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  Tears filled Dusti’s eyes. “Thank you. When are they coming back? When will I see Bat again?”

  “They will return as soon as Decker is caught and brought to justice. She’ll be safe once he’s no longer a threat.”

  “Where are they?”

  “He didn’t pass along that information.”

  “Did Kraven mention to your friend if he’d told her yet that he wants Bat to be his mate?”

  “He didn’t mention Kraven sounded in pain, so I assume not.”

  Dusti chuckled. “Yeah. I almost feel sorry for your brother.” Her humor faded as quickly as it surfaced. “I don’t see how that can work out between them, to be honest.”

  Drantos paused to gaze down at her with his beautiful eyes. “Love is the most important thing of all. He’ll love her.”

  “She has her career that she’s suffered a lot for. It’s everything to her.”

  “That’s not true. She loves you, and you matter more than anything to her. I saw that in her eyes every time she looked at you.”

  “I’ve never tried to step in the way of her career. She just reached her ultimate goal. The law firm is considering making her a partner. She’d have to give it all up to be with him, wouldn’t she? You said VampLycans can’t stand living in cities. Her entire life is in Los Angeles.”

  “Let’s go home. We can’t do anything for them but be here when they return.” He started to move again.

  Dusti worried. She knew Kraven would do his best to protect her sister and that Bat wasn’t a slouch at watching her own back. But she really couldn’t see how their relationship could work out. Bat would fight Kraven every step of the way and have a major meltdown when he explained everything she’d have to give up to be with him. That was if her sister even allowed him to get that close to her. She’d sworn off ever loving a man again after having her heart broken.

  Please don’t ever leave me. I couldn’t live without you, sweetheart.

  Her heart melted when she glanced up at Drantos. “I don’t plan on going anywhere.”

  He jerked to halt in front of their cabin, his dark blue eyes widening.

  “What?”

  “You heard me?”

  “I’m not deaf. I’m not going to leave. I love you. I’m not as hung up on my old life as Bat is.”

  A grin curved his lips, reminding her how handsome he was. “I didn’t say that aloud. I thought it. You’ve picked up my thoughts. You can hear me.” He closed his mouth. Tell me you love me again.

  Shock tore through her. He hadn’t spoken that last part but she’d heard it as if he had. His voice had been that loud and clear.

  Drantos lowered to his knees in front of her. “The bond is in place! We’re officially mated.”

  Can you hear me? She tried to think toward him, carefully attempting to project each word without moving her own lips.

  A deep rumble of a laugh answered her before his thoughts did. Yes, I can.

  Oh shit, he can hear everything I think? I’m so going to be in a world of trouble the next time I get mad at him.

  “No, Dusti. Only the things you project will come through the bond. If you’re mad, I will hear your thoughts unless you shield them. You’ll learn. I won’t invade your privacy.”

  “But just a few minutes ago we couldn’t do this.”

  “The bond just snaps into place. We’ve been sharing sex and blood. Our emotions are involved. My blood and yours have started to take hold in each other. This is a true mating.”

  Her gaze lowered to the front of his jeans. “So that means you can’t get it up for other women now?”

  “That’s the first thing you think about?” He shook his head, looking amused, and rose back up to his feet. “Yes, that’s what it means.”

  “What else is going to change?”

  He released her hand to open the cabin door, pausing long enough for her to enter first. He threw her new clothes onto the table just inside the entry, used his boot to slam the door closed, and grabbed her before she could do more than gasp. He nearly ran with her toward their bedroom.

  “What are you doing?”

  He dropped her on the bed. Her body bounced once on the soft mattress and she gaped at Drantos while he tore at his clothes. He nearly fell over when he bent to tear off his boots. She laughed and lifted up on her elbows to watch him. The amusement left when his gaze met hers as he straightened. His eyes glowed.

  “Don’t do that hypnosis shit on me.”

  He shook his head. “I can’t anymore. You’re my mate. It wouldn’t work. I’m just not hiding my desire for you any longer. You know what I am, Dusti. My eyes turn this way when I’m extremely horny.”

  “Why would you try to keep that a secret?”

  “I wanted your feelings for me to build and I thought that might be easier for you if I wasn’t constantly reminding you how different we are. We’re compatible in all the ways that matter.”

  It was kind of sweet and she understood why he’d think that way. “I see.”

  She lowered her gaze down his incredibly sexy, muscular body until she paused at the sight of his rigid cock straining straight out toward her. Her body instantly responded. Her nipples beaded and between her thighs, she felt moisture dampen the sweats she’d borrowed from him.

  “Open your mind to me.” He bent over to reach for the waist of the sweats, tugged them down her body, and tore off all three layers of socks from her feet. “You’re going to love this part of being mates. At least I think we both are. I’ve heard enough about it to always envy the idea of being able to link with someone else.”

  Dusti sat up and tore the shirt over her head. She met his gaze and took a deep breath, blew it out, and nodded. She wasn’t sure how to do it but she mentally pushed toward him with her thoughts.

  Is this what you mean?

  Yes! His knee made the bed dip.

  “What…” Her mouth closed and she tried to think her words again. What were you talking about?

  Open your thighs wide for me and keep your mind open.

  Okay. She nodded. Her heart raced but she spread her thighs. I wish you’d tell me what we’re doing.

  Drantos flattened onto his stomach on the bed, his hands slid under her ass, and he jerked her hips closer to his mouth. His eyes seemed to glow more, turning a neon-blue that entranced her. You’re so beautiful. God, I love you. You smell so hot, so good, and your taste is addictive. Stay open to me. His face dipped, his thumbs spreading her sex lips open, and his tongue traced her clit.

  Pleasure shot through Dusti—but it wasn’t just from him teasing her clit. Confusion struck her for an instant as she licked her lips. A hunger gripped her; a wonderful flavor filled her senses, as if she’d just eaten something fantastic. Her passion amplified until her elbows supporting her upper weight gave way. She fell flat on the bed, crying out when her sex seemed to throb as if it had a heartbeat.

  “Oh my God,” she moaned. “We’re connected, aren’t we? I’m feeling what you do.”

  He growled against her clit, the vibrations of rapture on her sensitive nerve endings heightening her desire, and her vaginal walls clenched hard. The pounding in her sex seemed to rush to her ears, her body writhed under his mouth, and her fingers clawed the bedding just to hold on to something.

  Drantos tore his mouth away from her clit, climbed up her body, and her eyes opened. She knew how desperately he wanted inside her, how much he hurt, and even how tight his balls had drawn up with pure need to fuck her. His cock filled with blood until the skin seemed ready to burst from the pressure. She spread her thighs wider to help him ease inside her. She nearly drowned in the strong emotions of his need and her own. He wasn’t thinking words anymore but she understood.

  The second the crown of his cock brushed her slick pussy, they both groaned again. She knew how hot she felt to him, how the scent of her arousal filled his nose, and how it made him ache more to feel the tight sheath of her body wrap around his.

  Mine. Home.