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He rubbed his chin and I realized I had never seen Sinclair shave Did va would-be rapists?" he finally said I could tell he was hoping that would be the end of it

"No ht? There&039;s perks, right?"

"Perks"

"Don&039;t say &039;perks&039; like there&039;s a roach crawling around on your guure, if I&039; about-"

"I never babble"

"-I should be able to decide when and where I drink blood"

"True"

"Or if I drink blood"

"Ah" He peered atme for the first time Except he looked at me like that at least twice a week It was nice, if odd Nobody in the world looked at me like that "Are you the queen of the vampires if you don&039;t drink blood?"

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one&039;s around, does it squick you out by sucking out a hiker&039;s blood? Coht? I mean, you know I&039;m nuts about you It&039;s not personal In fact, it has nothing to do with you"

"Nothing to do with me," he parroted

"Look, don&039;t be like this, okay? I&039;m sorry, I shouldn&039;t have picked the next time you wanted a chomp to tell you the feed store is closed, but there&039;s been a ton of stuff going on" I reached out and wiped soap off his shoulders His broad, broad shoulers Stay focused, idiot "You know I love everything we do in bed And out of bed And in the shower And in the parlors And-well, I adore every second of it But I really need to do this I still don&039;t feel like drinking blood is part of who I a to do it"

"You have shampoo on your ear," he informed me, and that was the last he&039;d said on the subject

Now here ere, stalking prey for him

Personally, I&039;d rather be back in the shower

"So what&039;s it like? Making a vaive o," I muttered Well dressed as ere, we eons ready to be plucked

She was tall, with dyed black hair Torn stockings Thin as a two-by-four No coat, the better to see your boobs with, my dear Her arms looked like windshield wipers

"Yes, et close

"No," she replied, and I heard the pop of the switchblade "I need your wallet"

"There are shelters and counselors available to help you," he infor us in order to take us by surprise (so he thought), and as heIt was easy He spun and crashed to the ground

Meanwhile, Sinclair had relieved the "professional" of her knife, picked her up so her feet dangled above the cracked sidewalk, and sank his teeth into her throat She squealed and kicked, but I knew froet free fros pop out and had to look away

I could ( blood was downright sexual for us, so we&039;d coht stands only for hi hated it I should be the one he was growling over, the one in his arms By choice, I was not But I felt like a piainst his shoulder He looked at rin "Like some? There&039;s plenty"

Yes! Hand her over! No, hell with her, bite me now, and I&039;ll bite you, and that&039;s how it&039;ll be for a thousand years

"Let her go"

He dropped her "As you wish" He bent, tucked a business card frohtened Licked his teeth "Ummm She needs o?"

I shivered "Eric, I love you, but soive me such a case of the creeps"

He smiled at me "Good"