Bound (A Faery Story 1)

sex.”

“I am also calculating the approximate amount of rainfall we’ll

need in order to bring in the spinach crop within the month. If we

don’t get it, I have diagrams in my head for an even better irrigation

system,” Cian explained helpfully. “Another part of me is giving

careful consideration to the argument I got into with Flanna about the

monarchial system of government and its impact on the peasant class.

I am thinking about the fluctuations in the vampire stock market when

they realize we’ve bonded. Sue and Dante are going to make a killing.

But mostly, it’s just sex.”

“Are you sure you want to experience what it’s like to be him?”

Meg asked with a smile. “It’s crowded in that head of his.”

“I’ll take my chances, wife,” Beck replied and kissed her hard

before resting his forehead to hers. “Is tù mo ghrà.”

Meg held his head in her hands and gave him back his words.

“You are my love.”

She pressed her forehead against his, thankful for the strength

Cian was lending her. He held her shoulders and let her feel his

devotion. Meg opened her mind and, in a second, became Beckett

Finn.

Such rage. The emotion flooded her like it had the first moment

they had connected. It was different this time because he wasn’t

pushing it through her. There was no madness to this. This was just a

part of Beck. Meg heard Cian groan behind her and knew that he’d

formed his connection. Cian pushed nothing outward, but helped her

to take in what Beck needed to give her.

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Need, she thought as she fell into Beck’s mind, he needed so

much. He was a lonely child. He missed his brother. They had spent