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Or maybe she and Lanthe should ally with Rydstro side, and now the tides were turning Rydstro who could defeat Oet the sword, the balance could swing decidedly in their favor

But if Sabine allied with Rydstrom, there would be more to deal with than mere war and destruction The demon wanted heraffection

He wanted a future with her-her entire future This eternity idea had her spooked She hadn't even been out on a real date, had never seen the same male twice, and now she was supposed to promise her eternity to a demon she'd known for only weeks?

There were actually times that she'd been tempted to When she recalled those interludes in the hen he'd caressed and licked her body, teasing her to a fever pitch again and again, she no longer grew outraged- she grew aroused She longed for hiain

And then, over the last two nights when she'd woken alone, sleepily hunting for his big war? So what to do? What to plot!

Just then, Sabine realized that Rydstro running, he'd had his gaze on her allHis broere drawn, a question in his eyes

In answer, she gave hirinned

Oh, my Sabine had never seen him smile And it was divine She frowned down at her chest What was that? Why, that

He started toward her, and she couldn't say she was broken up about that When he reached her on the bluff, he sat beside her "It will soon be time to leave, Sabine," he said "I never formally asked you before, but will you come with old there?" she asked "No, but I could get some" "Are you rich?"

"In that realm, if you're an immortal, you'd have to be an idiot not to be"

"Is your house nice and big?"

"Our house is a showplace, a ardens I've always taken pride in it-it's one of the er for her to see it

"You're not used to having to ask for things," she observed "Is it difficult to ask ht have been If I didn't want you to so damned badly"

Sabine had once heard that Cadeon was the sruff ad­ful than any s could be

"Why do you want this so badly? Because I'm fated to

be yours?"

"No, because I knoe can have soreen eyes and saw honesty-and desire He wanted her, and he wanted her to see how much She couldn't seeret it"

And if she didnt see where this could lead with Ryd-stro it for the eternity he wanted from her

"I will, then," she finally said "But I have soly way of his, she said, "The parity is done We start this as

equals"

"Agreed As long as we start this"

"And I will only commit to six days with you After that we'll reconvene"

"Why only six days?"