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“What do you want to do now?” he said when we finally broke apart. “You can do anything you want, anything in the universe.”
I leaned forward, falling into his eyes. “I want to stay with you. I don’t want us to be separated, ever again.”
His fingers tightened on my arms. “Do you know what that means? Are you certain?”
I swallowed hard, but didn’t take my gaze from his.
I heard the rumors about Vinduthi mating, seeing the truth in Sophia’s eyes, in the marks that danced down her skin.
As Makar’s mate, she was changed forever.
And she didn’t look unhappy about it in the least.
Stretching up on my toes, I whispered against the skin of his neck. “Take me home.” I kissed the gold tracery. “Make me yours.” Another kiss, and his breathing grew ragged. “Claim me as your mate.”
Maybe I pushed it a little too hard. In a moment, Tazhr lifted me into his arms, striding out of the room, his eyes fixed again.
“Hey! Where are you off to?” Makar shouted.
“I have business to take care of,” Taz yelled back over his shoulder.
“Aw, shit, we have another one, boys,” Razov commented while the rest of them laughed.
* * *
DidI pay attention to where Tazhr carried me?
No.
I wasn’t collecting clues, or trying to deduce anything.
Logic flew out the window.
I barely noticed when we entered the Fallen Star, going up a lift to the living quarters above.
I’d investigate later.
Right now, there was only one mystery on my mind.
What would it feel like to be claimed?
He opened the doors to his quarters, and his scent immediately let me know that this was home. This was where I belonged.
He spun me around in his living room, and he carried me in the back to the bed. I expected a bachelor’s rundown apartment, but his bedroom looked more like a sanctuary. The bed was enormous, with gold and red brocade sheets and blankets.
“These will not do,” Tazhr said, pulling the uniform I still had on from work.
He tore it in half, literally ripping them from my body, his slate gray muscles bulging.
“You will never, ever be forced to wear anything against your will again,” he said as he knelt down and kissed my neck. His whole body glowed, especially the molten gold tracery vibrating and pulsing in time with the beat of his heart.
A wicked grin lit his face. “If I had my way, you’d never dress at all.”
He slid off his shirt and trousers, and led me to the bathroom, turning on the shower, adjusting the water to a perfect warm cascade.
“Let me care for you, my treasure,” he murmured, guiding me under the steaming spray. I sighed in pleasure as the water sluiced over my skin, washing away the lingering taint of my ordeal.
Tazhr gently massaged sweet-scented oil into my hair, his claws tenderly scratching my scalp in a way that made me tingle. I leaned into his strength, tension melting away.
