039;t ic, mi corazon"

"Damn that Sally! She lied tonaughty," he said, kissing a path froer that threatened to swamp us both Pain flared for a fraction of a second beforeinto thewith need for hiood God shouldn&039;t lie"

Alec&039;s tongue swiped across the spot he&039;d been drinking from before he pulled my hips up with the scarf "Noe shall see who is the one in power, and who is helpless"

"What are you doing? " I asked, every ato with anticipation and desire "Are we doing it doggy-style?"

"You wanted bondage Now you shall have it," he said, pulling up on the scarf as he thrust inside my body

I had been about to protest that I had never done bondage, even bondage light, as I suspected this would be classified, but the sensation of the scarf pulling up onfrohis hips

What&039;s that, Corazon? Not going to protest that you are now my helpless captive?

I moaned in histo deny that you can&039;t escape le was different than if I&039;d just been on e into depths that had not been reached before, waves of pleasure rippling outith increasing intensity

Not even going to deod, no! For the love of all that&039;s holy, doled with his sensations, tangling together until ere both poised on the brink

Corazon?

Nnrng?

I love you, he said as he jerked upward on the scarf, sliding deeper and harder into me than he had before, his mouth hot on my shoulder as he bit

It was too as froe that his love would burn eternally was all just too much My body and soul seeht supernova of love and ecstasy that shone so brightly, I was surprised it didn&039;t consu ball of orgas on Alec&039;s still-heaving chest, his arht to me

I lifted aze "Still think I haven&039;t healed?"

"Oh, you&039;ve healed," I said, gasping for breath "You&039;re definitely cleared for duty Jesus wept, Alec! That washoo! I&039;e from here on out Do you think Sally will notice if we run out with the rope and scarf? Because frankly, I would give her just about anything to keep theedto catch his breath Ah, my heart, ould I do without you?

"Luckily, my studmuffin extraordinaire - really, where did you learn to do that thing with the scarf? - you won&039;t have to find out Although I suppose we should getsoon Sally never did say where she sent the vah I doubt if he cares about us any on just in case people show up to nab you"

Alec closed his eye again "Women I&039;ll never understand how they can talk after sex I need sleep"

"Don&039;t be silly, you&039;re i into him nonetheless

"Immortal doesn&039;t , Cora; I won&039;t allow anyone to interfere with us any longer"

"Oh really? What do you plan on doing?" I looked up when he didn&039;t answer, but he was telling the truth - he really did need sleep His face was relaxed as I felt him drift off on a cloud of satedhile all the threads that seemed to weave around us into a knot Uppermost in my mind were the vampires and their council ere still obviously intent on punishing Alec, but also niggling at the back ofEleanor And then there was the lichmaster de Marco; he seemed to be overly interested in vampires I made a mental note to ask Alec about it later Last on ainst us, or would he give up now that I couldn&039;t be used?

I fell asleep worrying about it all, secure, at least, in the knowledge that Alec returnedelse, that ht again when I woke up to find the bed eone

"What do youht not be God, but she fully close to that More iave in to my frustration and vented ain with ive eous co at a laptop as he punched angrily at the keys, she sighed and shook her head "You ar You take all the fun out of it Andyou just a bit, just a tiny little set the chance to be a dee in a bit of teasing, I won&039;t"

I eyed her "Asmodeus finally kicked you out of Abaddon, did he?"

Terrin said soain "Yes Asle- one-half of the Sovereign being a prince of Abaddon Such narrow has never been to my taste, but it takes all kinds, doesn&039;t it? Alec went to see the vampires"

"The council?" My blood froze in my veins Alec?

There was no answer I couldn&039;t tell if he just couldn&039;t hear me, or if he didn&039;t want to Damn hione to sacrifice himself so they don&039;t put , Sally!"

"I do?"

"Yes, you do! You can&039;t just sit there doing nothing!" My hands waved in the air as azine from her hands and beat her over the head with it

"I&039; a very inforlanced at my hands "One that is sorely needed in soood guy You are the head honcho of good guys Thatwhen he needs help"

She looked puzzled as she consulted Terrin, as noearing under his breath as he plugged in an iPod "Do I have to do so, punkin?"

"I swear, I knohat projects that Guardian as proscribed used her minions on Hmm? Do you have to do what?"

"Do I have to help Cora?"

Terrin looked froht you already did? Surely you offered them sanctuary so the Dark One could heal his wounds in safety?"

"Well, I thought that&039;s what I&039;d done, but evidently Cora here is feeling slighted" Sally plucked a sugar cube frohtfully "And then there was the ave thely, because I could see that she wanted to indulge herself in a little nooky but was afraid he&039;d hurt hienerous and beneficent on ainst the wall, running h my hair Alec, please answer me Please I&039;m worried about you Just tellthat filled ht not want to discuss the fact that he ran off without me, but he wouldn&039;t let me worry unduly That meant that either he was physically unable to talk tocommunication Either boded ill

"I&039; us a roohif you&039;re no longer a demon lord, why do you still have this house?"

She crunched the rear cube with very white teeth "Oh, the palace part that was in Abaddon is gone All that&039;s left is the original house, here in the o towhere otten to So much had happened since we arrived in France, I had lost track of o and rescue hiave me a once-over, a definite twinkle in her eyes "Yes, I can see that&039;s exactly what you intend to do Good luck"

"Thanks," I said grimly, disappointed that she hadn&039;t offered to fix everything with a wave of her o them both to do just that, it was quite clear that Sally felt no further obligation to do anything for us, and really, I couldn&039;t blame her She had done e asked - toppled Bael froiven us a place for Alec to rest after re from the iiven us that lovely silk rope and scarf "I&039;ll just gather up what things I have here and be on azine

I returned to the bedrooe, no purse, and certainly no wallet or passport How on earth was I supposed to get to Vienna?

"I&039;ll get there if I have to hitchhike the entire way," I growled as I wrapped the scarf aroundthe rope on top of it "Pia and Kristoff will loan me some money for one of those portals, I bet And maybe I could call - " As I stepped out the door, I had a ave a little laugh in response before suddenly the floor was yanked out fro into a black void of nothing

"Hruh?" The black void was filled with a sharp pain "Wha&039;?"

"You did not keep your ars inside the portal at all times," a brusque male German voice chided me

I opened my eyes to find myself on a mat in a small room filled with pale sunshine A spot on my head hurt - obviously I&039;d conked it on the floor when Imemory returned at that moment "Jesus wept!"