“Yes. Seraphim are most vulnerable in their youth, which is why we need to take measures to protect her and allow her to foster her gifts.”

“Montana is more secluded than other areas of this country, or do you have another location in mind?”

“Here feels right,” she murmured. “I feel… content.”

“Then we’ll stay here.”

“Yes.” She trailed her fingers up his chest to his neck and curled her palm around his nape. “Together.”

“I’ve never been one for monogamy, Caro,” he admitted. “Nor have I ever desired it.” The words—thought a thousand times before—sounded wrong, even to his own ears, as he said them. Nor have I ever desired it… until you.

Well, that’s certainly new.

Her eyes narrowed. “Seraphim do not take mates.”

He cleared his throat, focusing on her statement instead of the monogamous inclinations rolling around in his head. “Then what are you requesting of me?”

Her eyebrows curved downward as she considered. “A partnership. I want us to work together to keep our daughter safe.”

“That I can do.” He threaded his fingers through her hair to hold her in place when she attempted to pull away. “What else?”

Her gaze dropped to his lips, then slowly slid upward. “Sex.”

His lips quirked upward. “Now? Or ongoing?”

“Both.”

“Exclusively?” he asked, curious as to where she saw this going. Because the notion of her bedding another man did not agree with him. Nor did he possess the desire to fuck anyone other than Caro. Such a fascinating development.

“Maybe.” She pressed him back into the mattress and straddled his hips. The blanket fell from her naked body, giving him a view he could definitely admire for eternity. “For now. Yes.”

Sethios didn’t do commitment, but Caro tempted him in a way few others ever had. Hell, the woman had outperformed all his former conquests in the bedroom and proven she could handle his darker desires. Why would he give that up?

“For now.” He reaffirmed his grip in her hair and used it to guide her downward so her breasts touched his chest. “To be renegotiated at a later time.”

She nodded, her lips brushing his. “Yes. When we decide a change is needed.”

“Okay.” He slid his hand to the back of her neck and squeezed. “Are you ready to beg me, sweetheart?”

“I’m ready for you to fuck me with your cock,” she replied, her legs squeezing his upper thighs. “You mentioned three methods. Teach me all of them.”

His brows rose. “Feeling adventurous?”

“Stop teasing and fuck me, Sethios. Now.”

God, with a mouth like that? Yeah, he might keep her for eternity after all.

“As you wish, darling.”

15

A New Partnership

Gabriel sipped the brandy the bartender poured for him and determined Sethios’s brand from a few weeks ago was superior to this one. It still tasted better than all the drinks offered at home.

Seraphim didn’t value flavor, something Gabriel felt needed to change. In addition to several other customs, like allowing the fated line the ability to determine the future of every living being.