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“No.”
She blinked. “What?”
“You will not just be my new crew member.”
“Don’t give me the second-in-command position, please. Marko’s perfect for that…oh. Should I start at the bottom? I don’t mind. I will work my way to the top.” She brightened. “So, what am I, Captain?”
“Mine. Mine to love and cherish. The captain’s partner. My wife.”
Perhaps there was a growl and a hint of desperation in his voice, but that couldn’t be helped. She startled…then, softened.
“Wife?”
Panic flared—that this was happening so fast, and he wanted to savor it, not rush. Isaiah inhaled deeply, then let the nerves go as he backtracked. “Not now. I will propose properly. Grandly. You deserve the best. And we will get there.” The smile that burst from her lips almost had him dropping to his knees and proposing, but he fought the impulsiveness.Savor.He fought his smile, too. “How about partner for now? Lover? Girlfriend?”
“They all sound good. It’s going to be rough, though. I’m a vampire. I need blood. You are a pirate. You need…”
“I just need you. And you can have my blood. We will work it out.”
Another smile, another reason to be thunderstruck over how lucky he was. She brushed her lips to his. He brushed his back.
“And you need to tell me about the details.”
“Details?”
“Your scars. Your missing finger. It’s a post-Ven story, and I need to knoweverything.”
Brushing wasn’t enough, so he deepened the kiss and gave in to their hunger. He drew her closer until she was pressed against him—the perfect fit to his.
“You shall have it all, Nicola.”
When he tilted their heads and took the kisses to a dizzying level, she reached for his hair. “Isaiah?”
“Hmm?”
“Seriously, I’m distracted with the hair. It’s so long. So…sexy.”
“That’s okay. Be distracted.”
“I guess it’s—oh. Where are you taking me?”
She laughed but let him pluck her off her feet. She kissed him some more while he carried her to the ship’s entrance, not caring that his crew could see and probably had questions. She chose him. She loved him.
Isaiah was a very happy man and knew the rest would follow.
“Somewhere, you can grab my hair while I show how much I’m in love with you, darling.”
THE END
