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could know pleasure. Fifty fulfillments, he’d said. Enough to last a lifetime. She had little doubt that he could provide them and make each one as perfect as the one before. If she was doomed to toss and turn in her lonely bed and live a respectable life for the remainder of her years, perhaps ...
With the last vestige of her will, she put her hands on his chest and pushed, her gaze lifting to his.
“I don’t want to forget,” she whispered.
Sevin’s blood heated. The woman in his arms had just given him permission to do as he planned.
“What I do want is your promise that you’ll do nothing that will bring physical harm to me,” she added.
“Agreed,” he said slowly.
Her eyes flicked beyond him to his younger brother, where he still stood in the doorway.
“I speak for Luc as well,” Sevin assured her. “We’re made in such a way that our carnal efforts with you will not only bring you pleasure, but they will also ease any physical discomforts as matters progress. With each fulfillment, your desire to hunt the next will only increase, and your wish to continue on will be replenished.”
Her brows rose, doubting him.
He put his hands on her shoulders, ran them down her arms to her elbows and higher again, gentling her to his touch. “Don’t worry. I—we—know what we’re about in all this. Just relax and ... enjoy.”
What he promised her was true, Sevin knew. Yet it was also true that he would bring about a change in her, though it would not be a real harm in the way she meant. He would act first with her tonight, before Luc. It was a crucial distinction, for it meant he was the one with whom she would become forever linked.
After this night, her body would crave his. She would suffer his loss in her bed, pine for want of him. But perhaps this would be a fitting punishment if she turned out to be as guilty as her family in their acts against his. By morning, he would know.
“And further, you will agree that in return for ... what we do here tonight ... you will cease harassing me,” Alexa went on. “No more asking me to leave Rome.”
“Done. Now—let us seal our bargain.” He sleeked his hands underneath the fall of her long pale hair, slowly moving them over her back. At the feel of her cool silken gown gliding over her shape under his hands, sudden need slammed through him. He lowered his head, his mouth finding hers. After a brief hesitation, she put her arms around him. His head angled and he kissed her more deeply. This kiss, like those in her carriage, heightened his desire to mate her, but they told him nothing about the matter of her guilt.
That knowledge would come later.
Across the room, Luc had remained stubbornly silent throughout their negotiations, as if they had nothing to do with him. But there was already fever rising in Sevin’s own blood, a blood that linked all four of the brothers. In spite of Luc’s diffidence, his need had to be rising, too.
Although they couldn’t see it down here belowground, Sevin could feel the moon coming. The steady thud of his heartbeat was stronger now and faster; the touch of Alexa’s hands on him more keenly felt. Soon all would begin. And then, this female he held would present a temptation his brother would not be able to refuse, no matter how he fought it.
The same applied to him.
Lifting his head, Sevin gestured to Luc, indicating that he was to come closer. “Let her drink from your goblet,” he said. With obvious reluctance, Luc did as asked. His face had a drawn look about it and there was a white line around his lips as if he were in pain. But it was a pleasurable pain that Sevin recognized—one he was feeling as well as their Calling drew ever nearer.
Keeping one arm around Alexa, Sevin murmured to Luc in the ElseWorld language. “It’s almost my time.”
Luc nodded. “Mine as well.”
“Swear to me that you will lie with her tonight. That you won’t run.”
Luc looked away.
With a grimace of impatience,
With the last vestige of her will, she put her hands on his chest and pushed, her gaze lifting to his.
“I don’t want to forget,” she whispered.
Sevin’s blood heated. The woman in his arms had just given him permission to do as he planned.
“What I do want is your promise that you’ll do nothing that will bring physical harm to me,” she added.
“Agreed,” he said slowly.
Her eyes flicked beyond him to his younger brother, where he still stood in the doorway.
“I speak for Luc as well,” Sevin assured her. “We’re made in such a way that our carnal efforts with you will not only bring you pleasure, but they will also ease any physical discomforts as matters progress. With each fulfillment, your desire to hunt the next will only increase, and your wish to continue on will be replenished.”
Her brows rose, doubting him.
He put his hands on her shoulders, ran them down her arms to her elbows and higher again, gentling her to his touch. “Don’t worry. I—we—know what we’re about in all this. Just relax and ... enjoy.”
What he promised her was true, Sevin knew. Yet it was also true that he would bring about a change in her, though it would not be a real harm in the way she meant. He would act first with her tonight, before Luc. It was a crucial distinction, for it meant he was the one with whom she would become forever linked.
After this night, her body would crave his. She would suffer his loss in her bed, pine for want of him. But perhaps this would be a fitting punishment if she turned out to be as guilty as her family in their acts against his. By morning, he would know.
“And further, you will agree that in return for ... what we do here tonight ... you will cease harassing me,” Alexa went on. “No more asking me to leave Rome.”
“Done. Now—let us seal our bargain.” He sleeked his hands underneath the fall of her long pale hair, slowly moving them over her back. At the feel of her cool silken gown gliding over her shape under his hands, sudden need slammed through him. He lowered his head, his mouth finding hers. After a brief hesitation, she put her arms around him. His head angled and he kissed her more deeply. This kiss, like those in her carriage, heightened his desire to mate her, but they told him nothing about the matter of her guilt.
That knowledge would come later.
Across the room, Luc had remained stubbornly silent throughout their negotiations, as if they had nothing to do with him. But there was already fever rising in Sevin’s own blood, a blood that linked all four of the brothers. In spite of Luc’s diffidence, his need had to be rising, too.
Although they couldn’t see it down here belowground, Sevin could feel the moon coming. The steady thud of his heartbeat was stronger now and faster; the touch of Alexa’s hands on him more keenly felt. Soon all would begin. And then, this female he held would present a temptation his brother would not be able to refuse, no matter how he fought it.
The same applied to him.
Lifting his head, Sevin gestured to Luc, indicating that he was to come closer. “Let her drink from your goblet,” he said. With obvious reluctance, Luc did as asked. His face had a drawn look about it and there was a white line around his lips as if he were in pain. But it was a pleasurable pain that Sevin recognized—one he was feeling as well as their Calling drew ever nearer.
Keeping one arm around Alexa, Sevin murmured to Luc in the ElseWorld language. “It’s almost my time.”
Luc nodded. “Mine as well.”
“Swear to me that you will lie with her tonight. That you won’t run.”
Luc looked away.
With a grimace of impatience,
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