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the derision I expected at the mention of the position, but all I saw reflected back at me was light amusement. 
    “Jarl of the Northw est, that’s quite an undertaking.  But properly suitable for someone of your position,” he nodded in approval.
    So it was only Bishop who thought the idea was a train wreck waiting to happen.  “Then you think I can handle it?”
    “I think it a fine way to distract yourself if you will not allow me that pleasure.”  He stroked the back of my hand, his fingers spreading warmth through my cool flesh.  “Anything but sulking over that weak minded fool.”   
    “Hey, he’s not a…”
    Jakob let go of me to spread his hands.  “Let’s not speak of Ulrik any longer, petal, unless you speak of his demise.  I would gladly dispatch him for you.”  There was a gleam to his eye that made me worry.
    “No, you stay far away from Bishop.  In fact, I’ll make you a deal.  I won’t bring him up any more if you don’t.”
    “Already I like the sound of this deal,” he grinned, scooting closer, but I held him at bay with the lightest touch.
    “But if you want there to be something real between us, you have to give me a little space.  We need to spend more time together, get to know each other better.” 
    “I already know you, älskling .  Intimately.”  His eyes glowed, making me wonder if there was more to those shared dreams than I remembered. 
    “There’s more to knowing someone than like that.” 
    “I know all I need to know,” he declared confidently.  “But if this wooing you seek allows me to spend more time with you, I am for it.” 
    “Um, sure.  We can spend more time together.”  Was that what I’d agreed to?  Jakob had me all off balance, as usual.  I wasn’t sure if it was jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire by agreeing to date him so soon after my breakup with Bishop, but there were worse things in life to distract myself with than a gorgeous vampire who only wanted to worship me.
    “Agreed then, starting now.”  His arms encircled me, pulling me close.  I opened my mouth to protest, only to find my breath swallowed by his lips on mine.  I’d forgotten what it was like to kiss him; Ellri were not undead like regular vampires, they were bursting with life.  Heat poured off of him wherever our bodies touched, and I felt the throb of his pulse calling to me with a siren’s song – all in the space of a few heartbeats.   
    My body hummed along, eager to reconnect, but I wasn’t ready for it.  I tore my mouth from his, and Jakob took the opportunity to nibble along the underside of my jaw, his tongue rasping against the delicate skin, making me lose my train of thought for a moment.  “We should um… let my friends back in.  They’re probably wondering who you are.”  I managed to come up with.  Lame.
    “Let them wait,” he rumbled, his breath hot against my neck. 
    “Okay, but we should at least let my bodyguards know I’m alright, don’t you think?” I squeaked when his teeth caught at my earlobe.  This was taking things slow?
    “Bodyguards?” he scowled, pulling back, a deep furrow appearing on his brow.  “Where is Rob?”
    “He left.”
    “He left you to the care of those children?  When is he to return?”
    “They’re hardly children,” I mumbled, though I could see how he might think so.  “I don’t know, he sounded like he might not ever come back.”  I swallowed, not liking the prospect one bit. 
    “Rob left.”
    “Yep, that’s what I said.”  I’d thought Jakob would be in the know about this; how else would Rob get the blood he needed to survive?  Jakob sat stunned, and I worried that I’d gotten Rob into trouble.  “Why, is that bad?”
    “I specifically ordered him to see to your safety.”  His fingers were already moving over the touchpad of his phone, probably seeking Rob’s number.
    “And he did.  He hired me the two bodyguards you ordered