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He wrapped his arms more tightly around me. We stopped moving our feet and swayed to the rhythm as we sang the words to each other.
This time no one was watching us, and we didn’t have to keep it secret.
Neither of us knew the last verse. We trailed off. The only sound in the ballroom was our two hearts, beating.
I rubbed my cheek against Rafe’s. He’d shaved earlier, but black stubble had already sprouted. He smelled of the summer night and his own special male spice.
“I love you,” I said.
My Dark Angel. My lover. My mate.
I finally understood Victorine’s burning obsession with revenge. She’d waited almost two centuries to find her mate, only to lose him within a dozen years.
That didn’t make what she’d done right. But if I lost Rafe to another vampire’s blade, maybe I’d go a little crazy, too.
“Love you, too.” Rafe’s mouth covered mine in a soft, sweet kiss I felt clear to my soul. “Let’s go to bed,” he said against my lips.
Yes,” I said, and together, we walked up the winding steps to my tower.
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