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“I’m neither. I’ve done some things you might consider evil and I’ve done some things my family would consider good. I’m here to keep balance, not to decide right from wrong.” It’s an old argument with myself. I don’t know where the lines get drawn.
“Sometimes there is a gray area. Maybe that’s where you live.” Her voice is dreamy.
I love the weight of her body on mine. “Tell me about you. Did you have a happy childhood?”
The way her fingers toy with my hair is comforting in a way I’ve never experienced before. It’s soft and sweet. No one has ever been tender with me before. Women want to have sex and then most are happy to leave or lock their door after I go.
She cuddles along my body. “It was. I don’t have some big sad story like a lot of people. Maybe that’s why you like me.”
The word “mate” echoes in my head.
I roll to my side and ease her onto the mattress. Sitting up, I search for the source of the voice.
She touches my back. “What is it?”
“I heard something.” I strain to hear it again, but there’s nothing.
Cocking her head, she listens. “I don’t hear anything. What was it?”
“A voice.” I sound like a madman.
She rubs a circle with her palm on my back. “What did it say?”
Her touch is incredibly comforting. Turning toward her, I cup her cheek and stare into those blue eyes. Memorizing every nuance of their depths, I kiss her soft lips. “You should ask if I’m insane or whose voice I hear.” I kiss her again. “But my sweet Felicity trusts that I heard a voice and only wants to know what it said.”
She runs her hand over my hair, which she seems to like touching. “You didn’t like what you heard. I can see it in your eyes. What was it?”
It’s not that I don’t like it. Maybe it is, but not for the reasons she will think. “The voice said ‘mate.’”
“What does it mean?”
“Nothing. Everything. I don’t know.”
She leans her head on my shoulder and yawns. “I think you do know.”
“Let’s sleep a while and talk about it tomorrow.” I ease her onto the mattress, wrap my arms around her, and kiss her soft hair.
Yawning and relaxing against me, she’s the most trusting soul I’ve ever met. “Tomorrow. You won’t leave without saying goodbye, will you?”
“Never.” I’m thinking about never leaving, but I can’t tell her that yet.
Six
Felicity
Iwake up feeling as if I had a ton of sex after being pretty much celibate for over a year. Which is to say, I feel awesome. I stretch my arms and legs and roll over to find the other side of my bed empty.
Getting out of bed, I grab my robe from the chair in the corner and pull it on. The hallway is quiet, but the scent of coffee draws me to the living area.
My television is on with the volume low. Mantus is wearing jeans, no shirt, and Pumpkin is sprawled across his lap.
He’s petting the contented feline and watching a news report about a train derailment west of us.
I love the way his muscles roll as he pets Pumpkin, but a girl can’t hide in the shadows and gawk forever. “Good morning.”
Turning, his slow smile melts my insides. “You look good enough to eat.”
My cheeks heat. “I see you and Pumpkin have come to terms.”
