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"Black Fire"	By : Sapphira Category: 1 through F > Earth: Final Conflict Views: 3592 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Thirty-Four

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The first thing that Renee became aware of was the press of
a large and very warm body curled around her smaller frame almost protectively.
Slumbering against her naked skin. His arms were wrapped around her waist, and
her back nestled up against his chest. The second thing was the scent of the
potent mixture of his unique pheromones and the musk of their mating. Still
clinging to their skin.

Forcing her eyes to crack open, she realized that there was
a faint light shining in her quarters. Blinking carefully, she stared through
the sheer curtains hanging around her bed from just a few inches away from her
nose at the clock resting on a small end-table.

The reason why there was a faint glow in her room, was
because the lighting system was programmed to mimic natural daylight back in
her previous time-zone on Earth.

Which was about seven in the morning.

Letting her eyes fall back shut, she snuggled back down into
the plush bedclothes. Pushing her body closer into his. She didn�t want to
think. Didn�t want to wake up. She would have been perfectly content to have
remained in that bed for the rest of her existence and never would have
complained.

For the first time since the Spa, that constant needling
desire for contact with Howlyn had been quieted. It wasn�t gone. Not by a long
shot. She could still feel it curled up just beneath the surface like a very
big, very sated feline. But at least now she didn�t feel like an aching,
hormonal mess ready to jump his bones every time she found herself in a
situation that even hinted at his presence.

Reluctantly sensing that he was alert, and had been since
the first moment that she had stirred, she turned over on her back, the thin
sheet that was her only covering sliding across her upper torso as she did so.

She met Howlyn�s serious gaze with her own and swallowed
carefully.

�How long have I been asleep?�

His dark eyes glittered slightly as he studied her face.
Black curls framing the sides of his shadowed features.

�About eight of your hours.�

Renee�s eyes widened slightly and her mouth thinned. Not
happy that she had been passed out for that long.

Howlyn�s lips curved almost mockingly then. Making her body
do funny things. �You were very tired.�

�Apparently.� she retorted sardonically. Stifling a yawn
with her upraised palm.

Her hand dropped back down to her side and they continued to
study each other from just a few inches away.

Finally, Renee broke the silence. �What exactly just
happened here?�

All humor that may have been present on his face melted
away. Leaving nothing behind but primal shadows dancing in the depths of those
potent eyes. She shivered slightly and told herself it was from the sudden
chill chasing through her room, but knowing it was a lie.

�That was as true an Atavus mating ritual than anything else
that we have experienced together thus far, and what both of our souls have
called out for since the very first time we met.�

Renee nodded. Having figured as much. She frowned though, as
she reached out her hand to push back his hair from his right shoulder.
Revealing the near perfect imprint of her teeth deep in his skin. Completely
healed, but still showing a faint scar. The only scar present anywhere on his
body.

Her fingertips traced the crescent out-line and watched out
of the corner of her eyes as his briefly closed his eyes at the sensation.

She took a moment to wipe her thumb over a small streak of
dried blood that had stained his shoulder before letting her hand fall back to
rest on her abdomen.

�What about that?�

Howlyn answered without any inflection to his voice. At odds
with that look she had just seen burning in his eyes when she had touched him
and the aggressive, primal press of his body against her side.

�That marked the end to what began between us at the Health
Spa. It is a mark that is only shared between a destined couple. Something that
can only be given and received through a genuine melding of auras.�

�Why is it necessary for you to�� Renee paused. Uncertain as
to how to continue.

�Go ahead and say it.� he coaxed.

�Why do you have to� make contact with that mark on my neck
in order for me to, uh�� she trailed off again. Growing uncomfortable. She
could have sworn she saw a flicker of humor dancing in his eyes before he hid
it once more. Cutting her some slack and answering her unfinished question.

�It is a gift shared only through the rare true melding of
the souls that I have found with you. It is the mark of our relationship that
proves what we are to one another. That what we share goes far beyond simple
desire or the instinct to procreate.�

�But why was it necessary for me to bite you in return, even
after all this time?�

�Because the ritual was not complete, Renee. I began it all
that time ago, and we have suffered the physically agony of it becoming caught
up within your ignorant resistance. The dreams, the desires, the almost
mindless needs. All of that would only have grown worse as time went on. I had
already claimed your body, but our union was not sealed until tonight, when you
placed your own mark upon me.�

Renee tried to push aside her rising ire, but was
unsuccessful. �If you already knew how difficult that it was going to be for
both of us till this� ceremony thing had come full circle, why
did you set it all in motion back on Earth? Especially when you knew I wasn�t
ready to complete it?�

He growled.
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