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Colin explained with a smile on his face. “That woman of mine is a

righteous bitch when she wants to be. It’s all right, though. I took my

fair share out of her pretty ass later that night, if you know what I

mean.”

Beck thought he did. He had spent a lot of time thinking about

Colin and Susan while he was working in the caves. Colin didn’t

seem to want the type of life he’d expected a consort to require. He

seemed to like to work, and he was tough. His wife didn’t treat him

like he would break, but she still loved him. “You were rough with

her?”

The question came out with expectant curiosity rather than

accusation.

“Vampires are rough, Your Highness,” Colin explained with

out a

hint of self-consciousness. “Relationships here, at least sexual

relationships, involve a dominant partner and a submissive partner.”

Now Beck sat up and poured himself another glass. Meg had used

those words. “Are you the dominant?”

“Yes, I am. Susan prefers to give up control in the bedroom. It

was strange at first. You have to understand, Your Highness, I was

raised in a very isolated part of the country. I didn’t know I could

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bond until I came to the Vampire plane. I was a farmer. I had been

taught to treat females with great softness.”

“We are bigger and stronger,” Beck said, parroting the words he’d

heard from his father. “They need our protection, not our abuse.”

Colin’s dark brows rose questioningly. “If you’re worried about

me abusing your cousin, Your Highness…”

“Say what you need to say, Colin,” Beck encouraged the slightly

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