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a lot of female drama, but I felt nothing.” He paused and placed his left hand over hers. “I’m not proud of what I did or how cold I treated her, but she deserved what she got. I was compelled to breed her, then join with her again to receive a second chance with you. Those were the conditions. Cassie knew the deal going in. Somewhere along the way, she convinced herself that she’d be my mate. I made it perfectly clear that you are my destiny.”
    “Was your mating with her like ours?”
    “No…hell no!” He lowered his voice. “Didn’t Ian tell you? It was cold, ritualistic, and believe me, as quick as possible. My interludes with her lasted less than fifteen minutes. I loathed that wench, and the one good thing that came out of losing my humanity was that I didn’t have to feel anything with her or any other woman the evil pricks forced me to breed.”
    “Others?”
    “Flame, please…”
    “I need to know.”
    “Satellites are required to mate on every full moon to increase their powers of telepathy and persuasion. None of those matings produced offspring. It was simply a way to absorb mortal energy to increase our influence over them.”
    “Five decades of full moons, that’s a lot of women.”
    “I won’t lie to you, I love women. They are beautiful creatures. And yes, I remember a few faces and names. Before you ask, I never saw Cassie as a woman. She was nothing but a Twilight whore. Seriously, babe, my memory of those encounters has been erased by you.” He paused with a probing look. “What about you? How many men have you seduced along the way? Should we compare notes on past lovers? Do I need to be worried? After all, I watched you grieve the only man you claimed to love until just recently.”
    “I-I guess the door swings both ways.”
    “Should I be concerned? If by some crazy turn of events, Raef showed up today, what would you do?”
    “That’s not fair. We both know that Raef is dead.”
    Von arched one sexy brow. “So was I.”
    At a loss for words for a moment, she wrinkled her brows and pondered his question. “I’ve chosen you. We did the blood-bond three times now. Each time it deepens, and so does our connection.” She paused simply to admire his gorgeous face while they sat like this. “And we mated…a very long time.”
    “Yeah…we sure as hell did.”
    “It was awesome.”
    “Never did any of that with Raef?”
    “No, never.”
    He smiled. “See, that wasn’t so hard, was it?”
    “What?”
    “Talking, opening your heart to me. That’s all I want, it’s all I ever wanted, to feel you. Damn, woman, I lived forever without feeling a thing. You brought back my ability to feel. Don’t shut me out now. I crave you, like a drug, just to feel your soul, your energy…your love.”
    His sincerity touched her deeply. The way he reached into her head and her heart felt uncanny, yet she found comfort in that unfathomable connection, as if a vent to her emotional turmoil had been opened.
    “I like this. It feels good talking to you.” She leaned her forehead against his. “I’m sorry for whipping my daggers at you.”
    “Don’t apologize unless you’ll never do it again.”
    “I can’t promise you that,” she said with a sheepish shrug. “I’m…high strung.”
    “I never noticed.”
    She gave a little laugh. “Okay, I will try my best to control my temper and not throw my blades at you. At least I didn’t light them.”
    A wry grin touched his lips. “I love you.”
    “You must be a masochist then,” she teased.
    “Nah, I can handle you, sweet thing, even if you are sadistic.”
    “Good old S and M, huh?”
    He dipped her backward, supporting her back with strong arms while leaning over her. “I’ll get kinky with you anytime.”
    She sighed with a smile as his teeth latched onto the zipper of her jacket and tugged it down. Her breathing quickened when he pushed the leather aside with his mouth and kissed his way to her breast. Suspended