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 The woman must die, Darcy. You know that. Cypher s words were hard.
 You cannot have her. Mariette is mine. Thomas stared them down.
Damn, he was one hell of a man and he s all mine. I wish I could see their faces. As if
reading her mind Thomas clicked his fingers and both of them were instantly clothed.
Excellent choice of jeans. Mariette moved to stand beside her man, her hand in his.
 Mavoureen is your real enemy, Thomas pointed out.
 But this one is a blood relation and she has already shown her true colors by
stealing my gold.
 Oh wait a second. Mariette wasn t going to stand still and be accused of anything.
 It s not your gold.
Cypher gave her an icy look.  You know nothing.
Mariette wanted to smack him in the face but Thomas gave her a look that indicated
it was best not to. What the hell had Esmeralda seen in this man? And who was the
other one who stood at his side quiet yet watching everything?
 You know I could kill you quite easily now for you are no longer immortal.
Cypher turned his attention on Thomas.
Bastard.  For what? For falling in love? Mariette knew only too well she had the
upper hand now.  But then you also fell in love Cypher so that means you are no longer
mortal either.
The sudden silence was deafening. Mariette found herself holding her breath.
Artemis smiled.  So I am now in control.
 It s not that simple, Cypher told him.  The warlocks are loyal to me.
Men and their pissing contests.  Well maybe not when they know you nicked their
gold.
 Silence, mortal!
 I m sorry, that is no longer is threatening coming from you, mortal.
 Mariette, Thomas warned in a low voice.  Be careful.
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She pulled her hand from his.  No, I don t think so. I m not going to shut up. She
walked up to Cypher. Mariette knew Thomas was at her back.  Listen up, blondie, my
life was just swell before you decided you had to kill me because some whore is my
sister. This felt good. The last twenty-four hours has been so crazy that she needed this
release of anger.  I m not going to politely die for you and I suspect Mavoureen isn t
either. So what are you going to do? Kill me? You know Thomas is not going to let that
happen and if you kill him you lose a valuable ally. Mariette turned her attention to
the other man. He was so still it was like he was made of stone. If he hadn t spoken
earlier she would had thought him a statute.  I have no idea who this guy is but I
reckon he would be more than happy to see you go under.
 I like her, Artemis said as he held out his hand to her.  Artemis Rex. Delighted to
meet you.
Maybe he wasn t made of stone.  Mariette Jane. She took his hand in response.
Mariette could feel Thomas hand at her waist as if he was ready to pull her away.
Cypher looked annoyed.  She is dangerous.
 Only when premenstrual, then, I m terrifying.
 Good to know, Thomas whispered in her ear.
Artemis let go of her hand.  Frankly, I think you re all dangerous, mortal or not.
He looked from Thomas to Cypher.  And I m not silly enough to think you won t band
together and kill me. Besides, you two have a following and I don t. I could not survive
a coup.
Thomas nodded in acknowledgment of that fact.  I will, however, never forgive
you.
 I accept that but I cannot change what I did and I have been punished in ways you
cannot imagine.
Mariette was dying to know more but she felt it was inappropriate to ask.
 So what do we do? Thomas assessed the other warlocks.
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Mariette shook her head.  What is it with men? Let s settle this now. No one has
any bigger dick that anyone else. So, accepting that, what you do next is shake hands
and promise to play nice. Thomas laughed at her words. Mariette had no doubt he had
the biggest dick but that was not the point just then.
 It s not that simple, Cypher barked at her.
 Whoa, back off, sunshine. I really have to find out what Ez saw in this guy. That he
did not refute he was in love indicated he must have some finer feelings.  You know,
you all have the ability to beat the crap out of each other. Why not use it to do
something good?
 Like what? Cypher looked none too pleased about how this was panning out.
 Ah gee, what about help the pixies distribute the money from the gold to people
who need it.
Artemis swore.  I fucking hate pixies.
 Yeah, they re pretentious pains in the ass, Cypher nodded in agreement.
Mariette smiled.  See? We re getting on already. We have something in common.
 You re impossible, Cypher murmured.
Thomas pulled Mariette into his arms.  But delightful and completely mine and
Mari is right. We ll always fight but let s attempt to make some effort to get on.
 I am not doing a group hug now, Cypher warned stepping back from them.
 Oh fuck no, Artemis agreed.  You know I ll outlive the two of you anyway and
take over so I can afford to be generous.
 Not if you fall in love, Mariette pointed out. She was a great believer in the fact
that there was someone for everyone. It was just a matter of them turning up like
Thomas did. Mariette hugged him close. She wasn t afraid of group hugging if the
group was Thomas.
Artemis shook his head.  That s never going to happen.
Cypher chimed in.  Yeah he s an asshole.
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 I have to agree, Thomas murmured.
Mariette pulled away from Thomas and clapped her hands to get their attention.
 Boys, boys, play nice.
 With you? Always. Let s leave these idiots.
In a moment they vanished.
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Epilogue
 I was just thinking, Mariette murmured as she lay back against Thomas chest.
The bath water had gone cool, but the hot body of the man she loved was the only thing
she needed.
Thomas hands were stroking her breasts in slow, lazy movements.  About what?
But for the hard cock at her ass, Mariette was so relaxed that she was on the verge
of falling asleep in his arms.  Do you think any of you warlocks will ever get along?
 No, but I don t care as I have you.
 Good answer.
Thomas kissed the top of her head.  I know who s boss.
Mariette giggled at his words. He was so smooth.  Even better answer. I must do
something about that cock. She turned around in his arms, water sloshing over the side of
the tub as he did.
 So what do you think?
 About what? Mariette fisted his shaft in her hand. His eyes lit up with sensual
promise. Yummy man.
 About us. Are we fantastic together or what?
Mariette shook her head.  I don t think so. She leaned in and kissed his lips lightly.
 I know so. I love you, Thomas.
He sighed and gathered her in his arms.  I am a happy man, darling Mari.
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About the Author
Amarinda Jones believes anything is possible and sometimes just asking for the
impossible will surprise someone enough that they will give it to you. Writing is like
that. Put it out there and wait for a response. There is always the possibility you may
fall on your ass, but after all, that s what cellulite is for. Amarinda believes in taking [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]