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“Where is the music coming from?”
“Some of my people like to play in the evening. I asked them to play in the sitting room down the hall, if they chose to play this evening.”
“Why?”
“Because I would like to dance with you, and I am hoping that you will agree.”
Cassie studied the being sitting next to her. She had never met a male like him before. He stated what he wanted boldly, with no apology, but he was willing to take "no" for an answer. She knew that the choice truly was hers. If she told him she didn’t want to dance with him, he wouldn’t attempt to coerce or guilt her into it. He would simply accept her decision.
The men she had known before had either demanded and then whined when they didn’t get their way, or they refused to speak their minds and then sulked when what they wanted didn’t happen. Cadeyrn had the annoying and disconcerting habit of often making decisions without consulting others. But he had also shown himself willing and able to listen and, at times, to compromise.
So far, the only times he had truly ignored her wishes was in keeping her in Fairie and in not stopping Yestin’s torture. She had to admit that her attempt to interfere with the laws the Erlking was enforcing had been rather arrogant on her part. If she had walked up to the warden of a jail in the United States and demanded he take a prisoner out of solitary confinement because she thought it was inhumane, she’d have met with no more success than she had in Yestin’s case. Whether she agreed with them or not, the laws of Fairie were the laws. And, as a Fae, Yestin was subject to them. Cadeyrn was just doing his job and had been exceedingly patient with her objections.
His excuse for keeping her in Fairie against her will was that she would be in danger if he did not keep her in protective custody. She thought that was probably true. But it still didn’t seem right to her that her freedom should be curbed because of some crazy fairy-bond-thing.
She couldn’t say he was entirely right in his decision to keep her captive; she thought, if she could get back to Earth, she could probably disappear and be safe enough from fairies. But, without more information about the capabilities of the Fae, she couldn’t say he was entirely wrong either. In the final analysis, though, it was her life, so it should be her decision. At least, that was her opinion on the matter. Still, she had to admit that for someone who had absolute power, he was amazingly liberal in his behavior and attitudes.
“Yes, I’ll dance with you.”
Cadeyrn gave her a heart-stopping smile and stood, holding his hand out to her.
Placing her hand in his, she allowed him to help her from her chair. She laughed as she looked up at him and noted their disparity in heights.
“Do you think it’ll hurt your back to stoop so low?”
“Ha! Not at all. Watch.” With that, he swept her up into his arms and held her tight against him as he whirled around the dining room in time to the music.
Cassie laughed as her feet dangled above the floor. “I don’t really think this qualifies as dancing.”
Cadeyrn gave her a smoldering look and allowed her to slide down the front of his body. She couldn’t help but be impressed by what she felt his pants concealing. When her feet touched the floor, she looked up at him and shivered from the heat she saw in his eyes. Would taking this male to bed really be so bad? Just because she slept with him, didn’t mean she was vowing to spend forever with him. And she was sure that several hundred thousand years of practice would have honed more than just his debating skills. It was definitely something to consider.
