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There was so that should have warned her But she couldn&039;t curb her anger

"I already know You don&039;t desire me at all You want someone who looks like me, but who is timid and quiet and withdrawn You touched me while I rested, Roland

While my body could respond but my mind could not"She shook her head in frustration

"It isn&039;t rip on her shoulders eased, and his hands slipped slowly down her ar into her eyes, he reached her wrists, encircled them and drew her hands forward Then he pressed her palroin, and th of hirowl

Rhiannon felt a shudder of absolute longing h her She closed her eyes at the force of it Then hishers iue into her ue

She wanted to put her ar embrace prevented that Her hands worked, all the same, at the button of his trousers In id evidence of how very much he did want her She squeezed, and stroked, and ran the pad of her thuripped the front of her blouse and tore it open He was frantic, a ht, as he ripped the bra away, and bent her backward, bowing to suckle her breast Ruthlessly he tugged and bit, ravaging her sensitive nipple until her knees quivered and her hands buried in his hair to urge him on

He fell to his knees then, and yanked the skirt until its seaave way He pressed his lips to the front of her panties, hands gripping her buttocks, and she felt his breath and the h them A second later he ripped theain

She couldn&039;t stand up s were jelly Her knees had dissolved

Then his tongue parted her folds, and lapped a hot path inside She fell to the floor, but he ca deep in his throat, he pressed his palhs, and shoved them apart He buried his face between them

It was torture, sweet, succulent torture, and he applied it like an attack

His ht to widen the gate of her fortress, and he mercilessly deepened his invasion

She screae continued, rendering her nocaptive When her hands tried to push his head away, he caught her wrists in a grip of iron, and plundered on, until every bastion of sanity had been rendered useless

Then he washands shoved his trousers lower, and he plunged himself inside her without a second&039;s hesitation

His size and the force of his thrusts ain, and the sweep of his tongue into her throatinto hers She pressed at his shoulders once, as a signal he should slon This wasn&039;t as she had envisioned it This wasn&039;t the loveht hers, and pinned the, beca

And in moments, her hips arched in response to that deue swirled around his in a savory dance Harder and harder he rode her, until his lips left her mouth to slide down to her throat

She tipped her head back as he drew her skin into hisclierly

She kneas there as hen he reared inside her, and she felt the hot pulse of his seed Then his teeth sank into her throat, and he growled once again She moaned in a hoarse voice as the clirip, then shook all over as it released her

Her muscles slowly un twined and relaxed His mouth was still fastened to her throat She felt the movements of his lips and knew he still drank Her essence flowed into hiy that crept around her senses was te her to embrace it But it would be brief, she knew He would stop at any moment, and her head would clear

But he didn&039;t On and on, he took froed with fear

She pushed at his shoulders

"Roland"

He lifted his head with so with passion, he stared into hers

"You&039;re delicious,"he whispered

"All of you"

She felt a sudden confusion inside her She thought she ought to s

( Why? For God&039;s sake, why? Wasn&039;t this what she&039;d wanted?

He rolled off her, stood and righted his trousers He reached a hand down to her

"Co it already, aren&039;t you?"

She sed the lump in her throat He hadn&039;t even taken off his clothes

His eyes were hot with lust, but devoid of feeling

"Yes, I suppose I am"She allowed him to take her hand, and pull her to her feet But her knees refused to support her, and she swayed away fro over it like a drunkard

Her head fell forward Her hair veiled her face like a dark curtain, through which she could not see Rather, she heard his ragged breathing slowly take on a norradual ebb of hisher upright, turning her to face him

"What is it?"

She lifted her chin to see confusion in his expression My God, he wasn&039;t even aware His eyes narrowed, then focused on the fresh wound at her throat The heightened color left his face all at once She heard hi, but oddly, there was no sense of landing at his feet Instead, it was as if she simply continued a doard spiral into utter blackness

The knowledge of what he&039;d done was like a blade thrust through the ht her in his arms, and lifted her Her head fell backward, her endless satin hair trailing down his legs as he carried her to the bedroom, and laid her down He smoothed the ebony locks away from her face and pulled the covers over her pale body He had to close his eyes tightly for the burning that assailed them Certainly not tears He had none Hadn&039;t had for centuries What use were tears to a beast?

