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as frequent visitors.  She had even met Adare and Kristin, friends of the brothers.  They were all so...likeable.  Even Regan, shy and quiet as she was, laughed and joked along with the brothers and their mates, enjoying their company.  They all teased each other mercilessly, but Sasha could also see the bond between them all.
     
    So different from the mage, Sasha thought.  Mages were serious creatures that rarely laughed or showed their emotions to one another.  Their main concern was the survival of the species and keeping the purity of their mage heritage. 
     
    She shuddered, her coffee nearly spilling as she thought of her parent's reactions to her revelation that she was a vampire mate.  They were disappointed in her and they showed it.  She was treated as a dirty outcast by everyone except Regan, who treated her no differently than she always did.  Her parents had told her in no uncertain terms that she was an aristocratic mage and she would be mated to another of her kind. 
     
    Sasha had refused.  She may not end up mated to Nathan, but she could not mate with another mage knowing that she was the keeper of Nathan's soul.  She couldn't do it.  She would end up an old maid before she mated with a mage simply for bloodlines. 
     
    You will be mated with me, love.  
     
    Nathan's voice floated through her mind like a caress, making her shiver in reaction.  All she needed was to hear the sultry voice to make her heart race and her soul fill with yearning.  Her body reacted, her panties dampening and her nipples hardening. 
     
    "So sure of yourself, vampire?,"  she whispered as she smiled into her coffee mug.
     
    He was infuriating, arrogant and smug.  He could also be kind, tender and thoughtful.  It was almost an irresistible mix.  She longed for him as she had never wanted another man. 
     
    I have no doubt, Sasha.  You belong to me.  
    His voice was low and possessive.  How it could anger her and arouse her at the same time was a mystery.  "I belong to no man, vampire," she answered stubbornly. 
     
    She heard his chuckle as he murmured back.  We shall see, little one.
     
    Sasha's spine stiffened in indignation.  Tall for a woman, she was hardly little.  Just because Nathan was a giant of a man didn't make her small.  "Don't call me that.  I am not a child." 
     
    "I am well aware of that, love.  You are well developed in all of the right areas." His voice was husky and full of desire. 
     
    Her panties flooded as she imagined him exploring all of those areas.  Her lust for him was undeniable.  Although he had done nothing more than kiss her forehead, she longed for him to take her to bed and claim her. 
     
    The thought had no more than crossed her mind when Nathan appeared in front her, dressed only in a pair of body hugging jeans and a slight smile.  Her breath caught as she took in his muscular, hard body in the flesh.  He was gloriously handsome with his dark hair and eyes that were shooting her a look of intense lust. 
     
    "Tell me you want it as much as I do, Sasha.  I'm not sure how much longer I can fight it,"  he growled as he held out his hand to her.
     

Chapter 4
     
    Sasha trembled as she set her empty coffee cup on her bedside table.  Oh...she wanted it.  She had wanted Nathan since he had appeared in her dreams.  Now that she knew him in reality, her desire had intensified to an unbearable level.  To let him take her was dangerous.  To be without him was unendurable. 
     
    She met his intense gaze, returning it with a look of longing and vulnerability that she knew he could see in her eyes. 
     
    "Come with me, Sasha.  I can feel your need and it claws at me."  His hand stayed extended, palm up as he took a step closer.
     
    She wasn't the least bit afraid of him.   She was afraid of her own reactions.  He called to a part of her that she never knew existed and on a level that was painful in it's intensity. 
     
    She reached out and placed