Her kind mated often, as their lovers were almost always human, and could not be turned, by law. Very few found the One True, what humans called their... Soul Mates. Those mated pairs lived eternally, almost. She had long since given up on finding her own One True, but she preferred not to have too many new bed partners. She was a conservative among her sisters."I am not patient by nature." His voice, hungry and hard, broke into her musings. "Take what we both want, and begin the ritual. You know. But you are feeling bad. You went online before lunch but I was not online. I was not at the club working. And when you awoke from the nap I still was not online. And today I am not online either.You drop your head, not knowing what do do. You look at your hands. Normally they lay on your thighs when you are not typing but somehow they have sneaked between your thighs towards your sex. With your legs spread as far as possible on the chair you can see your lips. Wet from your juices. You can. Knowing garage is usually open, I sneaked in, making my way up to the main floor.Without warning, like a blur he runs down the stairs, not seeing me. The bundle in my hands lands on the thick carpet as I stop the head on collision by grabbing his towel wrapped hips. Startled, he comes to a halt catching his balance with a hand on the railing, his eyes wide under the fringes of wet curls. Moment lasts forever while I drink in the site of wet Adonis, man-child, droplets of water on his bronze. They went around the side where there was more landscaping. Mike gripped a trellis that flanked one wall. ‘They’re down here. Let’s look upstairs and see if we find her.’ Gabriel nodded. He still hadn’t figured out what the plan was once they found Abby. What had his brother told her? Would she even want to leave with him if Daniel had spilled the beans about his plan on divorcing her after the tour? Now, in hindsight, he realized how much of a fucking coward he’d been. He couldn’t walk away.