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“And you think running away with you is at the forefront of it,” I tease.
He sits up now, his face serious. “All jokes aside, Salina, I am serious. More serious than I’ve been about anything before. Why have all of this hanging over us – everything being so damn difficult all of our lives – when we can just sink into the background somewhere far away? Just the two of us.”
I smile flatly and walk over to the bed, sitting next to him. If only it were that easy. I want to be with him, of course. I love him. But I also love Callista, and Sythar, and Nakam, too. I don’t want to leave with a debt hanging over my head.
“I just can’t, Denve. I want to be with you, I can promise you that. But it’s just too complicated.”
“It doesn’t have to be,” he replies, and there’s something in his voice that presses at my heart. “Surely we can come up with something.”
I want to lie down next to him, have him take me in his arms and tell me for certain that we can, but something stops me from doing that. As if my heart can’t take any more hurt or uncertainty.
“What if we go back to my family’s estate?” he asks.
“What?” I say flatly. Because surely, he can’t be serious.
“We go back, tell them everything, secure the ransom money. They may be willing to help, but even if they aren’t, we still get access to the money somehow. I do know a very deadly assassin, after all.”
His slight grin and raised eyebrow threaten to make me smile, but I can’t get excited about such a crazy notion. “And then?”
“Steal the money, high-tail it back to Milthar.”
“This is one of the most underdeveloped and dangerous plans I think I’ve –” Before I can finish that sentence, his mouth is on mine, his tongue already stroking me, his lips soft yet powerful.
He spreads his hand over my throat, supports my neck with the other, and I sink into his hold. I have never been held by anyone in any way as I have been with him.
“Sometimes you just have to take a risk, Salina,” he says, his voice low and deep. It speaks to me in so many ways and, at this moment, I would believe anything that he says to me.
“We can do anything we desire. Anythingyoudesire.”
Gods, when he speaks like this, I am lost to him, suddenly not the deadly assassin he talks of, but something softer, more malleable.
“I can do anythingIdesire,” he whispers into my ear.
My breathing is heavy and my body alive. “And what is that?” I ask.
“You’ve already tied me up. Now I think it’s time I gave you a taste of your own medicine.”
My heart pounds in my chest. I’ve never allowed myself to be so vulnerable with anyone before. Yet here he is asking me to do just that, even more than I already have. How does someone like me, someone who has been through so much at the hands of others, give myself up so completely?
“Come on,” he whispers. “Take the risk, Salina. For me.Withme.”
“Denve…” I trail off, not knowing what answer to give him, my heart, mind, spirit all battling with each other to come to some conclusion.
“You can trust me with everything. Your body… your heart.”
“I… I…”
“Yourfears. You don’t need to do anything you don’t want to. But you are safe with me.”
His lips meet my neck, and I’m undone. All of his words, all of actions up until this point tell me everything I need to know. I can trust. I do trust him. More than anyone ever in my life. Because I know how much I mean to him.
“Okay,” I say. I can feel his smile break out on my skin and his delight goes straight to my sex.
“Good girl,” he says, pulling back and then leaving me bereft of his attentions. “Now get undressed for me.”
He walks over to the other side of the loft. I lie panting on the bed, hearing nothing but his footsteps and my own heavy breathing. After a few moments, I do as he has requested and undress.
When he returns, I almost stop breathing and wait for whatever he has in store for me. He’s still clothed, though his shirt is now open, and I can see the lines of muscle that always make my mouth water.
