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He wanted her to stay.
So much so that as soon as the emperor gave them permission to leave so he could deal with the aide who’d been part of the assassination plot against him, Sardaan had whisked Dani right back to his quarters. He’d spend the next couple of hours proving exactly how much… desperately taking her as though he expected her to be snatched away at any moment. She shivered as she lay in the middle of the rumpled sheets, tired and replete, watching her handsome mate dress for the second time that day.
She rolled to her knees and crawled forward, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Do you have to go on bridge duty right now?”
He shifted position, dropping his shoulder and pulling her into his lap for a long, hard kiss. She melted against him, her arms still around his ne
