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in the same way?”
“No,” Eljin murmured, his eyes fluttering closed at the wave of intense pain that statement caused.
“Then don’t you think we should fix that?”
Eljin’s eyes popped open. He stared at Zack in shock until he saw the knife the man held. His breath flew from his chest as he watched Zack draw the blade across the palm of his hand. Then Zack held both his bleeding hand and the knife out to him.
“Will you let me take your blood?”
Eljin’s hand trembled as he reached for the knife. “Zack, you know this can’t be undone once it’s done. It’s for life, forever. You won’t be able to change your mind once you do it.”
Zack’s hand covered Eljin’s over the handle of the knife. “I don’t want to change it,” Zack said as he brought the blade across Eljin’s palm.
Eljin winced, but the joy of the moment quickly overrode any pain. He could barely breathe as Zack ran his tongue across the palm of his hand, licking away the blood. Zack then lifted his head and clasped their hands together and their blood mingled.
“Now, say the words, hummingbird, so that I can repeat them to you.”
Eljin opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. He swallowed then tried again, this time looking deep into Zack’s eyes. “Give me your life, your love, your forever, as I give you mine.”
“Give me your life, your love, your forever, as I give you mine.” Zack echoed the vow.
Before Eljin had been the only one making the commitment, this time they both were. The bond was instantaneous, like a bolt of lightning hitting each of them simultaneously. Eljin felt Zack in his mind, felt himself in Zack’s.
It was a heady feeling.
Zack shuddered. “Damn, Eljin, I can feel you.”
“Yeah.” Eljin felt drunk, his head woozy, his body languid. He would have dropped to the floor if Zack hadn’t been holding him up.
He’d dream of this, filled hour after hour fantasizing about this moment. He’d wanted it more than he could ever remember wanting anything. To finally realize his dream overwhelmed him. Tears clouded his eyes, and Eljin couldn’t attribute them solely to being so emotionally overwrought from the pregnancy.
Zack , he whispered the word in his mind, using their mental link for the first time since they were fully bonded. He looked up at him, letting the man see the tears of joy in his eyes. My beautiful leannan.
Zack’s eyes rounded. “Eljin, I can hear you.”
“Yes, it’s one of the benefits of bonding. We can speak to each other in our minds. It’s a connection we won’t ever share with another living being.” Eljin chuckled and glanced down at the abrupt movement under his shirt. “Except for maybe our son.”
Zack’s hand settled over his stomach, and the baby’s movements instantly ceased. “He can talk to me anytime he wants.”
“And me?” Eljin leaned his face into the hand Zack cupped around the side of his face.
Zack’s lips twitched, amusement glinting in his eyes. “I’m afraid that I must insist on that, hummingbird.”
The joy that Eljin had been feeling stuttered and froze almost as if he was holding his breath. He regarded Zack with searching gravity. Every word out of Zack’s mouth was exactly what Eljin wanted to hear, had been dreaming of hearing since the moment they met.
And that scared him.
“Zack, not that I’m complaining, because believe me I’m not, but why the change of attitude? Yesterday you were yelling at me, saying you weren’t gay and men didn’t have babies. Why the change of heart?”
“I’m not sure I have an answer for that, Eljin,” Zack answered. “I look at you and all I can think about is the aching hole I would have in my chest if you weren’t at my side. I don’t understand why I feel this way. I just know I feel it.”
“It’s the bond,” Eljin replied. “All Aes Sídhe feel it.”
“Gunny told me about you and the Aes Sídhe . I don’t think I believed him until he started telling me about his long lost lover,
“No,” Eljin murmured, his eyes fluttering closed at the wave of intense pain that statement caused.
“Then don’t you think we should fix that?”
Eljin’s eyes popped open. He stared at Zack in shock until he saw the knife the man held. His breath flew from his chest as he watched Zack draw the blade across the palm of his hand. Then Zack held both his bleeding hand and the knife out to him.
“Will you let me take your blood?”
Eljin’s hand trembled as he reached for the knife. “Zack, you know this can’t be undone once it’s done. It’s for life, forever. You won’t be able to change your mind once you do it.”
Zack’s hand covered Eljin’s over the handle of the knife. “I don’t want to change it,” Zack said as he brought the blade across Eljin’s palm.
Eljin winced, but the joy of the moment quickly overrode any pain. He could barely breathe as Zack ran his tongue across the palm of his hand, licking away the blood. Zack then lifted his head and clasped their hands together and their blood mingled.
“Now, say the words, hummingbird, so that I can repeat them to you.”
Eljin opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. He swallowed then tried again, this time looking deep into Zack’s eyes. “Give me your life, your love, your forever, as I give you mine.”
“Give me your life, your love, your forever, as I give you mine.” Zack echoed the vow.
Before Eljin had been the only one making the commitment, this time they both were. The bond was instantaneous, like a bolt of lightning hitting each of them simultaneously. Eljin felt Zack in his mind, felt himself in Zack’s.
It was a heady feeling.
Zack shuddered. “Damn, Eljin, I can feel you.”
“Yeah.” Eljin felt drunk, his head woozy, his body languid. He would have dropped to the floor if Zack hadn’t been holding him up.
He’d dream of this, filled hour after hour fantasizing about this moment. He’d wanted it more than he could ever remember wanting anything. To finally realize his dream overwhelmed him. Tears clouded his eyes, and Eljin couldn’t attribute them solely to being so emotionally overwrought from the pregnancy.
Zack , he whispered the word in his mind, using their mental link for the first time since they were fully bonded. He looked up at him, letting the man see the tears of joy in his eyes. My beautiful leannan.
Zack’s eyes rounded. “Eljin, I can hear you.”
“Yes, it’s one of the benefits of bonding. We can speak to each other in our minds. It’s a connection we won’t ever share with another living being.” Eljin chuckled and glanced down at the abrupt movement under his shirt. “Except for maybe our son.”
Zack’s hand settled over his stomach, and the baby’s movements instantly ceased. “He can talk to me anytime he wants.”
“And me?” Eljin leaned his face into the hand Zack cupped around the side of his face.
Zack’s lips twitched, amusement glinting in his eyes. “I’m afraid that I must insist on that, hummingbird.”
The joy that Eljin had been feeling stuttered and froze almost as if he was holding his breath. He regarded Zack with searching gravity. Every word out of Zack’s mouth was exactly what Eljin wanted to hear, had been dreaming of hearing since the moment they met.
And that scared him.
“Zack, not that I’m complaining, because believe me I’m not, but why the change of attitude? Yesterday you were yelling at me, saying you weren’t gay and men didn’t have babies. Why the change of heart?”
“I’m not sure I have an answer for that, Eljin,” Zack answered. “I look at you and all I can think about is the aching hole I would have in my chest if you weren’t at my side. I don’t understand why I feel this way. I just know I feel it.”
“It’s the bond,” Eljin replied. “All Aes Sídhe feel it.”
“Gunny told me about you and the Aes Sídhe . I don’t think I believed him until he started telling me about his long lost lover,
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