Page 55 of Night's Fall

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I shuddered.

He pulled me even closer.

Oh gods, please kiss me.

No, don’t.

Yes, do.

No, don’t.

(Please do.)

“Calm,bissi,” he murmured to my mouth, which, incidentally, did not one thing to assist in calming me. “You’veprocessed a good deal just now.I’mnot going to give you our first kiss in the midst of that.”

Okay, good.

And that totally sucked.

His eyes lifted to mine. “I’llwant you to remember every second of it.”

Argh!

He was killing me!

“Maybe you should let me go,”Isuggested.

“That is physically, mentally and spiritually impossible.”

Gah!

Totally killing me.

“Aleksei—”

He wrapped his hand around mine still at his chest and pulled it to the base of his throat.Ifelt the strength of the corded muscle there, the heat of his skin, the pulse of his heart, butIcouldn’t focus on any of them with the look that was in his eyes.

“Are you pleased?”

WasIpleased…about him being my mate?

Was he really asking me that?

Was he…?

I looked deep into his searching night eyes.

To my shock,Igot it.

He had everything.Hewaseverything.

And when you didn’t have it, you thought it would be awesome.

But when you had it, everything was far too much.

He was about to give me everything.

And he,PrinceAleksei,TrueHeirtoNight’sFall, was worriedIdidn’t want it.

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