A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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they lay face to face. She had often heard the expression "forever in his eyes," but in Dominic's case, she really could see forever in his eyes—herforever, if she only had the courage to ask for it.

She sighed with pleasure as his hand lightly stroked her back, her hair. Their bodies were pressed intimately together from chest to ankle. She imagined she could feel his heart beating in time with her own.

He brushed a lock of hair from her brow. "Tell me you have no regrets."
"Of course I don't. Why would I?"

"You have given up much to be my wife."
She caressed his cheek."And gained much in return." "I hope you will always feel that way."

"Right now I just feel… sticky."

With a hearty chuckle, he lifted her from the bed and carried her into one of the two adjoining bathrooms—one for him, one for her. This one had a light gray marble floor, a glass-enclosed marble shower, a separate whirlpool bathtub, a gray marble vanity with a round sink and brass fixtures, and a hair dryer. The toilet and bidet were enclosed. She grinned when she saw there was a phone within easy reach of the commode.

Her cheeks turned pink when she saw herself in the mirror, her lips swollen from his kisses, her skin flushed.

She frowned at her reflection, saw her eyes widen as she realized what was bothering her. Dominic cast no reflection in the mirror.

"Bathor shower?" he asked.

She looked at her image in the mirror again,then turned to look at him, at his arms holding her. "Tracy?"

She stared at the mirror again and then looked up at him. "You're not there.In the mirror." "No." A muscle worked in his jaw. "I told you before, vampires cast no reflection."
"Why not?"

He lifted one shoulder in a negligent shrug. " Kitanasaid it was because vampires have no souls."
"Is that what you believe?"

"Perhaps it is true."

"I don't believe that!" She looked in the mirror again, accepted what she saw, and put it from her mind, determined not to let it spoil this moment. "I must be getting heavy."