Page 69 of Touched By Moonlight

“Your father was ambitious.” Grayson lifted the hair against my nape and gently pressed a kiss there. “I don’t remember details, only in one of the dreams we shared, you wept because your father kept you fromplaying.”

Tears threatened to rise up. I fought them as I fought the magick that ostracized me. “My father was abastard.”

He rubbed his cheek against my skin. I shivered as his day beard slightly abraded my flesh. “My lovely Sienna, I would turn back time if I could, to keep you from pain. Ican’t.”

He turned me around in his arms. “All I can do is offer what I have, here with us. With me. Consider this your new home, if you wish to stay here.Permanently.”

“I can’t. Thursday morning, I mustleave.”

“Tell mewhy.”

I pressed the heel of my hand against my forehead. “I’ve already told you too much. My past keeps chasingme.”

“You can forget the past. Move ahead.” He kissed my mouth, but I could notrelax.

Kallan was a clever tracker. He already found me at the strip club. It was a matter of time before he found me here. For three years, I’d evaded him because I’d kept a lowprofile.

The thought of sweet, innocent Carmen screaming in terror made me ill. I pulled away fromGrayson.

“No one will harm you here. This is a safe place foryou.”

No place was safe. “I’m not concerned about me, Grayson, only you and your pack. You saw what invaded the stripclub.”

His expression turned inscrutable. “I know what it is, Sienna. What it’s capable of doing. But I want you to feel as if this is your home. It’s why we created the garden for you within ourborders.”

“I have nohome.”

“Make this your home. Stay here with us. Nicolas, Stephan and I would be happy to claim you as our permanentmate.”

Blinking, I took two steps back. “That’s a bit extreme. Sharingme?”

He swept a low bow. “We would be yours to command. Your devoted mates, to acquiesce to whatever youwished.”

Arousal flared in his gaze. “Except in bed. I’m afraid I have to dominate in bed, sweetheart. It’s my nature to sexuallydominate.”

I licked my lips, the intense feeling spreading throughout my body, delicious heat curling between my legs. “And what would that be like, Grayson? I’m not a deli, now serving numberthree.”

“We’re a pack.” He took my hand, gave my fingers a long, slow lick. “We’ve learned to share. Nicolas and Stephan have learned patience and control, as have I. For you, we would be willing to wait ourturns.”

Now his gaze turned dark, almost black with desire. “Or you could share all three of us in your bed atonce.”

The idea intrigued me. Maybe I could make a home here, a real home. But trust seldom came easily tome.

“Why are you interested in me? I’mFae.”

Something flickered in his gaze. “You call to us, Sienna. For reasons I can’t quite share yet, we need you.” He kissed my hand again. “As you needus.”

Solitude had been my companion for three years. I didn’t need anyone. Because when you needed someone, you becamevulnerable.

Atarget.

“Let’s enjoy the week. I’m not ready to call U-Haul justyet.”

He nodded, but I sensed more secrets behind his intense blue eyes. “Very well. I want you to be happy here, Sienna. Feel free to explore the grounds, but do not leave beyond the barbed wire fence, under any circumstances. It’s not safe for you beyond ourborders.”

So this was my prison? “I’ll leave if Iwish.”

He made a little bow. “We won’t stop you. However, Nicolas, Stephan and myself will do everything in our power to persuade you tostay.”