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"You won't regret this" But even as his fangs sharpened for her flesh, he hesitated "I dread hurting you When I think about how I took you last time"

"I'm afraid I'll try to break away," she admitted "Or that you will - from the cold"

Each would want to recoil They'd have to force each other to hold on "Hang on to ht We do this now, and then we have forever"

She inhaled a steadying breath "I'm ready"

What would you do for her? The scent of the supple skin he was about to taste proved too ed palms on her hps and drew her closer

Her hands rose to clasp his shoulders "Do it," she whispered

In a flash, he sank his fangs into her This tiroaned - in pain She was even icier than before

Stabbing cold shot through hie to release her screa her hips He felt her little blue claws digging into him as well

Yet with each of his draws, the pain lessened At the remembered sense of connection, his eyes slid closed in bliss

Mine Forever Thoughts were a jumbled knot Slow slow Don't take too ift

CHAPTER 40

By the time Murdoch released her, they were both out of breath And Danii was crying

"Christ, I tried not to take too

He winced at her neck "You're burned"

"It'll regenerate quickly with the cold Did you even drink enough?" she asked, struggling to disguise how much pain she'd felt "Do you think this ork?"

"The effect takes ti his regeneration, he began healing al to nores froers

But his breaths still fogged

Minutes passed, then half an hour She sank onto the bed, and he paced Another hour had trudged by in anxious silence before he said, "Daniela, why didn't you tell me about the Roman?"

"You saw that?" At Murdoch's nod, she said, "He's in my past"

"You think of me as you do hiry when I said that Bewildered"

"But it's true that I took what didn't belong to me"

"We both felt the pull I could have stopped you And I've wondered again and again why I didn't Now I think it was instinct telling both of us the way to be together If"

"If this works? It will" He ran his hand over his forehead "Dah to withstand this - twice -it's got to work"