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softly. The words were torn from his heart; he felt them leave his body, felt the truth in them.
She wound her arms around his neck, liking the feel of his long hair against her skin. "I do not expect you
to ever allow us to be apart. I am counting on that, lifemate. Now stop talking so much and find us a
place to rest this night. Tomorrow we will proceed to Konocti in the bus with the others. They will remain
at the campsite we have established this night." A faint grin curved her soft mouth. "That is, if the bus will
actually run. It is a disgrace that none of us have mechanical abilities. Even I read the owner's manual,
and found it too boring."
"We do not need mechanical abilities," Julian reminded her as he spun around, taking her with him as if
she weighed no more than a feather. "We were meant to travel differently, under our own power."
"If we want to blend in with the rest of the world," she pointed out, "we can do no other than travel in the
mortals' machines."
"It is much faster to travel our way through time and space."
She laughed softly, the sound a husky blend of velvet and wine pouring over him, into him, so that Julian
knew the meaning of joy. It was a woman's laughter, her smile, the glow in her dancing eyes. "It certainly
is less frustrating to simply join the wind and go where we wish without following those endless ribbons of
highway," she agreed.
He took the right-hand tunnel entrance, drawing the directions from her mind. The path opened almost
immediately into a wide chamber. At once he waved a hand to open the earth. "It is early dawn,cara ,
and I would spend more time enjoying your company, but you have performed in front of so many
people, and you are tired."
"I do not mind, Julian," she told him. "I rather like the way you spend your time with me." She pressed
closer to him, her naked breasts against his bare chest. His answering kiss was slow and tender, a gentle
exploration. "In this one thing I will have to insist. Your health must come before all things, even our
pleasure. On the next rising we will have more time together. This dawn you must rest."
She tried to keep the amusement out of her mind. He was so positive he was giving her an order. "Of
course,
Julian," she murmured softly, her long lashes feathering down to cover her dark eyes. Her body moved
restlessly against his, her full breasts pushing into the heavy muscles of his chest. "If you say we cannot,
then I must agree with you, but I am sorry to hear that it is so." Her hands were moving over his
buttocks, her fingers tracing their toned muscles. Her fingers moved to his hips, caressed his thighs,
worked their way to cup the weight of his rising desire in her palm. "I will do as you say, lifemate, if that is
what truly pleases you." Her mouth drifted down over his throat and chest, following the pattern of
golden hair to the taut muscles of his belly.
Beneath her caressing fingers, his body thickened and hardened in response, his gut clenched hotly, and
the breath seemed to slam out of him. "You are deliberately testing my resolve,piccola , and I am failing
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the test miserably."
"That is exactly what I wanted to hear," she answered complacently, her mind already occupied with
much more interesting matters.
Chapter Fifteen
The bus limped along, the engine sputtering and coughing, growing louder and louder with each passing
mile, leaving thin trails of dark smoke. Even the air inside the vehicle seemed thick, making it difficult to
breathe. The two leopards growled uneasily from time to time, the tips of their tails twitching in protest.
The entire experience was making Julian wary. He was restless in such proximity to so many of his kind.
The leopards had to be watched and controlled. They had quick, unreliable tempers and even among the
Carpathians they were quite capable of doing great damage if riled within such close confines. In any
case, Julian felt a disturbance in the balance of power around him and knew the other males were also
aware of it. The crowded dimensions of the bus gave him the feeling of being trapped, although he could
easily dissolve into molecules and flow through the open windows if he so desired. The edginess of the
males was communicating itself to the animals, making it all the more difficult to control their wild natures.
Darius was wasting precious energy keeping the cats in check. Julian shook his head at the insanity of the
way this family unit lived.
Desari drummed her fingers impatiently on the back of her seat, wanting to kick her brother. The entire
mood inside the bus was one of intense frustration. Darius had insisted they travel together, leaving the
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