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Scent- me

Molly opened the door before the knock sounded and let Bruiser inside with a e Cohtly citrusy, blew in on the night breeze

The last time Bruiser had picked me up for a party, I didn&039;t have an audience I looked down at h me like an electric pulse I flushed and took a breath to force the embarrassment back down There was no place for blood flushes where I was going Or for sexual arousal either Standing in the shadows, I breathed deeply, getting h strap and I felt a measure of assurance return One slender vamp-killer, one silvered knife, one cross, and stakes The uneasiness blew out on a breath and I turned to the door

Bruiser was in a tux I had seen him in a tux before, but hadn&039;t taken the time to really study him The suit was fitted to hi the curve of his butt like two smooth, happy hands The coat sat on his broad shoulders and wisped down his chest as if it loved to touch hio The blood-servant of Leo Pellissier looked like sex on a stick Sohtened and heated

Bruiser offered a cordial, businesslike hello to Rick,He spotted me in the doorway It was too dark for a human to see me, but he did His eyes followed the dress from the floor to my breasts and on to my face "Jane Yellowrock You look lovely"

I stepped into the front room and couldn&039;t think what to do witha blush, as the two men stared at me Molly handed me a tiny black purse on a short, looped cord and said, "From the dressmaker Your ID and a hundred dollars are inside Try to be home before you turn into a pu the door for ht and into the chilled, leather-seated liers on two bench seats, but just as the last time Bruiser took me to a vamp party, there were only the two of us, the privacy partition up between the driver and the back He slid in besidemine

The car pulled fro it ride low and heavy, like a highly polished tank I wondered if there eapons in the body of the vehicle, like a Jaet a straight answer if I asked Behind the limo, I heard Rick&039;s Kow-bike start up, and kneas leaving

I glanced back just in time to see him speed away, and the wards&039; forh the blacker-than-usual night and the unlit city The last tiuide, pointing out land bits of history This tile, arms bent at the elbows, hands laced across his sto close attention to the slit in the dress and the wedge of leg I had left peeking out fro, he lifted his eyes to ht he was looking at the nugget I didn&039;t have a lot of cleavage, but what I had was nicely plumped by the dress

He stared I lifted h he didn&039;t lift his eyes, a sone He dropped his eyes back down "You have stupendous legs," he said

"And you have a great-looking butt" The words were out of h and I bit down on anything else that ht Beast panted with a back and forth from paw to paw It was sharply painful, which was her intent

Bruiser chuckled and finallyadvertisement as a blood donor," he said baldly "Every male vamp and half the female ones ant a sample taste"

Beast went stillBeast is not prey I narrowedas you&039;re with me, but if you wander off on your own, all bets are off It&039;s not too late to change your hed softly "Of course, there are other methods we can employ to assure your safety"

"Methods?"

Bruiser unfolded his hands and reached into his breast coat pocket He removed a bit of white cloth and extended it to

The scent wafted out of the cloth, the peppery sh my parted lips It was the particular blood scent of Leo mixed with the personal scent of Bruiser I put two and two together and scowled "What? He offered you a taste tonight and you spat it into a hankie? Hoeet of you Sloppy seconds frohed "It&039;ll keep you safe"

"And it&039;ll ain and set the hankie close to his side, on the leather And launched across the seat Athard

I had a weird, ti to mark me whether I like it or not

Beast hissed Ti wax

He landed on me, hands on the limo floor to either side of h betweenlike brown flaer

And so the air between us Fury beca Then his mouth landed onit froripped the back ofme close

Beast took over Wrapped my hands behind his neck and kissed hiue raked , htened into hard buds I opened ainst his Arched up at hiainst it Wrappedinto the jacket He shifted his hips into ht into my center, hard and ready Swollen with need

He rested his weight on an elbow and slid a hand into the fabric of ht hard peak

"Yes," I whispered "Now" Need drenched me I lifted my hips toward hiht breast Twirled his tongue around the nipple Cupped the aching tip into his mouth and sucked so hard I nearly screah And stopped at the knife hilt He froze, his body so still he could have been a vamp He eased away Met my eyes, pushed the skirt aside, and took the knife hilt Pulled it froht shush of sound

Our breathing was rough, unsteady, needy I held his eyes Thoughts raced through his, too fast to read

He was holding the knife over me Pointed at my neck So close to my carotid I wouldn&039;t have ti it down Beast, however, wasn&039;t concerned She watched Bruiser through my eyes Despite the scent of vamp he carried, she liked what she saw

Bruiser reversed the knife and set it on the leather seat When he brought his hand down again, it held a bit of white Before I could react, he wiped the blood scent alonght his hand

But it was too late I could see the angry a in his eyes "Son of a bitch," I whispered fiercely, holding the offending cloth off me

He chuckled softly but there was no huid and full of self-lish lady" He tossed the cloth and slowly pushed up from the floor to the seat, accidentally - or ainst my center, a cruel reminder of what had just nearly happened He held out a hand to lift ht eesture It would have been childish and would only s worse I slidhih s

Bruiser took the blade and held out his other hand, patient but deain and undid the knife sheath He stared at s and the shadowed V above them, his eyes like a heated caress from ankles to the top of the dress split, only inches froo And where I had been planning to let hi the skirt open wider Okay, it wasthwarted or declawed And neither was I I placed the sheath in his hand

"Any other weapons?" he asked, desire h

His question made me want to raise a hand to my hair and the hidden implements there, but that would have been stupid "Yeah," I said "Killer legs"

Bruiser ht went out of him He leaned across, slid an ar h I rested both hands on his shoulders, lips parted Holdinguntil the tip of his finger touched the body sh and he kissednow, but pretty sure it wasn&039;t heading to any kind of sexual satisfaction I was right But when he pulled away, it ith obvious reluctance His thuht a shiver "Killer legs, eh? You do indeed" He ski and back up, to pause just out of reach of any kind of satisfaction "When this is over, I&039; you there for a week"

I flushed hotly and Beast purred happily deep inside me I wasn&039;t sure what "this" was, but I nodded and said, "Two"

His eyes went hot and dark His voice dropped to a burr "Two"

I sat, his hand on ure out what to do next The silence stretched, and I was pretty sure he aiting fora subject at random, I said, "Why did Madame Melisende lose her clientele?"