““Francesca shook her head over the vehemence of that command, but she felt very precious to him. Cherished. “ You are cherished. Now do something women are supposed to do, something I will not worry about. ” “ Look who’s talking! ” She tried to sound indignant, but he was making her laugh with his nonsense. “ It is not nonsense. These are commands from your lifemate, and you should listen and obey. ” He sounded very arrogant as only Gabriel could. “ You’re showing your age again. You awoke in the twenty-first century. Women no longer listen and obey, worse luck for you. I have work to do, and you are in some place very musty and smelling of wet dirt. What are you doing?” “Performing secret masculine rituals.” ””
