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Licking him as he had her, she felt his hand shift into his claw and cut his chest open for her. With no thought as to what he wanted her to do, she licked the line of blood that went from his nipple to his navel. The power of it surged through her and she closed her eyes when he licked her again. Just as she was going to come, her body feeling like it was falling over a deep mountain, she felt his teeth scrape over her skin, then he bit down.

Whatever she had expected from the pain, the pleasure of it was nothing compared to what happened. She stilled. Her body no longer pumping her heart, her breathing stopped too. When she fell to the edge, she screamed out his name as she held onto him. Dizzy with the thought of him coming inside of her, she begged him to let her have it all. Just as she was thinking that she was going to die, no matter whether she was immortal or not, he stiffened and threw back his head. His throat was bare for her, and she bit down on the same place that he’d bitten her. The reaction from him was almost more than she could stand, and when he yelled out her name, she held onto him tightly because she was sure that she was going to come apart into millions of pieces and that would be the end of her.

Waking in the bed, she reached over to find that Sherman was right beside her. When he laughed, just a small chuckle, she asked him if he was all right. Raising his head up so that she could see his face, he looked at her after a quick kiss.

“Don’t touch me just yet. My body is still coming, and I’m worn out.” She giggled, and he winked at her. “I’m serious. I’m done in. My body thinks that you and I are going to have sex again, and I don’t have it in me.”

“But I want you. I’d like nothing more than to eat you as you did me.” He moaned, and she laughed again. “I’m like you. Too worn out to even realize that I’m naked in bed with you. I am, aren’t I?”

“Yes. It was all I could do to get you up the stairs without dropping you. It’s not that I was going to drop you, but I’m so weak that I don’t know if I can stand up to go to the bathroom or not.” She said that she didn’t either. “Good. I wore you out as well. I’ve never had sex like that before in my life. If we have that kind of sex every time, we’re really going to be testing the fact that we’re immortal or not.”

She felt fantastic. When he pulled her into his arms, she lay her head on his chest and listened to his heart beating. It was still beating fast, but she thought he was going to be all right. Just as she was closing her eyes to go back to sleep, he spoke to her.

“Tomorrow we’ll get married at the courthouse. If you want anything more than that, we can do it at a later date. All right?” She said it was. “I have a ring for you, but it’s in my pants downstairs in my office. The thought of you wearing it makes me feel good, but the thought of going down there to get it has my feet hurting. I swear to you I’ve used muscles that I didn’t know I had.”

“I actually feel really good. Like I can take on the world. Of course, I’m just lying here, and you had to carry me up the stairs.” He said he thought that he’d done a good thing by getting them both up here. “I’m very much in love with you for not leaving me naked in the office.”

“I don’t have much in the way of people coming to see me, but there might have been a question or two from the staff had they found us down there. I did manage to put your scraps of material in the trash can. I’m sorry, but I ruined your bra and pantie set.” He laughed, and she felt it through her connection with him. “No I’m not. I’m thrilled that I was manly enough to tear your clothing from your body.”

“I loved it too.” She looked at his throat and could see the mark that she’d given him there. “You bit me, and I think I left a mark on you. Did you mark me?”

“Yes. I didn’t know that would happen. Not that I meant to do it, but I’m thrilled that I was able to brand you as mine.” She said she was all right with it as well. “I’m exhausted. How about we have more conversation in the morning or whenever we wake up, and then we’ll make love again.”

“I’m all right with that.” Closing her eyes when she yawned, she snuggled down into the covers a bit more. “I love you, Sherman. I’m happy to be your wife, too.”

“You’ll be my little savage.” She laughed a little but was so worn out that she didn’t laugh for long. As soon as sleep overtook her, she knew that there was no way that they were going to make love like that again. It surely would kill them both. “Good night, love.”

She was so exhausted that she didn’t answer him. As sleep took her under, she thought of her sisters once again. Helen would understand her love for this man. She would rally in her corner too, for them loving each other so much. Beth never would have been on board with it and would have made their lives a living hell. She was happy to know that if only one sister knew the kind of loving that she’d had tonight, she could feel better about their young deaths.

Waking up, she found that Sherman was still asleep and decided that she really did need to use the bathroom. As she swung her legs over the side of the bed, she cried out a little from the pain between her legs. Careful of moving toward the door, she was nearly in tears when she finally made it. Turning on the shower, thinking that something so mundane as a nice clean body would make her feel better, she was startled out of her quiet morning when Sherman called her name.

“I’m in the bathroom.” She could hear him cursing and had to laugh. “If you’re as sore as I am, I’m sorry. But I can barely move.”

“I’m coming.” That little two-word statement had her thinking of last night, and she had to grin. Christ, she was sore but thought that she could go another round with him if he was willing. When he came into the bathroom with her, she was just standing up from the toilet. “I’m going to die.”

“No, you’re not.” She turned the water to a hotter temperature and stepped inside while she could. The bottom of her feet were even sore, but she was feeling better when the water began to beat some of the soreness out of her body. “You need a shower.”

“I do.” He stepped inside the stall with her, and she turned to tell him that there wasn’t enough room. “You’re very beautiful the morning after.”

“I’m feeling like we had a good night of fucking and am paying for it.” He laughed, and she watched as he reached over his head and pulled down the shampoo. “If you wash my hair, I’ll wash you. My hair even feels sore.”

They played around in the shower for the next half hour or so. They were running out of hot water, so they had to stop their fun, but they didn’t have sex again. Both of them were very sore from last night, and she didn’t know how she’d feel about taking him inside of her. Just as they were drying off, still flirting with each other, his cell phone rang.

He went into the bedroom to answer it, and she took her time drying off. Thinking about what she wanted to wear, she was dressed before she went to find Sherman. He was sitting on the side of the bed with a towel wrapped around his waist, and she decided to make up the bed. He got up to help her while still listening to whatever was going on with his phone.

“I understand, but you do realize that he just might have gone out for a walk. Even the police don’t consider someone missing until twenty-four hours have passed.” She must have said something like she didn’t care, but she wasn’t sure. “All right. I’ll have to get with my brother, then I’ll meet you somewhere that we can talk. I’ll need something of his to find him.”

After talking to the person for a little while longer, all he did was close his phone and look at her. She didn’t know what was going on, but she was willing to bet that it had something to do with his dragon.

“I can find people with my magic.” She nodded but didn’t understand and waited for him to explain. “I’ve been able to do it for a while now, and it’s helped us with some much-needed money before coming here.”

“All right. I take it that this person is missing someone, and she wants you to find them. Is that right?” He nodded. “How does it work? Does it hurt you to do that?”

“No, not at all. But I have a feeling that this person doesn’t want to be found. I have no idea why I think that, but I do.” She nodded, not sure she understood either. “I have to go and talk to Ace. I’d like it if you were to come with me. Ace can trace phone calls back to the original caller even if they bounce around on other servers. I can’t do that, and he can’t find people. It was making us money before we came here.”

“I’ll go with you.” He nodded and stood up to dress. When he had on similar clothing to hers, she figured that they were going to go now. “I know you want to get this finished with, but I’m starving. Do we have time to eat first?”

“Yes, of course we do. And even if we didn’t, I’d make the time to do it. There is no point in us suffering for a man who doesn’t want to be around his wife anymore.” She didn’t ask him how he knew that, new to the magic that he had, but she did follow him downstairs to the kitchen. “I’ve contacted Ace. He’s coming here. Did you know that it was nearly noon?”