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Somewhere in the wilds of Russia

This is it...

After three agonising years of waiting for this to come she is finally here. Skyler Rose Daratrazanoff will be landing in Moscow at precisely 1:34am.

Dimitri tries desperately to remain on the ground and wait like a gentleman instead of flying up, infiltrating the plane and dragging her off to his lair. Since his departure to Russia after the celebration in Romania three years ago his beast grew strong, stronger every minute, the voices, insidious whispers in his ears every second of his emptiness tempting him, to kill, to drain every drop of blood from a victim relishing in their helpless pleas. He stayed locked beneath the earth most of the time, too cautious to risk betraying his lifemate in such a vile manner. It'd been worth it. In six minuscule hours she'd be his no matter what.

35,000 feet

This is it...

After three miserable, glorious years her fate is sealed. Skyler sat on the plane, book in hand yet her eyes overlooking every word on the page, the same line had been swirling around her thoughts since she'd taken off, ...he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Her heart had lurched, knuckles turning white as she clutched the dog-eared edge of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Tears gathered in her eyes as she thought of what was to come, he would claim her, order her obedience, he'd want everything, her compliance, her surrender, her body. Inwardly she shuddered the thought of a man's hands on her body, lying over the top of her, breathing heavily, thrusting mindlessly against, it should have filled her with revulsion, in her mind it did but her body refused to listen, her skin grew hot , her breasts ached and even lower...

No she wasn't going to think about it , she was going to sit on the plane in complete indifferent numbness and when she landed she was going to fight him with every breath she took.

6 hours later

Dimitri stood back from the crowd of humans, vaguely aware of the number of females gaping unabashedly at him. Humans, he thought, were only ever after two things sex and money, some even gave sex for money, truly as the centuries past he saw the worst of humans, squandering their most precious treasures for lust, money, greed, war, power, evil was abundant among humans perhaps in some ways as much as vampires. His jaw clenched as his thoughts took him to the horror of Skyler's brutal past, without warning the beast in him rose fast, hungry for the blood of those who wronged her, he cast his eyes down so the people around the airport couldn't see the red flames flickering through his icy eyes. Dimitri are you OK? The melodious voice whispered through his mind just as he caught her rounding the corner toward him. The first sight of her knocked the air from his lungs. Her beauty and goodness radiating toward his stained soul like a moth to a flame. I am perfectly fine lyubof maya just anticipating your arrival. He allowed her to come to him, she looked as if she were ready to bolt at any minute, he studied the way she gracefully and agilely made her way through the crowd toward him noting the way she carefully avoided coming in to any contact with anyone. He bent to give a soft kiss on her cheek not missing the way she stiffened a tiny bit, it made his heart weep that she was afraid of him still.

'err hey Dimitri' Skyler greeted shyly

'Come, you are tired, I shall take you to the reservation.' That set her temper rising, God forbid he would ask her opinion, for he knew she wanted a tour of Moscow, 'But you do not want a tour of Moscow, honey, you want to sleep.' There really wasn't any point arguing, in truth she was exhausted.

He led her towards a shiny black limousine, Skyler halted when she saw the obtuse vehicle, 'We're going to your wolf reservation in...that?!'

'Of course not,' he had to hide his amusement when he saw the relief in her eyes 'but it's only 20miles to the warehouse'

'what warehouse?' Skyler asked suddenly filled with dread and apprehension.

'You'll see.' Dimitri said slyly.