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"I liked it better long" She handed hilass and took the scissors Shadowed crescents rimmed her eyes, and he could almost feel how exhausted she was "Sit down and let lass, closing his eyes as the rejuvenating warh hith of his hair, and the gentle brush of Chris’s fingers soothed hirow back in a day," she said as she snipped "I wish e eous purple color It ended up the color of sewer sludge"
He drained the glass and set it aside, but the taste lingered on his lips He needed to leave and hunt, but Chris’s luscious scent filled his head When she came around to stand in front of hirimaced "Little sore there"
He turned her wrist over and saw the stained bandage she’d wrapped around it, and then looked at her pale face What have you done?
"I kinda lied to you I don’t keep any bloodwine in the fridge for Saot plenty, and you needed the boost"
She’d bled herself for him If he could have cursed, he would have He lifted her into his ar this way and that until he found the room where she slept
"This is nice," Chris murmured as he placed her on her bed "Just like in the ed on his shirt "I’ through hi the black-and-white geo body
"I’d really love to have sex with you," she whispered, "but I think I’ to be criminally stupid and pass out now" Her eyelids slowly closed, and her body relaxed
He checked her bandage to make sure she hadn’t cut herself too deeply, then rose from the bed to stand at theSunrise was only a few lanced at the telephone on the bedside table He needed to warn Lucan about the Kyn who had come here, but even if he could speak, he doubted they would believe what he told them
Behind him, Chris whimpered, and Jamys went to her He placed a hand on her forehead All will be well, et what has happened tonight and rest now
Ja of the sun He could hear the sound of water splashing frolanced at the empty space beside him before he rose and left the bedrooroom herself, and as much as he would have liked to help her, he doubted her clothes would stay on for very long
Thanks to her he had rested in a deep state for the entire day; now he felt ready to begin the search for the emeralds in earnest He would have to speak to Lucan about taking Christian with hi the suzerain’s per seemed impossible now
Chris had called him her friend, but she had saved his e-mails as if they were treasures She did care for him and, he suspected, not only as a friend It made him feel hope as he never before had
He found a bottle of bloodwine in her refrigerator, and drank a glass as he rued from the bedroom, he had a pot of tea and a plate of fruit, cheese, and bread waiting for her
"Hey" She surveyed the table "You didn’t have to make me food"
"You need to eat" She smelled of citrus and flowers, and damp tendrils of her hair curled all around her face "I would have prepared a hot meal, but I have never cooked"
"I mostly nuke stuff anyway This is really nice" She nodded toward the bedroom "Do you want to use the shower before we head out?"
He wanted to sweep her off her feet and carry her back to the bed, this time not to sleep "Yes, thank you"
Once Jamys had showered and dressed, Lucan’s private car had arrived downstairs, and took thehold
"I need to finish up a couple of things," Chris said after they arrived at the club "Meet you in the suite in thirty one, he went to the suzerain’s office, where he found Lucan in conversation with his tresora
"When she asks, my lord--"
"You will lie to her, Herbert Or, if you find yourself incapable of such a heinous act, you will feign ignorance of my activities" After Lucan inserted a clip into a seies, Durand I have an urgent appoint heavily in the air, but so did another odor Jamys couldn’t identify it as he breathed it in, but he felt it crackling like icy fire in his lungs, and exhaled quickly
"At least take your guards,
The suzerain eyed his tresora "The bitch that whelped me has been dead for well on seven centuries, Herbert I do not require a new mother"
Jamys offered a polite bow "May I join you, Suzerain?"