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greeted you enough for the both of us.”
    “Talen is meeting us here at dawn. We are going into the lost world to meet some wolves he thinks can help defeat the darkness.”
    “But what about the undead?” Charlotte asked. “Did you see them?”
    “The Arcos took care of them before I got there. The bodies are in the prison up there if you want someone to do clean up.”
    “I hate that prison.” She tensed.
    “I understand.”
    I watched an unreadable conversation take place through their eyes. Although I already knew they had a long history, it was still difficult to watch. I wanted to be in on all the secrets, to understand everything. Maybe one day I would be, but for now I was glad he was back.
    “Did I miss dinner?” he asked.
    “Nope. You’re right on time.” Charlotte smiled.
    “Is it okay if I brief Liam there?” James held onto my hand tightly. Maybe he’d missed me as much as I’d missed him. I needed to believe he did so I didn’t feel so obsessed.
    “Absolutely. Ainsley has been waiting patiently to see you for hours.”
    “Patiently?” He raised an eyebrow. “I was hoping for impatiently.”
    “I almost got there. It was touch and go for a while.”
    His face darkened.
    “That was a joke.”
    “I know.” He squeezed my hand. “Let us get ready for dinner.”
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    L ater that night I lay in James’ arms staring up at the star-filled sky.
    “Aside from the lack of plumbing, you have a really nice place.”
    “Glad you like it.” He ran his hand through my hair. “I like it a lot more now that you are here.”
    “We do this a lot.” I ran my hand over his bare chest.
    “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
    “I don’t usually have this kind of uh, appetite.”
    “Neither do I, if that helps.” He leaned up on an elbow. “And I started it this time.”
    “I know. Amazingly enough I didn’t try to jump you the second we were alone.”
    “I will not read into that, because you were more than eager once I let my desires be known.”
    “I love your voice.” I closed my eyes and breathed him in.
    “My voice?” He took my hand and touched it to his throat. “This is not about my accent again, is it?”
    “Nope, your voice. It’s velvety and rich.”
    “Sounds like you are describing chocolate cake.”
    “Both are yummy things.” An image of enjoying cake in bed with James came to mind.
    He laughed. “Yummy is a word from your world that still amuses me.”
    “What’s funny about it?”
    “Nothing innately, but the way you used it there makes me laugh for whatever reason.”
    “So I shouldn’t call you yummy?”
    “You can call me anything you want. You know that.”
    “I feel like I’ve known you for years.” The comfort I felt with him was unbelievable.
    “I feel the same way.”
    “Yet there is so much more I don’t know about you.” Too many things to name. I knew more about his father than I knew about his own hopes and dreams.
    “You can ask me anything.”
    “And I will, but right now I just want to lay here and enjoy this.” I stared up at the sky.
    “This is nice.” He pulled me closer to him.
    “I never thought I could be so comfortable naked with someone.”
    “Of course it is natural for us. It is the way we should be.”
    “Yet I’m not allowed to streak.” I laughed.
    He pulled me up on top of him. “It is the way it should be when we are alone.”
    I ran my hand over his bicep. “You don’t go to the gym.”
    “No.”
    “Then how did your arms get like this?”
    “There are other ways to work your muscles.” He ran his hand down my back.
    “You’ll have to teach me because I hate the gym.”
    He laughed. “You should talk to Samantha. She is a force to be reckoned with.”
    “You think I need to be trained by a girl?”
    “If Samantha heard you say that…” He shook his head. “Ask Kevin to tell you the story about getting trained by her. I have heard it about a dozen times, but it never gets