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his forehead to hers. He’d never had sex like this. Never had orgasms this intense. “I could stay here all day.”
    Sarah slid her leg along the back of his. “Why don’t you?”
    With a grin, Dastan kissed the tip of her nose. “Keep doing that, and I will.”
    “What if I do this?” She lifted her hips and moved them in a circular motion.
    Dastan felt himself getting hard again. Damn, she could make him crazy. “You’re killing me, princess.” He kissed her lips. “George will come looking for me if I don’t head back with those tools he needed. I had just come into the house to check on you.”
    Sarah closed her eyes and sighed. “Where’s Dmitry?”
    Dastan snickered. “Oh, I see. I can’t stay, so you’ll get him to play with you?”
    Her eyes opened quickly, and she shook her head in denial. “Dastan…no. That’s not…”
    Smiling, Dastan cupped her cheeks and forced her to meet his gaze. “I know. I’m just teasing. Dmitry’s in the barn. He and a couple of other hands are fixing the roof.” He studied her for a few seconds, worried that maybe this little fuck session should’ve waited. “Are you okay?”
    She nodded.
    Dastan rubbed the pad of his thumbs over her cheeks. “I know it might not look like it right now, but everything’s going to work out.”
    “I know,” she whispered. “Will it hurt?”
    Dastan frowned slightly. “Will what hurt?”
    “Shifting.”
    Dastan tried to decide how to answer that question. She deserved the truth, but he wasn’t sure the truth wouldn’t make it worse for her—that it wouldn’t make her worry.
    “Yes,” he whispered.
    Sarah swallowed. “Does it always hurt?”
    “You get used to it. It happens so fast, the pain is only for a few seconds, but sometimes if you’re tensing up or afraid of that pain, it will make the pain worse. I’ve been shifting for so long I don’t even notice the pain anymore. And in time, you won’t either.”
    “How will I know…when it’s time for me to shift?”
    “You can shift now.”
    Sarah twisted her lips and shook her head.
    Dastan kissed her brow. “I know it’s scary,” he whispered. “And the spell that is hiding your age will only work for a short time now that your body is changing. But it won’t hold it off forever.” He lifted up and gazed into her worried eyes. “The restlessness will get worse. The need to run overpowering. Eventually you’ll shift whether you want to or not. Here in the mortal world, it would be better to shift on your own terms, not unexpectedly.”
    “I know, but I’m not ready.”
    He again gently kissed her lips. “You will be. I promise,” he whispered against her mouth.
    The warmth of her body seeped into his, and his cock thickened inside her. He really needed to get up before he couldn’t. With a growl, he pushed off her, leaving her welcoming body and hissing as the cool air hit his cock. God, he wanted to be inside her again.
    “I need to get out of here while there’s still some daylight left.” He magically dressed, then glanced down at Sarah, who still lay on the bed, staring thoughtfully out the window. “Hey.”
    She turned to meet his stare.
    “If you want, you can stay there just like that, and when I’m done, I’ll join you again.”
    “Won’t Dmitry get jealous?”
    Dastan shrugged. “I don’t care.”
    Sarah smiled, and Dastan felt a little better about leaving her. She lifted her hands over her head and stretched like a contented cat. Dastan couldn’t help but smile at the image she presented. “Maybe I’ll get Dmitry to fill in while you’re working,” she teased.
    “Do you want me to send him up?”
    He would if she wanted him to. Dastan didn’t feel any jealousy about Dmitry. Matter of fact, thinking about her up here with him would just fuel his lust for later.
    She stopped stretching and glanced toward the ceiling. “Part of me says yes.” She looked back at him. “Why can’t I seem to get enough?”
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