God, that he&039;d thought he ht someday conquer the bloodthirsty demon within him was a joke But to have found the proof of it like this Mentally, he called to Eric She wouldn&039;t die As he recalled the way he&039;d ravaged her, second by second, he knew he hadn&039;t taken enough to kill her But he ht have, had she not stopped hiic in his brain at thathers, of her cli hiiven free rein to the monster that lurked inside

He heard the door creak open, but didn&039;t turn Instead he clasped her liht it to his lips

"I&039;m sorry, Rhiannon God, I&039;m sorry"

"Roland, what"Eric&039;s steps approached from behind, then stopped

Roland released her hand and turned to face his friend Eric wasn&039;t looking at hiaze fixed upon Rhiannon&039;s white face, and then upon the two tiny wounds at her throat

"What the hell have you done?"

Roland parted his lips but found hihly aside as Eric went to the bed, leaned over it and touched Rhiannon&039;s face Roland turned his back Shaulfed him

Remorse filled his every pore

"I didn&039;t ripped Roland&039;s arm and drew hier struck like a fist, and Roland couldn&039;t bla? How could you allow yourself to"---- "I don&039;t know, da a palhed hard

"She&039;ll be hen she wakes, and more than likely, she&039;ll feel like hell

She&039;ll need to feed right away All in all, I&039;d say she&039;s in better shape than you right now"He shook his head

"Tell me what happened, Roland This is so unlike you"

"Oh, but it isn&039;t It&039;s exactly like me"

"That&039;s ridiculous You&039;re the most controlled man I know"

"Alowing coals, inhaled the pungent aro wood

"Have you ever wondered why I remain such a staid, quiet individual?

Have you ever once considered what fiendish qualities Iin check? "

"I don&039;t knohat you&039;re talking about"Eric caer toward the bedroom

"That is what happens when I ease the reins of control, Eric The lust for blood, be it in battle or in passion, takes over

It&039;s tiiven form and substance"

Eric frowned He touched Roland&039;s shoulder, then gripped it hard

"I&039;ve never seen you like this"

"What you&039;ve seen of me is a veneer, my friend Today, you&039;ve met me for the first ti and the boy, and went as far from me as possible, before I contaminate all of yOU"&039; "Don&039;t be ridiculous"Eric let his hand fall away

"We&039;ll talkthe horizon

You ought to go below"

Roland shook his head

"No need I availed myself of your potion"

Eric&039;s frown deepened

"When?"

Roland shrugged

"An hour ago Perhaps less What does it matter?"

"Why didn&039;t I realize Roland, sit down Crawl out of this well of self-loathing and listen tofor Roland&039;s compliance, Eric shoved him toward a chair

Roland sat, but he wasn&039;t concerned hat Eric had to say No words could alter the truth

"It wasn&039;t you, you fool,"Eric all but shouted

"It was the drug If anyone is to blame for this debacle, it&039;s me"He pulled a chair close to Roland&039;s and sat down"The drug has a tendency to increase aggressive behavior, At least it did in the animals I initially tested it on When the same symptoms didn&039;t occur in me, I assurave error, obviously"

Roland shook his head slowly

"What a genuine friend you are to try to accept bla, Eric It was me"

"No Roland, use your brain and listen I should have realized that older vaer ones

Just as they&039;re ht Pain Don&039;t you see? The drug caused this"

Roland faced Eric without blinking

"You truly do not wish to seeat all, it was only to weaken the tenuous grip of my control The beast within is mine alone, I knoell"

"You&039;re a damned fool if you believe that"

I Roland stood

"This conversation is senseless Go below and rest before the sun fries your wits any further"

"I&039;ve been below I took Tao But, like you, I i this dawn I understood ould take turns at this day shift of ours And this conversation is not senseless It makes perfect sense, and if you were not so stubborn, you would know it"

Roland could stand no reat hall But his persistent friend followed on his heels At the foot of the worn stone stairs, Roland turned

"You want a turn guarding the castle, beme, Eric I need to be by myself for a time"

Roland hurried up the stairs Thankfully, Eric remained at the bottom

He moved past the second level, and the entrance to Jamey&039;s apartment He continued upward, beyond the third level, and the decaying chambers that hadn&039;t been used since his time as a mortal