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Because I knew my life as it was, was at its end.

My life as it would be—until the completion of it—started that night, with Tanyn making love to me.

I knew this because I’d done something.

Something that changed us.

Something that changed him.

I just didn’t know what that something was.

I knew from the minute we met that he wanted me. Not long later, he made that perfectly clear. He reiterated it frequently in between times. And he’d freely admitted he was falling in love with me.

But now, I knew he was done falling.

He was in love.

In love with me.

Though it was more.

So much more.

It was in the way he was holding me right then.

I felt loved. Adored. Treasured. Cherished. Cosseted.

I’d earned that.

Me.

But even that was more.

We might not be fated, but that didn’t mean destiny still didn’t put us right there, together, in his bed, tangled, two making one.

Oh yes, this made me terrified.

And utterly elated.

Chapter 19

Selediel

“Sweetheart.”

The events of the night before were such, I immediately opened my eyes.

It was early morning. I knew this because it was still dark, though the room was dimly lit.

And Tanyn was sitting beside me on the bed, fully dressed, his hand forming circles over the covers on my hip.

“I’m sorry, my love,” he murmured. “We have company, and Laura’s already up. I ordered coffee for you. It’s on your dressing table in the closet.”

I pushed up to sitting, and the instant I did, he pulled me into his lap and wrapped his arms warmly around me.

Our lovemaking last night hit me like a stream, and I gazed up at him.

“I have things to tell you,” he said.