~ CASIMIR ~ It was the first time I'd drawn on the power in full since I'd claimed her and it almost washed me away. My body thrummed with it. A tsunami of strength and compulsion and sheer might. I sucked in a breath and had to work to keep myself from dropping to my knees in submission to myself. Feet planted on the stone floor for a moment I ignored Khush and all the others, just let it hum through my veins as I wrestled it under control. I was panting, I realized, my skin throbbing as the power coursed through me like electricity in my veins. Dear god, I knew she'd fed my power, but this… I almost staggered under it. I could feel my heartbeat in my palms. 'Cazz!' Her voice in my head was high and urgent. Bridling the waves pounding at me, my eyes flew open to

