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body to body, saying a prayer of thanks that it wasn’t her father after each one. But then she came to a body that she recognized as her father. Most of his flesh was gone, his face was unrecognizable, but Jules would know his brown vest anywhere.
    The tears she had been fighting could no longer be held in check. She knelt by her father and let them fall. A comforting hand gripped her shoulder.
    “Your father?” Cristian asked.
    Jules nodded and wiped the tears from her face as she stood and turned to him. She noticed he held something. “What did you find?”
    He took her hand and placed something cool and metallic in her palm. “Stay to the right, and it’ll lead you to the cave’s entrance. I’ll end this now.”
    She didn’t want to leave him, but understood he had to do this alone. She gave him a quick kiss before she turned to follow the tunnel. It was night when she reached the cave entrance. The sky was clear and the stars bright.
    Her gaze was caught by the beautiful sky, so she didn’t hear Cristian until he was upon her. “It’s done?”
    He glanced back in the cave. “It’s done. The Wendigo is no more.”
    “Thank God,” she murmured.
    She barely got the words out of her mouth before he pushed her up against a tree and claimed her mouth in a kiss that left her breathless and dazed.
    His hands roamed over her body, teasing her breasts and making her sex clench in need. She tried to pull back, to ask him what was wrong, but his hands came up on either side of her face to hold her still.
    She gave into his soul-stealing kisses, letting the desire build with each touch of his lips. When he finally ended the kiss, Jules could barely stand.
    He rested his forehead against hers. “I’ve never been so scared in my life. When the Wendigo took you, I thought I’d lost you forever. I didn’t like that feeling.”
    His admission stunned her, but it also made her realize she had an admission herself. “I tried to tell myself the passion between us was nothing, but when I woke in that cave I had to face the reality that I was going to die. My feelings for you, feelings I tried to ignore, made me realize I don’t want to be without you.”
    He lifted his head to look into her eyes. “Don’t leave Brasov. I don’t have a lot of money, but I’ve enough that we can live comfortably.”
    “You want me to stay?”
    “I want to see the sun on your face every morning for the rest of my life. I want you for my wife.”
    Her heart lurched into her throat. “Your wife? You don’t know me.”
    “Yes, I do. My soul and my body know you. As for the rest, I want to know every detail, every secret. I want to know all of you. And in turn, I’ll give you the same. You know my most important secret already.”
    Jules traced his lips with her finger. “You’re offering me my dreams.”
    “Say yes, Jules.”
    She grinned. “Yes. I’m yours. I’ve always been yours.”
    Her words had barely left her lips before his crushed her against his chest, his mouth hungry as he devoured her, his hands pulling her clothes off until the cool night air brushed against her bare skin. In a matter of moments, he had removed his clothes as well.
    Jules started to move back into his arms when he turned her around and pressed her back against his chest. His lips moved against her neck, teasing the spot just behind her ear.
    “This night is ours,” he whispered seductively.
    She shivered as his hands came up to cup her breasts while his thumbs circled her nipples, teasing them until they were tight and aching.
    Her back arched, her body needing more of him. His cock was pressed against her, hot and hard. She sighed as her head turned to the side and his mouth found her neck, licking and kissing the sensitive skin until she shivered at his touch.
    His hands moved from her breasts down to her stomach, over her hips to pull her against him as he rubbed his rod against her. A low moan passed his lips and his hand found her sex.
    She