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"Oh, yeah" She linked her arms around his neck "Now take me home, my man, and I’ll show you how much"

Chapter 5

"So Richard offers rule of Ireland in exchange for some lost baubles If I’d known that was the sole requirement, I’d never have crossed the pond" Lucan rolled up the suiven hi it Shall I have young Chris drive you back to the airport?"

Jah to search for the Emeralds of Eternity, he would have to request permission for an extended visit Lucan would want to knohy, and if he told him the truth, it would probably result in a call to Thierry Durand The moment Jamys’s father discovered his son had joined the quest for the lost gems, he would order him back to North Carolina

A warm hand touched the back of his "With your permission, Suzerain, Lord Durand would like to stay for a few days," Christian Lang said "He’s been looking forward to spending so the household"

"Has he?" Lucan eyed the girl

Jareelimmer of sympathy warmed the suzerain’s silvery eyes "Well, we’ve plenty of mortals around the place to help you with that Chris, since you’re already acquainted with Jamys, you can look after him while he’s here" He rose froo collectout police forms in triplicate"

"My lord, perhaps you should text her first," Burke said as he followed Lucan out of the room

At last Jamys was alone with Chris, and he turned his hand to catch hers as he projected his thoughts What have they done to you?

"Done? Nothing" She lowered her voice before she added, "I’ot the feeling you didn’t want to play twenty questions"

I don’t mean that He looked at her dark brown hair, which she wore in a sleek twist, and then all over her face, which had been er sported any piercings The only jewelry she wore, in fact, o blue pearl studs in her ears and a short,strand around her throat Why do you look like this?

She glanced down at the front of her tailored navy blue suit "This is what I wear to work" Her lips curved in an impersonal smile as she extracted her hand frohold? The suzerain has es since your last visit"

Jaave hi the three years they had been apart, Lucan and his sygkenis had turned the rebellious, fiercely loyal girl he had known into this polite, cool stranger If he had not iht not even have recognized her

"If you’d rather have soned to you, I can ask Mr Burke who’s available," Chris was saying, this time without the sirl you’d like There’s a very pretty woement office don She’s a blonde We also have a redhead who ht over on Las Olas--"

"No" He held up his hand to stop her "You I want you"

He had practiced using his voice during his journey frohold to Alenfar, so it had ih, like the growl of an aniain, and this tihts into hers, to make her understand that he had come back in order to win her Given the force of his eer his talent, which allowed him to enter the mind of any mortals in his presence, and co Ja it to be their own desire

He wanted Chris in every way he could have her, and under the influence of his talent, she would give herself to hiether, she would even believe it was her idea

Nothing had ever te his talent to cohold he had often thought on it, and in the dark corners of his heart he knew himself capable of it He wanted her that irl into his personal puppet would be a horrendous transgression, one that would renderhe felt for her

If Chris came to him, it had to be without his coercion He wouldn’t have her any other way but willingly