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Magic Bleeds -  Ilona Andrews

"Look , you don't get to run my life. We slept together one-"

 

He held up seven fingers.

 

"Fine," I squeezed through my teeth. "We had sex seven times in a twenty-four hour period. Just because I'm your lover-"

 

"Mate."

 

Words died in my mouth. .... mate meant monogamy, family, children. ... It meant marriage.

 

"Mate," I said finally, tasting the word.

 

He winked at me. Dear God.

 

.... "You're a control freak and I fight all authority. And you want us to mate?"

 

A wicked spark lit his eyes. "Many, many times."

 

 I think my brain just melted out of my ears. Seven times?! How is Kate even sitting down?