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child,” Gaia said with a smile. “I’ve always known who could and could not survive a multiple bond-mating. Believe it or not, I truly do have my children’s well-being in mind when I pair them with others.” She looked to Quincy. “Everything that you have now is yours, yes, but you deserve and will gain so much more.” She sighed and added, “If you both can survive the fire. Now if you will excuse me.”
    The look that Maya gave Quincy was clear. She had no idea what to say to the man that was willing to give her up. “You fought for things, but you wouldn’t for me?” she whispered softly, hurt evident in her voice. “Wouldn’t talk to me so that we could figure out what part I would want in your life?”
    “I’ve fought merely for the right to draw my next breath,” he told her honestly. “I fought to have you, just you and I forever, but she wouldn’t be swayed. As much as I wanted you I couldn’t stand the thought of sharing you and did what I thought was best.” Gods, now he’d have to figure out what to tell Allister. Fuck him and his big mouth for that parting shot. “You always have a choice. I can only tell you the truth, Maya. That’s all I have. If you’d rather not have me, then go now and don’t look back,” he told her, staring at her straight on. “But if you stay, know that it’s forever.” Gods, he’d never survive if she left. It would kill him right then and there.
    “I won’t settle for a moment less. You need to understand that. If I were to stay, its forever,” she told him and took a step in closer to him. “And I don’t share,” she put out there. “At all, I refuse to,” she said with a demanding tone, another step closer. “So you tell me. Do I stay or should I go?”
    Licking his lips slowly, he watched her, searching her face for some clue, some hint. “Stay,” he breathed out in the barest of sounds. He wanted to reach out and pull her close to him but she still had to make the final decision. He’d put in his two cents. Now it was all up to her. Tense, he waited and watched her.
    “And it’s forever?” she whispered softly and moved yet another step and stopped herself. She had been the one moving closer to him. She had been the one who had been reaching for him. Well, it was time for him to reach for her. “You know it’s not going to be easy, right?” she asked quietly. “I have a brother who wants to collar me so that he has full access to the power inside of me.” She knew that Quincy would know what a collar was and just how horrible it was. “And I have a serious addiction to gummy worms. Like I-should-have-stock-in-the-company addiction, so if you want me, if you want me to stay, then come get me.”
    “Always forever,” he breathed out, stepping into her so close that every breath had her breasts rubbing his chest. Cupping her cheek lightly, he stroked his thumb over her skin. “I have shares in Skittles.” Leaning his head in, he stopped a hairsbreadth from her lips. “I’ve never had anything easy, Maya. I’m a fighter and always will be.” Quincy’s words were spoken quietly a moment before he pressed his lips to hers.
    Maya wouldn’t let him be anything less. Wrapping her arms around him tightly, she kissed him back, the fireworks sparking behind her eyes and making her finally, for the first time, feel whole. When their mouths parted, she looked at him and smiled. “Wow,” was all she could say. He could certainly pack a punch with his kisses. “And I will always be here at your side, forever, Quincy,” she whispered to him and then smiled. “I think you should recall your resignation because we both know it’s really not what you wanted to do, was it? And then I think that you and I should find somewhere that we can be alone because I really, really need you, my bond-mate.”
    “I’ll let them sweat a little I think, but I’ll let Talon know later. There are much more important things to be done.” Kissing