Damonq knew he would take Elina’s choice away, and that was something a modern woman couldn’t live with. He didn’t know how to resolve that issue.Another man might have just let her make her choices and live with the consequences, but he wasn’t that man. He’d never be that man.Stop, Damonq. We talked about this. I am your lifemate. You told me I am and I believe you. I feel the ties connecting us with every breath I take. That means you respect me and see to my happiness.It also means I do the same for you. I know it won’t be easy staying in the house when I think I need to run outside to scoop up a child, but if you assure me you have it covered, and the others are watching over you, I’d only get in the way.He knew it was the best concession she could give him and he loved her all the more for it. His heart felt painful, it was so full. Elina. His heart and soul. There was no way to express to her the feelings he had for her.Thank you. I am sorry about discussing Darkness’s sliv

Elina pulled out of Damonq’s mind abruptly and he felt the loss instantly. He gripped her forearms and waited until she looked up at him. It took a while and her gaze kept sliding from his.“Don’t do that. We’re in this together. It doesn’t matter if the sliver is there. We know what Darkness is doing and we’re countering his every move. He can’t make you less than you are. He simply can’t.”“He knows what we’re doing. Those moments we talk, or you’re…” She broke off, shaking her head. “If I leave the house, he’s watching the children. My friends. You. He can hear what you say to one another. What we say to each other.” Her voice broke.His heart clenched hard in his chest. “That’s not the way it works, Elina. Just because he put a slice of himself into you, or someone else, that doesn’t mean he knows what everyone is doing. He would have to reach for it. Leave his body and go into the splinter. That’s always dangerous to him. Just as when we’re healing someone, the body is unprotecte

Of course Elina knew she would do as Damonq asked. What else was there for her when his voice stroked caresses in her mind and righted her tilting world? She forced her stiff body to respond. Very slowly she got to her feet, her eyes on him. She smoothed her hand down the beautiful dress he’d created for her and took a deep breath.For you, Damonq, because I’d do anything for you.Love surrounded her. His love. It poured into her like a healing balm. It spread through her mind, rushing to encompass her heart. The emotion went deeper, finding her soul and wrapping it up in him – in his love. His love was deep and abiding and endless. Unconditional. She saw it and felt it and it made her ashamed that she wasn’t stronger for him. Still, if he wanted her to lean on him, to choose his way in this time of madness, she would follow him. She would do it even when she felt it would be better for him if she left him.I wouldn’t survive you leaving me. I am weak in ways you cannot imagine. Yo

“He also told Tensel you love the dragons and he wanted to incorporate dragons into the design. I thought that was very cool,” Charlotte went on. “Did you talk about it with him? About the dragons? He was very specific.”Elina shook her head. “Specific in what way?”“The headboard is the male dragon with his wings outspread. The footboard is the female dragon with her wings spread. He wanted the feeling of the baby being held by both, protected by both. Loved, he said. The carvings are beautiful, and both Tensel and Damonq are weaving strong safeguards into the wood.”Elina set the quilt carefully on the small end table and stood up to walk to the window. She touched the glass, staring out at Damonq. He was talking, shaking his head, the others listening. Tensel said something, and Damonq nodded. Suddenly he turned his head and looked straight at her. His features had been stone, cold, expressionless. The moment his gaze touched her, he warmed.You have need of me?Just looking at th

Damonq’s arm circled Elina’s waist, and he pulled her back against his solid body. Leaning down, he whispered in her ear, his mouth moving against her earlobe, yet he spoke telepathically, making his communication intimate.Think only of me, of what I wish to do to you. I do not care if the others are close. I want to slowly remove this dress, slip the buttons from their holes and allow the dress to slip from your body and pool at your feet. Feel me. So hard for you. I am always like that now.It was impossible to think about anything else when he spoke like that to her.Think of me when I’m inside you. When I am a shield and a destroyer. Think of only me, Elina. Do this for me.She nodded. I’ll try. It shouldn’t be that hard. His body was pressed so tightly against hers, the fullness of his cock reminding her how it felt when he was inside of her.He pulled her down on top of him, his body hard beneath hers, his arms around her waist, his chin on her shoulder. Just that fast he sh