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“What’s happened with you and your mate?” He told him everything. “Do you want me to talk to her? I can. No problem.”

“What good would that do? She’d not believe you either.” Gibson agreed with York. “Besides, I’m still keeping an eye on her and making sure that her father or brother isn’t bothering her. Perhaps if I can show her that I’m truthful in keeping her safe, she’ll believe the rest of it.”

“So have you bonded with her yet?” He shook his head. “I didn’t think so. From what I’ve heard, after that happens there’s no turning back on love. Do you love her?”

“I believe that I do. She’s all I ever think about. Even in the middle of the day when I get up, she’s the first thing I think of.” Gibson said he had it bad. “I do. All I want to do is find her and make love to her. She’s all I think about.”

“Let me go and talk to her. Maybe all she needs is someone that’s not you.” York asked him what he meant. “I didn’t mean anything by it. I was just saying that you’re a force and you might overwhelm her somewhat. You know how you can be.”

“No, I don’t. Just what do you mean that I’m a force? I’m no different than any of the rest of you are.” Gibson just eyed him. “I don’t understand why I’m the bad guy in all this. I’ve been telling her the truth since I met her.”

“Perhaps that’s just it. She’s overwhelmed by the truth.” He asked him if he was planning on lying to her. “You know I can’t do that simply because she’s your mate. I will answer her questions. I’m sure she has a great deal of them.”

“Don’t touch her.” He promised his brother that he’d not. “I’m serious right now, Gib. I’m very jealous of you going to talk to her, so just don’t touch her. I don’t mean for you to be rude to her, or me to you, but I might have to kill you if I find that you’ve touched her.”

“I promise I won’t. She’s just going to get answers from me. I swear.” He was all right with that but not with his brother touching his mate. He had no idea why it bothered him so much, but it did. As they were parting ways, Gib on his way to Rose’s house, he went to his office to fill out the paperwork on the latest murder.

It wasn’t really murder but a way to keep the rogues from killing more people. Humans really, and when they killed them, they usually made such a mess of their bodies that they were unrecognizable as anything but dead meat. His job since he’d turned twenty-five had been to locate the monsters and kill them. He had special magic that would keep him from being hurt or killed, but he only had to rip out their throats while fighting them and not get killed himself. The very fact that he looked to only be about twenty or less is what surprised most of the vampires that he went after, and that was an advantage that he loved.

Finishing up the paperwork that he knew by heart, he went home to see about getting the yard mowed. He could do it, and in fact enjoyed mowing, but today the bushes needed trimming, and he had hired someone to do that for him. Just as he was pulling in his driveway, a strange car pulled in behind him. It was Rose.

“Can I help you?” She said that she’d just spoken to Gib. “He said he was going to visit you, but I didn’t know he’d be finished so soon.”

“He came to talk to me about you.” She went up to his walkway with him, and he let her in. “I’ve driven by this house a great deal and always wondered who lived here. I’m glad it was you. Can I have a tour?”

“Sure. I’ve been living here for about a month now, as the renovations have only just been finished. This used to be my mother’s home until she moved out, saying that this place was too big for one person.” She asked him how many people lived there with him. “Just myself, but I have staff too. They keep the house going, and I love having someone come in and clean up after me. I’m not messy, but I do tend to leave things around when I should have picked them up.”

“I’m messy. I start too many projects and never get back to them. That’s only at home. At work I’m very organized and have everything where I want it.” He showed her the kitchen and introduced her to the staff. “You must be really wealthy. I mean, I know you said you were, but I never realized it before.”

“I won’t ever lie to you.” She said that was what Gib had told her. “He’s my second oldest brother. I’m older than him by nearly one hundred years. Mom put a lot of years between us so she said she’d never be without children. The others came along a lot sooner between dates.”

“Gib said that you’re not just the oldest but you also have the most money. It’s because your job pays so well.” He said that was right. “I guess your job is very dangerous. How did you get it?”

“I was looking for something to do when I turned twenty-five. The council was looking for a rogue killer about then, and I killed the first one. His name was David. I’ll never forget tearing out his throat so that he would have a sudden death.” She asked if he had. “Not really. He’d only just fed from a female, and that was something that I’d not counted on. He died from his wounds, but he didn’t turn to ash as quickly as I thought that he would.”

They talked about all kinds of things while they were looking around the house. When he got to the master bedroom, all he wanted to do was to take her right then and there. But he kept his distance from her so as not to piss her off again. They were getting along nicely right now, and he didn’t want to mess that up.

“We also talked about sex.” He hadn’t expected that and was surprised when she brought it up. “He said that everything you told me was true about us having sex. That you would never cheat on me when you and I were together. If we were to come together.” She ran her fingers along the bed, and he had to breathe deeply so as not to have to explain why his cock was so hard.

“Why are you so reluctant to come together with me? I’ll never harm you.” She said she knew that too. “I want to take you right now, if you’re willing. And then again if you’d like. I could make love to you all day and never tire of you.”

“I’m worried that I won’t be enough for you.” He asked her what she meant. “You know. If you want to have sex all the time, I might not be enough to satisfy you, so you’ll go elsewhere. I know you won’t now, but that was something that worried me.”

“You have nothing to worry about.” She nodded and turned to look at him. When she eyed him from head to toe, it was all he could do not to strip her down and do the same to her. He wanted her so badly that he was willing to piss her off for a few minutes just to have her beneath him. Going to the bed, he touched his fingers to her cheek. “You’re so soft. Like lambs’ ears that grow in my garden.”

“I don’t know what that is.” He nodded and ran his fingers along the marks that were on her throat but didn’t touch her there. “I can feel myself getting wet. Every time you’re near me, I feel like I’m ready to come.”

“Would you like to?” At her nod, he moved closer to her and brushed his lips over hers. “You taste of chocolate. You’ve had it recently.”

“On the way here.” She moved her head so that he had access to her throat. “Bite me again, York. I love the feeling of your teeth sinking deep into my flesh.”

Instead of biting her, which he really wanted to do, he moved her back to the bed and held her there. As soon as he put his hands at her waist, she moaned slightly, and he took her mouth. Ravaging her dark sweetness, he rocked his hips into her pussy and slid his hands down to her hips. Rose wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pulled him tightly against her body. He fucked her through her clothing and bent her back on the bed.

“I want you.” She told him yes in a breathless voice. “Say you want me too. I’m going to fuck you if you want me to.”

“I want you too. I’ve never wanted anyone like I do you.” He pulled her pants down and ripped them off her, leaving only her panties in their place. Ripping her blouse open, he was both surprised and glad that there were no barriers for him. Just her flesh, and he made his way down to suckle at her nipples. “Bite me there. I want you to suckle at my breasts like I’m feeding you.”

He wouldn’t have turned her down if she had begged him to. Just as he took her nipple into his mouth, he bit down hard enough to draw blood. With her hands in his hair, he was guided to the other breast where he did the same thing. Feeding from her this way, he knew that he was going to get his fill while he fucked her.