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“What’s so difficult to believe?” he asked “After all, you are part demon Immortality is ifts are now sharpened, as are your senses”

“Fascinating I want to test it further” Turning away, she said in an enthusiastic tone, “See that pile of rubble there in the corner? All that stone… It’s a heavierI’ve ever tried to lift with my mind”

His gaze alternated from her to the enormous heap and back He didn’t say a word as she focused Determination exuded froan to rise

“Extraordinary,” he mumbled But a stone slipped “Wait You dropped one”

She released the pile and it crashed to the hard floor “I never claimed to be perfect”

He grinned down at her “I think you are”

Facing hi in her eyes, she asked, “Does thismarried after all?”

Without a second thought, he scooped her up into his ar in sin, did you?”

Her arements?”

“I didearlier, didn’t I?”

She snuggled close to him In her provocative tone, she asked, “So, if ere to spend three nights a week at the castle, and three nights at the cottage, and I used the seventh night to relieve Tanner on evening patrol… That would be a compromise, yes?”

He groaned “You’re not still hell-bent on slayer duties, are you?”

“Of course As well as arinned at him “Any complaints?”

If he had even one, would he ever win against her? Doubtful “Suit yourself But I should get top priority, don’t you think?”

“We’ll see how that pans out for you”