"You are in my heart to stay, Raven. I know better than you the differences between us. I ask only for a chance." She turned herself in his arms, pressed her body lovingly against his. "You really think we can make this work? We can find a middle ground?" She really had no idea of the risk he would be taking. Once she lived with him, he could never seek the safety and sanctuary of the earth. He could not leave her without his protection even for a single night. From the moment she moved in with him, the danger to him would increase tenfold, as it would to her. The assassins would not differentiate between them. She would be condemned in their eyes. On top of all his other crimes, he was dragging her into a dangerous world. His hand moved to the nape of her neck. So fragile, so small. "We will never know unless we try." His arms closed around her, holding her to him as if he would never let her go."