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What the hell was he doing? He'd gone fro about how the whole Master-servant bond worked, because he wanted nothing to do with itto this He must have internalized more about vampires and servants than he realized OrThe bond between vampire and hu process needed soaffe--but the connectionthe soul connectionit guided a vahthouse to claim full ownership of his servant, hold him, keep him Need and want him

Cai reo, when their bodies had been ether and the shifter had shuddered, every ainst a cry He'd been pissed, but he hadn't refused Cai He'd never refused him, had he? He'd never refused his Master

Cai drew out, reluctantly If Daegan and Gideon had any kind of vampire-servant senses at all, they'd know exactly what they were doing, so in a way, he'd done as he'd threatened Rand It didn't feel bad to either one of thes up a notch into complicated waters

Things hard to describe, but , let the dawn coled He'd order him to keep his damn beautiful ass in the bed with hi the day, he could have hiht just obey

He'd struck out in anger in the limo, because Rand was a first for his he wanted in his life For a hundred years, his batting average in getting any of those things had been zero So when he'd won his freedo beyond what he could co alone helped with that

He'd stayed isolated, even when he'd ie of Trads, but that need for isolation had eventually taken him back into unpopulated places, far beyond where anyone could reach hi to take hu servant relationships, kept any human connections out of the picture Except temporary ones, like the kid at the cabin, or the special forces guy who'd never seen Cai

But Rand was different Cai wanted Rand, and not just temporarily

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It didn'tit wouldn't happen Cai squeezed thea kiss between his shoulder blades "It's okay," he ht He nudged Rand up onto his knees Since theyet alar his jeans back over his beautiful ass, tucking in that gorgeous cock, fastening and zipping things again

"On your feet, wolf" He helped, and when Rand's head turned, rather than aze, Cai brushed a kiss over hishiht and I'o let the queen pat me on the head"

But when Rand would have followed his cue back to the li hiured it out What the marks mean"

At Rand's puzzled look, Cai turned to face hi Rand's arms up between the down at Rand's wrists, side by side The old scars and the new ht and the spout of flame

It's not a figure eight It's the symbol for infinity, which also represents brothers-in-araze slid up to meet Rand's The other one, the flame? That's a symbol for hell

He gripped Rand's wrists anew, thu those marks

No matter what happens, where our paths end up, you need ht an ene beer He caressed the infinity mark That's what this one means

Rand's gaze darkened, and he flinched, an emotional response, as Cai dipped his head and bit his other wrist, let hi next to the flame mark

This one? If you ever try to take your life again, I'll ine I'll follow you if necessary into the afterlife to make that happen Count on it

In thisMaster, all that o, as he kneould, Cai was da That life orth living Not for the reasons Cai lived--to send Fate a daily huge fuck you--but for the reasons a guy like Rand should live