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in such a situation than meek and scraping.” One long-nailed finger teased beneath the denim waistband, tracing his bare hip bone. “And that applies not only to queens. Not too long ago, I remember an insolent young man who presented himself to be my servant. Respect he had, but not an ounce of true submission.”
    Jacob gave a half chuckle. “Yeah, and I remember how
that
night went. I got my ass kicked.”
    “But it turned out all right in the end, didn’t it?” He looked up at her. Despite her Fae abilities, he could still get the jump on her with his vampire speed. Sometimes. Like now. In a blink, he’d moved them off the concrete and down below the mangroves, into the cultivated gardens where there was a patch of soft grass. He’d left her on top, but had her pul ed down against his chest, his arm around her back, his mouth warm on hers. She stirred against him, and he felt her pleasure with his body against the softer curves of her own. His cock hardened as her own flesh dampened, readying itself for him. Even when he’d been a third-mark human servant, he’d had the senses to smell her arousal. A third-mark was equipped to mostly keep up with a vampire’s insatiable carnal appetites. Now that he was a vampire, he had those appetites in spades himself. So her arousal was an irresistible perfume, an acceptable invitation to deal with the tension of the past couple hours.
    But more needed to be said first. Seeing it in his lady’s eyes, he braced himself, pretty sure he wasn’t going to like whatever it was.
    Lyssa pushed herself up, straddling his hips, but flattened her palms on his chest, a mute order to stay where he was. “Jacob, you know you’re staying here.”
    “Like hell.”
    She pressed her lips into a thin line. “You sound more like your brother, Gideon, than the servant Thomas trained so well for me.”
    “Gideon and I have more in common that most people realize. Particularly Gideon.” His eyes didn’t waver. “I’m going with you.”
    “We both know how the Fae feel about vampires.
    It’s very likely the doorway won’t open for you, even if we manage to free this dryad and bring her along.”
    “Is that what Keldwyn told you when you had your private conversation?”
    Not exactly.
    When Jacob rejoined Mason, Lyssa hadn’t watched him go, though she usually took great pleasure in the attractive flex of muscle in all the right places, the warrior’s grace and power enhanced by the vampire blood.
    Keldwyn lifted a shoulder. “You counsel your servant wisely, Lady Lyssa.”
    “Don’t flatter yourself overmuch, my lord. Cal it a challenge to Fae superiority all you wish. I know male posturing, regardless of the species.” He lifted a brow. “What is it you wish to say to me that required this private audience?”
    “It wasn’t Fae allure or any power of mine that convinced Jacob we were meant to be together. He convinced
me
.”
    “Then you are as much a fool as he is. Many things change, but not someone’s fundamental nature. It matters not what species they are.”
    “That is my point, exactly. And Jacob’s.” He studied her for another moment, then inclined his head. “I wish you well, Lady Lyssa. As always.” When he disappeared from view in a blink of time, she didn’t bother to try and track him as she had when he’d first started visiting them. Unlike vampires, it wasn’t speed that gave him that ability, but a Fae’s capacity to blend. He could be within a stride of her, cloaked not only in the colors of the forest, but its scents and life energy, a perfect chameleon. So, anticipating he was still close enough to hear her, she spoke, taking the final word.
    “Better a fool in his arms, my lord, than a lonely Fae who haunts the forests and doesn’t know how to smile. I wish you well. Also as always.”
    Chapter 2
    RETURNING to the present, she knew she wouldn’t be able to convince Jacob the Fae world was closed to him, mainly because she didn’t know