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his lips, but I felt his breath move across my face. In the past, I’d always felt him with his guard up. We never touched much. He always made sure of that, and when we did, I could always sense his guard. Now I knew why. I was feeling him for the first time with his guard completely down. The desire he had for me was impossible to describe fully in words. An overwhelming warm sensation filled my body. The hair on my arms stood straight up, and goose bumps started to appear. I closed my eyes for a brief second to try to understand the warmth of his rolling lust invading my body. “Vladimir,” was all I could say.
    He moved closer; his lips opened, but still no words came out. His stare was burning so deeply into my eyes that I had to close them again and turn away. I felt his hand firmly slide on my cheek and turn my face back to his. He placed his lips on mine. I wasn’t quite sure what to do, I had never kissed a man before, not that I wanted to kiss Vladimir. His action took me by surprise. My lips naturally mirrored his as he guided my body into his. His long hair brushed my cheek. I felt wrapped inside his body, and it felt good. His soft full lips moved gracefully, but with full control, across mine, and it was hard not to fall into sync and feel safe. This took place for what felt like hours. I knew it had only been a minute because the light was still the same in the room when he pulled away from me, taking me from temptation to reality.
    “What the hell are you doing? Please say something.” My voice trembled with confusion and anger. This couldn’t be happening.
    He looked down at me for a while, and his face regained the same objective look he had before. “Anya, I love you,” he said. “I know what I’m about to tell you is not going to make sense to you right now, but this time, you have to love me in return. It’s your destiny to love me. It’s our destiny to be together.” I could almost sense a slight bit of anger now. “You’re going to have a choice to make soon, and I need you to make the right one.” His body was pleading with me as much as his words. “You need to choose the way of life you were made for. You need to choose the destiny … the future with me … the future to lead our kind … the future that is written for you.”
    “I’ve already accepted my life for what it is, Vladimir. What do you mean you love me? That’s impossible. And what do you mean I have to make a choice?” I wanted to cry a little, but I was so angry with him that I couldn’t.
    “Anya, everything will become clear to you soon. I just thought I had more time to convince you.” He paused, took a deep breath, and continued, “I talked to Yuri last night after everyone went to bed. He told me about your encounter in the field after the hunt. He told me about the hold it had on you and said he could smell something in the tree line. Yuri doesn’t know exactly what it was, but I do.”
    He had a look of defeat for a moment, but he shook it off and moved closer. He went for my lips again. If it hadn’t been for all the questions I had, I might have let him kiss me again. I couldn’t lie to myself. His kiss was nice, but it didn’t feel exactly right. I am not sure how I feel about him.
    With all my strength, I pulled my knees up to my chest and lunged my feet into his stomach. Before I could blink, he landed on the floor in a kneeling position, and I lunged off the bed and landed on my feet on the opposite side of the bed. We stood there in our fighting stances because this is what we were trained to do. Our eyes locked intensely.
    “Anya, I love you. I will not fight you unless you choose a path that will force me to.” His own words upset him, I could tell.
    “What do you mean? And since I don’t know what it was in the field, why don’t you tell me?” I relaxed, and so did he. I couldn’t believe it, but he walked toward me, encroaching on my personal space again.
    “Anya, I’m not going to