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.I knowthat you need to be with her.Page 249ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html Yes, Dylan whispered.She drew out of his embrace and met his gaze. Ican t leave her now, Rio.I just& I can t.He nodded. I know.I understand that you need to be there for her, Dylan.But there is a selfish part of me that would try to convince you that this iswhere you belong now.With me, bonded in blood, as my mate.Oh, she liked the sound of that.She recalled quite vividly how incredibleit had been to have Rio feed from her vein.She wanted that again& now, whenthe love she felt for him was overflowing her heart.But she couldn t stay. I won t ask it of you now, Dylan.But I want you to know that s what Iwant, to be with you, always.It s what I m willing to wait for.Joy erupted inside her at the tenderness of his words. You ll wait&  For as long as it takes, I will wait for you, Dylan. He smoothed a strandof hair from her cheek, and hooked it behind her ear. You remember I told youI would try to find a way to help your mother once we came back here to thecompound? Yes. That s why I needed to speak with Tess.She is Dante s Breedmate.Dylan nodded. She helped me clean and bandage my cheek the other day. Right.She s a healer.Before her pregnancy, Tess was gifted with theability to heal open wounds with her touch alone.She s healed internalailments as well.There s an ugly little terrier running around the compoundthat s alive only because Tess was able to cure about half a dozen things thatwere killing it.Including cancer, Dylan.I didn t want to say anything to youabout this until I had a chance to talk with Tess and Dante first.Dylan wasn t breathing.She stared at Rio in astonishment, not sure shePage 250ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlcould trust her ears. Tess can cure cancer? But only in animals, right? Imean, you re not saying that she could possibly help&  Her gift doesn t appear to be limited to animals, but there is acomplication.Since her pregnancy, her skills are diminished.She s not sureit could work for your mother, but she told me that she d be willing to try Dylan didn t let him finish.A hope so bright it was a blinding burst tolife inside her as she launched herself at Rio and threw her arms around himin a fierce hug. Oh, my God! Rio, thank you.He peeled her off him with gentle hands. It s not a guarantee.It s onlythe slimmest possibility, and even that is being optimistic.The odds are verygood that Tess won t be able to help.Dylan nodded, accepting the idea that it was a long shot, yet elated thatthere might be even a glimmer of a chance to save her mother. She would have to be brought here, to the mansion.Dante won t risk lettingTess travel now that she s expecting.And we can t risk letting your motherknow where we re located or what was done to her, so if this is what shewants, it will mean scrubbing her memory of the entire thing once it sfinished.And that s still no guarantee that her cancer will be cured. But it s a chance, Dylan said. That s more than what she has now.Withoutthat chance, she probably only has a few more months.And if Tess can helpher& Then that miracle would likely buy her mother years, even decades.Atsixty-four and in good health, it wouldn t be unreasonable for her mom to liveanother twenty-five or thirty years.At what point would Dylan be willing to abandon her for her own slice ofhappiness back here with Rio?She looked at him and saw that the question was one he d already consideredtoo.He was willing to try to help Dylan s mother because he knew Dylancouldn t bear to lose her, even though he also knew it could mean pushing whathe wanted that much farther out of his reach.Page 251ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html Rio&  I would wait, he said solemnly. Until you re ready, I will wait for you.She closed her eyes and felt his love pour over her like a balm.That hewould give her such a selfless gift the gift of hope made Dylan adore him allthe more.She kissed him with all the devotion she felt in her heart, needingto be close to him& to feel him inside her in every way possible.She thought of the bond he d mentioned that of blood, something to be sharedas his mate.She wanted that.Needed to feel linked to him in that veryprimal, exclusively Breed way. Make me yours, she murmured against his mouth. Right now, Rio& I want youto make me yours through blood.I want to be bonded with you.I don t want towait for that.His low, approving growl made her tingle with anticipation. It sunbreakable.Once done, it cannot be undone. Even better.She nipped his lower lip and was rewarded with an answering graze of hisfangs as he rolled over with her and pressed her down beneath him on the bed.Sparks of amber crowded the smoky topaz color of his irises.His pupils wererazor sharp, fixed on her in desire.He kissed her, and Dylan let her tongueplay at the tips of his long fangs, dying to feel them piercing the fine skinof her neck.But Rio drew back, bracing himself over her on his fists.He looked sopowerful poised above her, so beautifully, nakedly male. I shouldn t do thisto you, he said softly, reverently. If you take my blood into your body,Dylan, then I will always be a part of you& even if you decide to live yourlife without me.You will always sense me in your veins, whether you will itor not.I should give you more freedom than this.Dylan stared up at him without the slightest reservation. I want this, Rio.I want you to be a part of me always.My heart will know you forever, whetheror not we bond by blood right now.Page 252ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHe cursed softly, shaking his head. You re sure this is what you want?You re sure that you want& me? Forever, she told him. I ve never been more sure of anything in my life.His breath rasped out of him raggedly as he straddled her waist and sat backon his knees.He brought his wrist up to his mouth.With his hot amber starefixed on her eyes, Rio curled his lips off his fangs and sank the sharp pointsinto his flesh.Blood began a steady run down his forearm, the punctures pulsing with eachhard beat of his heart.Very gently, he raised Dylan s head and shoulders upfrom the pillow and held his wound out to her. Drink from me, love.She felt the hot, wet liquid against her lips, smelled the spicy dark scentof his blood as she drew a breath and covered his bite with her mouth.The first brush of her tongue across his open vein was electric.Powercrackled through her entire body at the first tentative swallow she took fromhim.She felt her limbs tingle, fingers and toes prickling with a strange,enjoyable heat.The warmth spread, into her chest and stomach, then into hervery being.She was melting with the intensity of it, desire starting a swift,steady burn in her core.And God, he tasted so good.Dylan drew from him, lost in the pulsing heat he fed her from his veins.Sheglanced up and found him watching her, his look one of raw need and puremasculine pride.His cock stood fully erect, larger than ever.Dylan reached for him, stroking him as she suckled hard at his wrist [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]