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pride to see her go to
Gideon or Jericho; see her grow big with their young.
    “I fell in love, Tania. I won’t
apologize for it. You couldn’t make a choice, as I recall. You had
us all in an uproar for centuries. You refused to choose one of us
for your mate.”
    She gave a bitter laugh. “Yes, imagine
my sorrow to wake up with that choice made and discover you took
another for your mate. How do you think I feel, Eli?”
    Eli’s eyes widened to know she’d chosen
him. He and Gideon both seemed sure she would choose Jericho.
Gideon had been her current favorite then. Jericho and he fought
daily over her. He despised the feeling of elation within him to
know she chose him over the others. It was too late.
    “I’m sorry Tania. I know this is all
very difficult for you. I didn’t know you would come
back.”
    “It was your voice that brought me
back,” she told him as she turned, her perfect features filled with
sadness. “You came to sit with me often. If not for your voice; I
would still be in that dark place.”
    Eli tensed as he felt the pull of those
electric golden eyes. Tania always moved him in a way no other
female ever had, even Vivvie. He knew it was the throes of his
first love that kept him standing there now. His eyes reflected his
indecision. She moved in quickly, pressing boldly against his
chest. Her luminous golden eyes lit up like molten pools, dilated
with desire.
    Her scent and the feel of her alluring
body were alarming for him after so many years. Her hand caressed
his chest, the other stroking his hard arousal. She looked up at
him with such desire; he forgot himself.
    He crushed her against his chest, his
mouth taking hers, tasting her, molding her to him. Desire nipped
at him, burning in him, even after coming from his wife. His hands
trembled as they cupped and fondled her round, full breasts while
she stroked his throbbing length, soft purrs escaping her lips as
his mouth went to her neck.
    She rubbed against him provocatively
and pulled him with her, down towards the ground. He went with her,
his powerful body covering hers, easing up her robe to stroke her
as she did him, lost in the sensations. He was about to lose
himself in her; give into the lust he always felt for her when a
picture of his wife’s face intruded.
    Eli realized what he was doing.
Sickened and disgusted, he rolled away and got up. He glared down
at her as he tried to get himself under control. The need to make
love to her was so overpowering; he feared he’d fail.
    Reason returned as he saw her stand,
hurt in her eyes. This gorgeous creature before him waited too long
to make her choice. It was made by him the minute he met his
Newbreed. Thoughts of his mate made him put a safe distance between
himself and Tania.
    “I’m mated, Tania. This can’t happen,”
Eli said raggedly as he dragged a hand through his dark hair. “I
adore my wife. I won’t do this to her. What was between us is over.
We have children and many grandchildren, and their children, but it
is over.”
    Her eyes filled with unshed tears, her
hand going to her quivering lips. “I love you, Eli! I chose you
finally. Why would you take another as your mate?”
    “To be fair; you kept us all guessing
then, Tania,” Eli remarked, under control now and angry at her
words. How soon she forgot how ugly the battles were then? Jericho
lost two souls and Gideon four in those two hundred years they
shared her.
    She came forward, coming only to his
shoulder. “Did you really think I would choose any but you,
Elijah?”
    Eli took a step back, aware of his
throbbing nudity. Her too alluring, too familiar, presence made him
feel his body react violently once more. He put a distance between
them, glaring at her. He was frustrated by her admission and by his
own pleasure to hear it.
    “Why do you tell me this now, Tania?”
Eli asked in irritation. “It’s too late. Gideon and Jericho might
still wish to have you but you know the laws. I have a mate