One year later
Sarah snuggled close against Killian’s side, languid and replete in the aftermath of their lovemaking. Reaching up, she dragged her fingers through the thick golden silk of his hair, loving the feel of it.
Loving him.
A year they had been together, and each day was a gift, a treasure. And in that year, he had shown her what it meant to be a vampire. The joys, the beauty, the freedom. The burden, the loneliness, the temptation.
Nothing ever came without a price.
But he had never again voiced the offer to make her what he was, and she had never asked.
Until now.
Rolling so she lay atop him, she stared into his eyes, his beautiful pewter and ice eyes, then leaned down and pressed her mouth to his.
“It is time, Killian.” She drew her long hair to the side, baring the column of her throat. “It is time, my love.”
He smiled, and dragged his fingers along her pulse where it throbbed beneath the fragile skin of her throat. “You are certain?”
“I am. I would know the cool and wonderful beauty of the moonlight, the sweet music of the night,” she whispered, offering back to him the words he had shared so long ago. “You are no longer alone. I would be with you always, Killian. Always and forever.”
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