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been a bundle of nerves in the back seat of the car, twitching and constantly moving in my seat. At one point, David reached over and clasped my hand in his, lacing our fingers. His touch soothed my nerves and I held his hand for the rest of the drive.
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Just as the sun was setting, we turned down a long driveway nestled off of a service road in the mountains. It climbed up a ravine, and at the top of the tree-lined ravine perched a small parking lot and a very large, austere white building. I could have sworn it was a hospital done in Corinthian style, but I didn‘t see an emergency room, or any cars other than ours.
―Be right back,‖ said Noah, and parked the car up front. He got out of the vehicle and headed to the huge double-doors at the front of the building.
―Where are we?‖ I asked, the familiar nervousness churning in my gut. What if this was a trap? The Serim were not always good men. They could be self-serving—
David reached over and brushed a lock of hair from my face. The lines of his aristocratic face were perfect and beautiful in the late afternoon sunlight, and he looked at ease in the casual modern clothing that he‘d borrowed from Noah. The look was so at odds with the old-fashioned blonde curls and sideburns he still wore that it made me want to smile, even when I had nothing to smile about. ―Be calm, Olivia. I will not let anything happen to you.‖
I looked over at him uncertainly, but the resolve was written on his face. His jaw was set in granite, his expression firm.
It wasn‘t that I was weak, or needed a man to hold my hand. But having someone there, at my side – someone to tell me that it was all right? That I wasn‘t alone? That was…nice. I liked it. More than I should have. I gave him a hesitant smile. ―You know where we are, then?‖
―There is only one place that a Serim can go to and fall completely off the map,‖ David said in his smooth, effortlessly calm voice, his silver eyes focused entirely on me. ―One place where they can eschew the mortal world and have no fear of it catching up to them. It is the only place I know of where we can be absolutely certain that the walls are warded from both human and vampire alike.‖
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―And that would be…‖
―A Serim monastery. Some of our brothers decided long ago that repentance was the best way to return to the grace of God, and they spend their days in prayer and solitude.‖
―A monastery?‖ I shook my head. This sounded like an awful idea. ―How is a house full of Serim monks going to keep me safe at night?‖
―They are not monks. They just choose to live as monks do,‖ David said with a smile at me. ―And there are others that dwell in the monastery that are not Serim,‖ he told me, his gaze warm. ―They will be awake at night and will watch over you if it is needed, but I do not think it will be. Every monastery is built with powerful wards that make it impossible for a vampire to find the place. You will be safe here. I would never take you someplace you are not safe.‖
The possessive heat in his voice made my heart thump. ―David,‖ I said, resisting the urge to blush. I felt like a schoolgirl again in his presence – no, like the young, relatively innocent demimondaine I had been back in 1889. Trained in the arts of the bedroom but sheltered at everything else. ―You are not familiar with this time. Many, many things change in a hundred years—―
―Sweet Olivia,‖ he said softly, leaning in toward me. His hand brushed my cheek, caressing my jaw, his gaze on my face. He leaned in, as if unable to resist the pull of my body. ―I have learned over my very long, sometimes painfully boring life that not that much changes in a hundred years.‖
―And are you bored now?‖ I couldn‘t resist asking.
He leaned so close that his mouth was almost on mine, and I felt a flush of heat shimmer through my body. ―I am never bored in your
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Slave To Her Desires
Just as the sun was setting, we turned down a long driveway nestled off of a service road in the mountains. It climbed up a ravine, and at the top of the tree-lined ravine perched a small parking lot and a very large, austere white building. I could have sworn it was a hospital done in Corinthian style, but I didn‘t see an emergency room, or any cars other than ours.
―Be right back,‖ said Noah, and parked the car up front. He got out of the vehicle and headed to the huge double-doors at the front of the building.
―Where are we?‖ I asked, the familiar nervousness churning in my gut. What if this was a trap? The Serim were not always good men. They could be self-serving—
David reached over and brushed a lock of hair from my face. The lines of his aristocratic face were perfect and beautiful in the late afternoon sunlight, and he looked at ease in the casual modern clothing that he‘d borrowed from Noah. The look was so at odds with the old-fashioned blonde curls and sideburns he still wore that it made me want to smile, even when I had nothing to smile about. ―Be calm, Olivia. I will not let anything happen to you.‖
I looked over at him uncertainly, but the resolve was written on his face. His jaw was set in granite, his expression firm.
It wasn‘t that I was weak, or needed a man to hold my hand. But having someone there, at my side – someone to tell me that it was all right? That I wasn‘t alone? That was…nice. I liked it. More than I should have. I gave him a hesitant smile. ―You know where we are, then?‖
―There is only one place that a Serim can go to and fall completely off the map,‖ David said in his smooth, effortlessly calm voice, his silver eyes focused entirely on me. ―One place where they can eschew the mortal world and have no fear of it catching up to them. It is the only place I know of where we can be absolutely certain that the walls are warded from both human and vampire alike.‖
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―And that would be…‖
―A Serim monastery. Some of our brothers decided long ago that repentance was the best way to return to the grace of God, and they spend their days in prayer and solitude.‖
―A monastery?‖ I shook my head. This sounded like an awful idea. ―How is a house full of Serim monks going to keep me safe at night?‖
―They are not monks. They just choose to live as monks do,‖ David said with a smile at me. ―And there are others that dwell in the monastery that are not Serim,‖ he told me, his gaze warm. ―They will be awake at night and will watch over you if it is needed, but I do not think it will be. Every monastery is built with powerful wards that make it impossible for a vampire to find the place. You will be safe here. I would never take you someplace you are not safe.‖
The possessive heat in his voice made my heart thump. ―David,‖ I said, resisting the urge to blush. I felt like a schoolgirl again in his presence – no, like the young, relatively innocent demimondaine I had been back in 1889. Trained in the arts of the bedroom but sheltered at everything else. ―You are not familiar with this time. Many, many things change in a hundred years—―
―Sweet Olivia,‖ he said softly, leaning in toward me. His hand brushed my cheek, caressing my jaw, his gaze on my face. He leaned in, as if unable to resist the pull of my body. ―I have learned over my very long, sometimes painfully boring life that not that much changes in a hundred years.‖
―And are you bored now?‖ I couldn‘t resist asking.
He leaned so close that his mouth was almost on mine, and I felt a flush of heat shimmer through my body. ―I am never bored in your
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