Page 95 of Marked By the Dark Lord
“Just one,” he said.
“What’s that?” I asked, curious.
“Actually, two, now that I think about it. First, we must get married,” he said, smiling at me. “I don’t want to put that off for too long.”
“So, we should get to planning?” I bit my lip at the flutter of my heart.
“Oh, yes. There’s lots of planning that must be done. I’m Lord of House Duloke now. I have to plan for the here and now and the future.”
“The future?”
He grinned. “Oh, yes.”
“And what future are you referring to?” I asked cautiously.
“The one that keeps my House firmly under control.”
I frowned at him, letting him guide us up the stairs. We went up past the main level of the House and continued ascending.
“What are you planning?” I asked. “What will keep your House, orourHouse, under control?”
Korr’ok kept smiling like a madman, leading me out onto the roof, its flat surface bathed in the strange purple glow that was the light in Fae.
“An heir,” he growled, lifting me and pushing me back into the nearest wall.
My legs wrapped around him, my hands settling down his back. “An heir?” I echoed once I’d found my voice again. “You want an heir?”
He growled, kissing my neck. “As soon as you let me, I will put a baby in you.”
My body did all sorts of strange things then.
Growing up the way I had, living the life I’d lived, I’d never expected that children would be in my future. I could never have justified bringing them into a world like that.
But now, my world was different.
“A baby,” I whispered, momentarily distracted from everything else.
Korr’ok took a pause, pulling his mouth away from my neck. “Or two,” he rumbled suggestively. “Or three.”
He wanted a big family. I bit my lip, but there was no sense in trying to stop the grin from fading. It was a dream come true.
“We can have kids,” I said. “But under one condition.”
“Name it.”
“They have to be brought up with knowledge of their human heritage. I want them to know where their mother came from and what belongs to them.”
Korr’ok winced. “My love, you cannot step foot on Earth for ten years, and I will not go without you. Must we wait that long?”
Right. I’d forgotten that little detail. I also didn’t want to wait that long for kids. My human side wanted them sooner.
I pressed a finger into his sternum. “Then the day I can return, we will go.Promise me this, Korr’ok.”
He stared straight into my eyes, the red glow extra bright. “I swear it. On that day, I will take you.”
“Okay,” I whispered, satisfied with the vow. “Now, today, right here, right now, you take me another way. Got it?”
With a growl, the fingers of his left hand grabbed the collar of my shirt and ripped it away. I gasped.
