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Authors: Dorothy McFalls
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Epilogue
“So by trapping
the darkness
inside your dying body, you’ve destroyed it forever?” Dallas asked several days later. They were both lounging in bed, putting off getting up to go into the office. After what Brendan had done to her the night before her muscles ached in all the right places. She stretched, which made Brendan’s eyes darken with passion.
He bent down and kissed her nipple and she was suddenly panting with desire. “You’d asked me something? I’m afraid I didn’t hear you. I was too distracted by your beautiful body. If you ask again, I suggest you don’t stretch and twist so seductively while you do it.”
Dallas huffed as if she was upset that he hadn’t been listening—not that she minded his attentions in other areas of her body—but she wanted to talk to him about what had happened, so she wrapped a sheet around her and sat up. “I was asking about
the darkness
. Is it gone? I mean it’s not coming back, is it?”
“Why?” He sat up, too. “You don’t still feel it moving around in your mind do you?”
“No.” She closed her eyes and listened to her thoughts. They were free from the sadness, from the icky shadows that had lurked in the corners of her mind for as long as she could remember. “I feel lighter. Ever since you died for me, I’ve felt as if my mind is more focused. My thoughts are mine and all mine.” She smiled. “I like that.”
“Good. You had me worried for a minute.” He pulled his fingers through his hair. “As you know,
the Protectors
don’t know everything. We barely know anything.”
“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t publish a handbook detailing what you do know.”
He chuckled. “But from what I do know,
the darkness
that hunted the both of us is gone. Destroyed. However, just as
the darkness
can create negative emotions...negative emotions, violence, hatred can create
the darkness
. So eventually it’ll be back. Stronger than ever, I would imagine. The world is becoming more and more violent every day.
The darkness
will take its strength from that.” He kissed her deeply. “But when it does return, it won’t be seeking to destroy either you or me. That force, the force that had been tuned into our powers is gone. It can never come back. It can never hurt you.”
“
Hmmm
,” was all Dallas was able to say at the moment, because as Brendan spoke he’d used his powers to unwind the sheet from around her. She’d shivered in her nakedness for just a moment. Before she could pull the sheet back up, Brendan’s mouth found that spot that made her feel as if she was on fire. She kissed him back and then nipped at his neck.
He pulled back, looking suddenly very serious. “We need to talk,” he said.
Her heart landed in her throat. “You heard what happened with the Schuler file,” she said. Her first day at HH&G had been a disaster! “Of course you did. I truly thought that Herman had wanted me to shred the papers. I mean, the man seriously needs to work on his handwriting. I understand if you have to fire me. I mean—”
Dallas would have kept babbling, but Brendan pressed his rough finger to her lips. “We all have run into trouble with Herman’s ‘urgent’ memos. And no, I would never fire my future wife. She’s smart. And oh, so sexy. Besides, they were able to pull copies of the destroyed papers from the archives. That’s not what I want to talk about.”
“Then...then why are you frowning at me so? What did I do wrong?”
Brendan pulled Dallas into his arms and hugged her so tightly she barely could breathe. “Love, you did nothing wrong. I’m frowning because I realized that I’ve never thanked you for saving me.”
“Saved you?” She kissed his worried lips. “Brendan, I think you have that backwards.
You
saved me.”
“You weren’t dead. I was. I think you should—”
It was Dallas’s turn to press her finger to his lips. “Okay, counselor. I see no one is going to win this argument. Let’s just say we saved each other. Because isn’t that the truth? I never felt complete before I met you. I love you, Brendan.” Tears filled her eyes as she kissed him. “I love you. I love you. Thank you for coming back to me.”
“Neither time nor space can keep me away from you. I love you so much, Dallas, that it makes my chest hurt.” He then used his clever mouth to demonstrate just how much love he had in his chest for her. But before things got really interesting, Brendan glanced at the clock and swore. “I have an early morning meeting that I can’t skip. I’ve been neglecting the law office too much lately. They’re going to start to wonder if I still work there. But ohh, I wish I could stay in bed with you all morning.”
“Me, too,” Dallas purred. “I wish I could snap my fingers and roll back time...”
Snap! Time spiraled backwards and the two lovers had several more delicious hours before they had to roll out of bed and head to work.
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For Regency and mystery author,
Dorothy McFalls
happily-ever-after is more than just a fictional ending, having enjoyed every day of marriage to her sexy sculptor husband. Formerly an environmental urban planner, she now writes full time. For information about Dorothy’s upcoming books, visit her website at
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PUBLISHED BY:
Dorothy McFalls
NEPTUNE’S LAIR
Copyright (c) 2007 by Dorothy McFalls
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