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She appeared to be drifting a little, still floating froasm Her body had rippled with aftershocks all the while he'd lain over top of her, blanketing her thoroughly and possessively When he drew circles with the pad of his finger over her breasts, stroking her nipples, he saw her stomach muscles bunch and knew more ripples teased her sheath

Her eyes suddenly ide again "Fyodor We didn't use protection I forgot You forgot My feettin' close This could be a bad time"

"I don't forget to use protection, Evangeline" He was aloved all the time His hands and his cock He was bare for her Only his wo him a killer for his lair She could have his cock bare and hot and hard just for her "It doesn't work so good on leopards anyway"

She closed her eyes and turned her face away

He caught her chin and turned her head back toward him "Don't do that, malen'kaya lyublyu moyo If we have children, I will love and care for them with the sa woman You said yourself you're no subht I'd harm our children"

Her eyes opened and he saw resolve there Determination and truth "If you tried to harm our children, Fyodor, I would find a way to kill you Understand that Know I mean what I say No one will ever do to our children what your father did to you, or mine did to me When I have children, they will be loved and they'll know it They'll be cherished and protected fiercely I'll guard the I am"

"No, Evangeline, we'll guard theet to be children, and they'll know they're loved I want that as ht she could kill him if necessary--and maybe she could He would never hare advantage if it ever caht between them

He leaned down and kissed her ave herself up to him like she always did when he kissed her Her body was so war his hand under her breast and just letting it rest in his palm When he lifted his head she looked a little bemused

"You need to go to sleep, malyutka" He brushed another kiss on her te lazily over her nipple He couldn't help enjoying the shiver that went through her body It was visible and she didn't in any way try to hide it from him "You're sensitive"

"Very"

"I like that So attention on your breasts" The idea excited him To see if he could do that for her "When I do this" He brushed her nipple again lightly and then bit doith his thuer briefly One et damp for me? Tell me what this does to you"

She touched her tongue to her lip, drew in breath and settled on the bed again "I can feel it inside Deep It's like there's a straight line leading froo damp but my muscles clench"

He liked that He liked that she hadn't hesitated to answer hi so if she orried, he'd know about it

"You won't be alone, Evangeline," he said "Never again You'll have my brother and cousins and me Especially me But also friends I want you to meet Siena and the other wives"

She lowered her lashes He was co to know that was rejection of whatever it was he was telling her

"I don' need friends I have Saria and Pauline and I suppose if I wanted, Charisse I'ood at relationships, Fyodor I never had them so I don' really miss them"

That was a lie He could hear it in her voice She wanted those things, she just didn't think she could have theht it to hisher hand over to place a kiss in the center of her paleline There are things I can't change What I am Who I am I made a commitment and there's no way out now But the rest of it, I can do for you and I will"

She turned her head and looked at hiht in his eyes, the way she always did when she"I'm happy, Fyodor I take responsibility for my own happiness I always have I don' want you to think you have to do anythin' special for me to be happy You make me happy My leopard The bakery Even the boys, as weird and crazy as they all are, I sort of consider the, especially Timur and Gorya"

He suckled at the center of her pal her skin into his mouth Her hand was small and soft Her voice was drowsy He'd worn her out, and he liked that too "Did I hurt you?"

"You know you didn't"

"In a o to sleep"

"Not before you tell ht Who keeps tryin' to kill you?"

He was silent Leopards didn't lie to each other He couldn't give her everything, because he didn't want her to have any part of his business, but on the other hand she deserved the truth He sighed "Not eline You They came after you In the bakery At the hospital and here"

Her eyes widened She frowned "Why in the world would someone want to kill me? Who? Who wants me dead?"

"It was Patrizio A he was counting on didn't go so well"

"That's insane I'll talk to him"

"You won't" He said it abruptly "No one talks sense into a man who takes a contract out on them We'll be careful At the bakery and here I want you to move in with me here Your house is nice, but it's small and I can't protect us as well there"

She opened her ain When he lifted his head his gazeher in "She's so close to rising, Evangeline I can feel her every tiets close to the surface Can you feel her?"

She nodded "She h while you were" She trailed off

"Making love to you" He wasn't about to say fucking He hadn't fucked her Even when he did, when he made it all about wild, he kneould touch her with love, that it would always be aboutlove to her

She nodded "She left me alone with you I appreciated that I wanted it to be just us the first time"

"It was My male left us alone as well"

"And it was perfect Really, Fyodor, I loved every single thin' you did" That flush slid up her neck and into her face, turning her skin a rose color "And the things you said to me It was hot Dirty maybe, but hot"

"I intend to do dirty things to you I thought you ht her palently

"Where did you go tonight?"

"I had to take care of business It didn't take long I was anxious to get back to you"

"I don' know about et nervous I could spend a few nights here but then when you have business I can head home"

"Not Going To Happen" He punctuated each ith a scrape of his teeth and then he bit down harder in the center of the nored her yelp as she jerked her hand away frolared at him

"If you insist on being at your house, I'll be staying there as well I want you in my bed I want to wake up to you Go to sleep to you Wake up in the ht and take you however I want I was serious about your body belonging to , I want to be there And, malyutka, the next time you reach for your little toy, I'd better be with you When you pack your things, make certain you pack that as well"

"You have a thing about bitin'"

"I'm leopard I like to use my teeth and you're verybitable"

She blushed again and squir restlessl

y He s She liked his teeth and the way he talked to her He rolled off the bed and padded on bare feet to the shly and then got a washcloth ar her face She had her eyes on his cock The desire o from semi-hard to hard instantly

"Spread your legs wider for me," he instructed

She coertips there, just above the head of his now pulsing cock He washed her carefully, looking for signs of da the look on her face and the way her fingers drifted down his belly to outline his cock

"Are you shy about touching me?"

She shook her head but then nodded "Maybe a little"

"Reed to you? I meant it Whatever you want to do, I'm here for you"

"What if I don't knohat to do?"

He leaned down and pressed a kiss to the tiny curls covering herto shave you Right now"