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The next morning

Soft sunlight trickled in through the curtains, casting a line of light across the bed and illuminating the two bodies that were intertwined under the sheets still. Long ebony hair tangled together while pale skin pressed tight as they two slept peacefully in their mate's arms, seemingly one in the pale light of the morning.

But, practice had them both rising as soon as the warm rays hit their skin, rousing them from sleep. Chase propped himself up on one elbow as he brushed Kimiko's hair from her face to see those pretty blue eyes of hers, still slightly clouded from sleep, as she smiled at him from her pillow.

"Good morning, my beautiful mate. Did you sleep well?" His husky voice purred at her as he ran his fingers through her hair before she sat up, holding the thin sheet over her naked breasts. He smirked as he reached over and tugged the sheet away from her, wanting to see her in all her naked glory in the morning sunlight. Her hair tousled, his mark standing out in stark contrast to her fair skin along with various other little love bites and marks he had made during their love making the night before, but to be fair, she left a few of her own on his back. He would have to remember that his Dragoness had claws.

"I slept quite well, Chase, as you should know, since you were snoring away right next to me." A teasing smile curved her lips as a look of mock outrage crossed the man's face at her accusation.

"I resent that, little dragoness, I am an immortal shapeshifter. I. Do. Not. Snore." She cocked her eyebrow at him and gave him a look that said What does one have to do with the other? The two stared at each other before they broke out into grins and started laughing happily. Chase always seemed like a different person with Kimiko, and she found it hard to not fall head over heels in love with him. So, before she could stop herself, she found herself saying,

"You make it way too easy to fall in love with you." She looked over him and when her brain processed what she said, she blushed and hid her face in her hair, afraid that she said it way too soon. Chase was taken off guard and brushed her hair back from her face before tipping her chin up to kiss her softly.

"I should hope so, my little mate, for I feel the same way about you." Kimiko flushed as red as her dress from the night before and stared at him, dumbfounded. "Y-You mean?" He nodded before snapping his fingers. A tiger came in, carrying a black ring box on his head. Chase plucked it off the cat's head and sent it off before opening it. Nestled inside the black velvet was a platinum band with a delicate looking magnolia blossom shaped out of diamonds, the center of the flower was a pale citrine. It was beautiful and reminded Kimiko of the magnolia grove where they would meet.

"Chase… I-It's beautiful. A magnolia blossom? Like from the grove?" Chase nodded and slid the ring onto Kimiko's finger, smiling when it fit perfectly. She stared at it as her eyes filled with rare tears, which startled Chase. Why was his mate crying? What did he do to make her cry?

"K-Kimiko! Why are you crying, love? Do you not like it? Did I do something wrong?" Despite being immortal and charming, Chase didn't know how to deal with crying women, especially since it was his normally so strong and powerful mate crying. But then she smiled at him and he was even more confused.

"Chase, these are happy tears. I'm very happy. But does this ring imply what I think it does because you haven't actually asked if it does." She gave him a teasing smile and Chase rolled his eyes playfully before wrapping a sheet around his waist and getting on one knee in front of her.

"My beautiful dragoness of fire, Kimiko Tohomiko, will you do me the greatest honor and consent to become my wife? My empress?" Chase looked hopeful and Kimiko felt her heart flood with emotion as she squealed with happiness and threw her arms around his neck, knocking him over and kissing him passionately.

"Yes, Chase Young. I will." Neither cared for anything else at that moment as they fell back into bed together, kissing happily as the sun continued to rise outside, the light catching the ring on her finger before they disappeared back beneath the sheets.

Please RxR! No flames please! Yes, this is the end folks. I tried to come up with more and I just couldn't. So here is the end of Hidden Desires. I'm sorry it took this long for me to figure out that this was the best place to end it. I hope you guys enjoyed it.