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eyes.
"If I'd thought too much, I wouldn't have been able to have you. And I really,
really wanted you." She lowered her head so she could lick along the head of his
penis, a slow, leisurely exploration of the shape and texture of his body.
    His breath slammed out of his lungs. "I have to admit, I am eternally
grateful you want me. I do not think we will ever have enough time to do all the
things I have in my mind." Deliberately he let her see his every desire, his
every need.
    Juliette laughed softly. "It's good we think along the same lines. I would
hate to be tied to someone who isn't adventurous. I definitely need
adventurous."
    It was his turn to yell. The sound ripped from his throat when her mouth
engulfed him, took him deep into her throat and began a slow, sensuous foray.
I thought I would find out how you taste. Whether you're hot and spicy and tangy
.
Her teasing laughter played over his senses and stroked at his body. He lost
time, drifting in the waves of the pool lapping at his body, with her hot mouth
and tongue bringing him to a fever pitch. When he could no longer stay still, he
moved his hips into her, letting her take charge of the rhythm, set the pace.
She teased him to the brink of an orgasm, sucking hard and lavishing attention
with her tongue, only to slide her mouth loosely over him, her teeth gentle.
I love to feel what you feel. I love to hear the roar in your head and know I
can put it there just by doing this
. Her mouth pulled at him. His hands
fisted in her hair, his hips growing more urgent, more frantic in his response.
She took him deep, working him until he was so caught in her spell, so far gone
with pleasure he couldn't think straight.
    "Finish it or let me have you," he managed to hiss out between his teeth.
    She complied, her soft, taunting laughter only teasing his senses more.
Juliette reveled in her power. He was enormously strong and dangerous, and yet
he needed her.
You need fun in your life, Riordan. You really do need me
.
    Damn it
. He growled it in her mind, his hands bunching in her hair.
    Her mouth sent him deliberately over the edge, milking him as her teasing
laughter burned in his brain. She was etched in his very bones for all time. He
would never be able to go back to what he had been. And he would never be able
to be without her. She carried light with her and she made him feel it in the
unrelenting darkness that had been his home.
    She ducked under the water, pushing away from him. Riordan reached out and
caught her, dragging her back. He pushed the wet hair from her face and stared
down at her. His miracle. "I do need you," he admitted. If she could be brave
and honest and admit what she wanted and needed he could do no less. "You are
everything."

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Chapter 7
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    "I need blood, Juliette. The night is slipping away from us. We must return
to your family at full strength. I would love to spend the rest of my days here,
making love to you and discovering the secrets of my lifemate, but I must have
sustenance to renew my strength." Riordan waded out of the pool and held out his
hand to her.
    Juliette took her time, her eyes taking her fill of him. "I swore I would
never have anything to do with a man. The men I've known have no knowledge of
caring." She looked down at the ground. "It's a terrible thing to grow up being
ashamed of what you are, knowing you might give birth to a male of the species
and no matter what you do, how much you love him, how you raise him, his nature
will always prevent him from loving you back."
    His fingers settled around her wrist and he drew her to him. "I have lived
many years and have found that each species has both strengths and weaknesses.
The males of the jaguar race are wanderers, but the ones I encountered cared
about their women. They could not settle down and the continual drive to
perpetuate their race became their downfall. They would not stay with one
female, though I believe