CHAPTER 9 ALEKSEJ When I woke up, I found Kendra asleep, naked, next to me and with a sweet smile on her lips. That night had been incredible, nothing to do with the only one we had already had. This time we had truly loved each other with heart and body. After months of abstinence and repressed desire, it had been impossible to control myself and take it easy, despite Kendra's hesitation. I had been possessive and aggressive in taking her, but the truth was that I wanted her so much that I made her only mine. I would no longer have allowed anyone else to get close to her, to have her, to touch her ... Kendra was mine and that had to be clear to both her and everyone around her. I turned gently to her and kissed her face: her closed eyelids, cheeks, nose and mouth. "Good morning,

