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such a powerful man. He wouldn’t even realize that this was not the way in which most people pleaded for an audience, but perhaps that was appropriate for him. Certainly, the mere fact that he was willing to apologize and take responsibility for his own behavior already made him superior to
     
    every other man she had met in her life.
    Ellie took a bracing breath and opened the door.
    His hand was raised in a loose fist, and it was clear that he had intended to knock again. He moved forward immediately, coming inside and closing the door behind him, as if he feared that she would change her mind about admitting him.
    Rylek took her hand in his and brought it to his lips.
    “Forgive me, Ellie,” he said, his warm breath rasping across the back of her hand and causing corresponding shivers up her spine. “I want you to understand, I was not rejecting you when I sent you away. I am sorry. Of course that would be your thought. In my defense, I would say that my life is dangerous, and your life is so fragile. I am dangerous, but I never want to be the one to cause you harm.”
    “Rylek, you didn’t hurt me,” Ellie began. “I loved every moment of what we—”
    His finger across her lips gently asked for her silence.
    “Ellie, I was fast, you cannot deny. For that also, I apologize. The first mating between us should have been slow, if it could not be gentle.” He smiled ruefully. “I fear that you inspired such heat within me that true gentleness was far beyond my reach.”
    That incredible statement soothed some of her anger. The idea that a decidedly average woman could “inspire heat” in a man like Rylek Sidarov—it was flattering to say the least.
    His hand caressed her cheek and she couldn’t keep herself from leaning into the warmth of his touch. His magnetism was such a potent force. He had given her such incredible pleasure that her body was still heavy with satisfaction. In one encounter, he had already trained her nerve endings to respond to his strokes, sending tingles of delight up and down her spine.
    He took her hands in his and led her to an overstuffed chair. When she was seated, he knelt in front of her.
    “Please say that you can forgive me.”
    “Yes, of course,” she answered immediately. In her heart, she had
     
    already forgiven him. Perhaps the handsome prince might choose the ordinary, average woman at least once in a while, she thought happily.
    He smiled at her, but he stayed on his knees, and to Ellie he still looked tense.
    “You are as gracious as you are beautiful,” Rylek said fervently. Ellie put her hand on his head, running her fingers through his
    black hair, sifting the thick, silky stuff over and over.
    He allowed the familiarity, but didn’t relax into it as she had expected. He took a deep breath.
    “I came here with a specific desire,” he said, “but now I find I
    cannot go through with it.”
    Ellie stopped petting him. Was he going to reject her again now? What game was he playing?
    Before she could question him or become angry, he was speaking again.
    “I want you for my mate, to live with me always, to bear my
    young. I feel it is destined, but there is something you must know before you decide. It is perhaps unfair to be so hasty in this, but I must have a true answer.” Rylek stood. “If you decide against me, it must be while I still have the strength to leave you.”
    The air around his big body seemed to shimmer with an almost imperceptible iridescence, and in that moment, Rylek was gone and in his place sat a huge black wolf. Ellie shrieked and threw her arms out protectively then sat frozen, fearful, and disbelieving. She was afraid to move, afraid to breathe, and when the wolf made a hesitant move toward her, she shrank back in her chair, keeping her eyes fixed on him.
    “Stay,” she said shrilly, pointing at the creature, trying to sound firm though her heart was pounding in her chest. The wolf stepped back again.
    “This can’t be real. You