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[Ebony]

A full out smile spread over Landon's face. "Nothing you wouldn't personally cut me up for," he said almost laughing. "Well, maybe."

[Pixie]

"Oooh? Now i'm curious... come on, tell." she crooned.

[Ebony]

Landon's smile wiped away. "I'm not sure what you would think, you damn humans have this thing about having only one mate." He sighed.

[Pixie]

Denise was careful. She held her face in total control, but it's one thing to control facial muscles, another to control emotion in the eyes.

they should hurt... then flashed to jealousy.

"Oh." was all she could say.

[Ebony]

Landon didn't show anything, he was trained, very hard. "I don't want to hurt you, but I've been here longer then you've been there. Time passes quicker here, for me."

His arms dropped and he walked away from her. His eyes and hair shimmered different colours in the low light. "Humans can be such interesting things," he muttered, "But most times their emotions get in the way."

[Pixie]

Denise stood by awkwardly, watching him, her hands at her sides.

She swallowed the knot that had so recently formed at her throat and struggled to come up with something to say, something that would not seem human but would not seem a lie.

She failed at that...

"I resent that." she whispered. She wasn't even sure what it was she resented, whether humans being interesting, whether he had another mate, or whether emotions got in the way...

All of them it seemed.

[Ebony]

Landon turned back to her, his eyes glowing with a power, but nothing unormal for him. "I can't help what needs I have. It's been many more years here then it has for you, my love. You are human, and maybe that's what draws me to you. But whatever it is, I will warn you," he walked over to her, and stroked his hand down the side of her face, "You are human, and you are also almost nothing without your trainer right now. Don't try me. Live with what you are, and what I think you are. Maybe then, and only then, we can live."

He only spoke what he thought. It was something the council, his father, valued him for.

[Pixie]

Denise didn't react at all. She kept her eyes on him as if not very worried, but there was a pain in her chest that made her realize she wanted to cry.

She pushed the feeling down.

"Ok." she whispered gently.

[Ebony]

Landon let his hand drop, and his eyes narrowed. "Unless you can't live with me?" he asked warningly.

[Pixie]

Denise almost cried out. She shook her head quickly. "No, no, i said it was ok..." she whispered, more than a bit choked now.

[Ebony]

Landon's eyes narrowed. "Okay? It's okay?" he asked harshly. "Nothing is ever okay to us. It's either good, or it's bad. Don't pretend to not know that."

[Pixie]

Denise whimpered slightly. "I'm sorry, i'm sorry, i didn't mean it like that..." she whispered.

[Ebony]

Landon backed away from her. He sighed, almost annoyed. "I've been around humans too long. I don't know how I can live with them," he said scathingly, then turned back to her. "Thank God you're not pure, or else I might have to kill you," he said conversationally, before stepping back and hugging her.

[Pixie]

Denise hugged him back, shivering slightly.

I'm such an idiot... i can't ever let myself do that again, ever...

"I'm truly sorry, this won't happen again." she murmured.

Once again she was glad.

I'm not pure human... thank god, i'm not pure human...

[Ebony]

Landon stroked his hands through her hair, untangling it. "Don't worry, my love. I won't harm you. Just don't do that, make me angry. Don't be more human then you are," he whispered soothingly.