Chapter 62

As for you and your heart and the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits.?

―Peter S. Beagle,?The Last Unicorn

Charlotte blinked as the visions faded. It was the strangest thing in the world to see through another person's eyes, to feel what he felt, to taste and smell everything he had. And she had shared those same experiences with Rurik, being a part of him in a way she didn't know was possible. But it was. Now she was back in bed with him, that bond still in place even though she could no longer see his memories. Her body shook from the pleasure and the shock of what she'd just experienced with him.

"Whatwas that?" She lifted her head and tensed when she felt him move inside her. Her body was raw and sore down there, but it still felt good.

"I" Rurik paused and then closed his eyes, a shaky breath escaping him before his dark lashes flew up again.