A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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"You let her take him? How could you?"

"He is hers, by right of blood."

Throwing off the blanket, she surged to her feet and began to pace the floor "How could you let her have him? You know what she'll do to him!"

Dominic watched her for a moment. How like a warrior woman of old she was! Her eyes sparkled with anger. "Calm yourself, querida . She will not hurt him."

She rounded on him like a mother bear defending her cub. "You don't know that!"

Dominic rose to tower over her. "She is not cruel. She will play with him a while and when she loses interest, she will find another."

"What if she makes him a vampire? Can you guarantee me that she won't turn him?"

He shook his head. "No. Should she decide to bring him across, there is nothing I can do to prevent it, querida . I am sorry."

"I couldn't bear it if anything happened to him."

"I know." He blew out a sigh that came from the depths of his soul. "I am sorry, my best beloved one. It is my fault this has happened."

"No…"

"Had I stayed out of your life, his would not now be in danger."
"It's not your fault. You're not responsible for Kitana , or Petrina ." He held out his arms and she went to him, resting her cheek against his chest.

His lips moved over the back of her neck. His tongue laved the sensitive place behind her ear. "Sweet," he murmured."So very, very sweet."

She lifted her face for his kiss.

His arms tightened around her, his dark eyes burning into her own. "Tracy, do you know what you do to me? Do you know how much I want you? How often I have dreamed of possessing you?"

She stared up at him, certain she would melt from the heat in his eyes. "Marry me."

Her eyes widened. "You want us to get married?"
"Yes.Now.Tonight. Say yes."

"But… marriage."She thought of what it would mean to be married to him. She would never see him during the day. Never have a normal life. Never have children. And yet, how could she deny him again?