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explanation now?”
     
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    She watched him turn around and took a step
back when she spotted the look in his eyes. “Drake?”
    He visibly got himself under control, taking
a deep breath and letting it out slowly before he grabbed her hand and led her
to their usual table. “I’ll explain later. Now, let’s get something to eat.”
    If he thought she’d let it go that easily, he
obviously didn’t know her well! “Come on. You just threatened that guy!”
    “That guy was John. Do you remember our First
Man talking about him at all?”
    She searched her hazy memories of her first
days in the compound and remembered Faye talking about such a man, something
about him being a menace. What had he done again? When she finally recalled
that particular conversation, she felt her face redden. “Oh.”
    “Get it now?”
    She nodded, and unable to look him in the
eye, grabbed the menu instead. It wasn’t as if she needed to look at it. They
ate here every day and she knew all the options on offer already, but at least
it gave her something to hold on. To focus on too.
    Until he drew a finger down her knuckles
clenched tight around the thick plastic and said, “I’m the Guardian, Jessica.
You need to remember that and understand what it means. I’m the man who deals
with guys such as him.”
    She looked up and caught his gaze.
“You’re...their henchman?”
    He tilted his head. “I guess you could say
that.”
    “Have you... Have you ever killed someone?”
    His face hardened. “Are you sure you want me
to answer this?”
    That was answer enough, she thought. Who was
she kidding? She’d known from the start who he was. As an Immortal, he’d
probably had to deal with things far out of her sphere of understanding, for
far longer than she’d even been alive. The thought was maddening, saddening
too. She really was nothing in comparison. He mattered, he was the Guardian. And,
so what if he was a weapon of mass destruction?
    She winced, remembering how he’d been with
her at first. Hardened, rough, exactly like she’d imagined someone of his
position would be. It was only during the last few days that he’d changed and
become almost tender on occasion. She’d loved the transformation, of course.
She realized now she shouldn’t get too used to it. She didn’t want him to
change for her. He had a job to do after all, while she was just a translator.
    He’d always be the Guardian. The thought
burst through her mind, and she nearly groaned out loud. How stupid had she
been! Of course. She was just a temporary lull in his otherwise busy life. She
amused him, she was fun in bed maybe, but that was all. Their worlds would
never fit together.
    Yes, she told herself, unaware he was looking
at her in a strange way. She would just have to remember that it wouldn’t last.
As soon as her translation was complete, she would leave the compound and get
back to her normal, quiet life. No more Immortals, no more Drake.
    No more Drake...

 
    Chapter Fourteen
     
    “We stand here together as one…”
    Ambrotos (Translation by Jessica James)
     
    “You’re mine,” he growled against the skin of
her lower back, his teeth pinching the curve of her right cheek seconds later.
    She hissed, her hips jerking at the sharp
pain his caress brought. “Drake!”
    “Say it,” he ordered, his voice tense.
    Jessica shook her head. She was lying on her
stomach on the mattress in the library, her rose stretched around the biggest
plug he’d had in his stack. They’d been playing on and off for hours, Drake
having fallen on her as soon as they’d returned from the café. She wasn’t sure
if it was because of his altercation with John or because he was just that
horny, but he’d pushed and prodded, and now here she was.
    She felt his hair brush against her inner
thighs before his tongue found her clit. She squealed, the sound muffled in the
cushion she was holding on to. He didn’t stop however. He kept on eating her
pussy,