A WHISPER OF ETERNIT

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how she felt?

"Tracy?"

She moved toward him. Standing on tiptoe, she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you." He stared down at her, his eyes filled with hope. "Can it be true?"

"Yes, but I'm not ready… I can't, you know? Not yet…"

"Hush." He placed his fingertips over her lips, stilling her words. "It is enough that you are mine."

Their relationship changed after that.Tracy no longer felt like a prisoner in his house and when she expressed a yearning to go back to Nightingale House, he made no objection.

She packed her things the next day and as she did so, she realized she would miss this house. Perhaps, later, they could visit here again.

She wandered through the rooms while waiting for Dominic, mentally redecorating the master bedroom, wondering what it would be like to share it with Dominic.

And then he was there, at her side.

A blush warmed her cheeks.

He looked down at her, one brow arched.

"Hi," she said airily, eager to get out of the bedroom before he divined her thoughts. "I'm all packed and ready to go."

He glanced at her suitcases, waiting near the door. "I'll need to rent a car."

"You can, if you wish, or I can take you." "What do you mean?"

"I will return you to your house the same way I brought you here." "Oh."

He watched her, quietly waiting for her reply. "How, exactly, did you bring me here?"

"Vampires are able to cross great distances rapidly." A faint smile tugged at his lips. "Did you not find that bit of information in the books you read?"