I thought if you knew. you'd kill him.I nearly did. I nearly killed you too. The trouble with death is - his lips twisted - it's so final.

But, Elizabeth, what we have, what is between us, will never be over.

He lifted her and entered her body in one swift, gliding movement that shattered the remnants of her resistance. 'Blood and sex and Elizabeth,' he said inside her head. 'Bastard, can't you even say hello?' He detached his teeth from her neck and flicked his tongue over the wound to heal it. His burning gaze lifted to hers. 'Hello,' he said huskily, and took her mouth.