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Etienne was up and gone when she woke Rachel yawned and stretched in bed, sry ht had been better than any erotic dreaht any dream could beat out reality

Etienne hadhad continued on into the ether, exhausted and finally satisfied

Rachel grinned at the drapes over the bed, then sat up and tossed the tangled sheets aside The y than anyone she&039;d ever met, and three hundred years of skill to back it up Etienne had done things to her that , she hurried into the bathrooht to the shower

She probably could have used a cold shower at that point--which was hard to believe after the --but it was true She chose a war the pounding of the water on her head and back for severalher hair Her body was still tre and sensitive Rachel wasn&039;t sure if it was the Sweet Ecstasy still affecting her, or siiven her, but every scrape of the washcloth over her wet flesh ain The

Out of the shower, Rachel dried herself off, dressed, and ran a brush through her hair She paused to make a face at herself in the bathroom mirror, then hurried out of the rooain, just to be close to hirinned at her ard thoughts as she jogged downstairs The silent house didn&039;t surprise or worry her, and she headed directly for the base she would find Etienne there He was no doubt working at his computer

He was in his office, but while he was seated at his desk, the co on the phone Rachel walked up behind him and rested her hands tentatively on his shoulders as he spoke into the handpiece When he immediately reached up with his free hand to cover one of hers, she s only then that she had not been completely sure of his welcome Etienne had claimed he&039;d wanted her for days, but that didn&039;t ht also have lost interest in her now that their passion was satisfied It hadn&039;t happened

"Great! I&039;ll watch for hi up the phone The moment it clicked into place, he stood and turned to pull her into his ar, beautiful How are you feeling?"

Rachel flushed and kissed the tip of his nose "Famished"

Etienne chuckled "You&039;re insatiable"

"Yes, I ary-faed her, then took her hand and led her out of his office "Yes, so a Bastien to send over soet here soon, but in the meantime" He paused as they stepped into the kitchen, his eyes shooting to thein the back door and searching the darkness outside

"What is it?" Rachel asked curiously Stepping to his side, she peered out into the large yard behind the house She&039;d looked out at it both in daylight and at night, and it was lovely at both tiarden, and lots of trees

"I thought I saw soave her hand a squeeze "Wait here I just want to take a quick look around"

He was out the door before Rachel could co, and watched hi around to see if she could see anyone lurking about, but her gaze got caught on his behind and seeht it He had better night vision than she did, anyway And really it was a nice view A very nice view Rachel had never realized how attractive a rab it and squeeze it and

"Must be the effects of that drink," she aze returned to his behind again the ht be best to join hi the door slide closed behind her, she walked silently to hi?" she asked in a whisper, a tad distracted by his scent He sood Yuood the few times she&039;d had her face in his neck and had inhaled the scent of hi next to hi, she realized, and found herself pleased Perhaps she would be able to control her teeth soon And even drink blood That straw trick Thomas had shown her worked nicely But she would rather be able to drink it straight out of a glass like the rest of the tea with half the cup filled with ht have been mistaken It could have just been a shadow"

"Haze slipping to his neck He really did sh to eat, even For so porterhouse steak, nice and rare

Off the hoof Marguerite&039;s words came into her head, and Rachel&039;s eyes widened in horror

"What is it? Do you see so?" Etienne asked when she stepped abruptly away

"No," Rachel said, guilt overwhelo inside now, don&039;t you think? It&039;s rather cold out here" It was unseasonably cold, and neither of the a jacket Not that she&039;d noticed the cold until it was a handy excuse

"Are you cold?"

"No," she ad? I should be freezing It&039;s a cold night out here, Etienne"

"Your body&039;s more efficient than it used to be You don&039;t have to worry about cold or frostbite or anything anyo in You&039;ll use upwarm and will need to feed that ry"

"Desperately hungry," Rachel agreed Her gaze found his neck, and she looked aith discouy should be here soon with breakfast," he said reassuringly He walked back to the door "It will probably be Thomas He often runs errands like that"

"Oh That&039;s nice of hirabbed the door handle and turned it, then turned it back "What is it?"

"Uh Rachel, did you unlock the door or just let it close?"

"You unlocked the door I just let it close behind rimaced "The door locks auto We&039;re locked out"

"What?" She stepped up to his side and turned the door handle, but to her horror the door stayed closed "We can&039;t be locked out, Etienne"

"I&039;m afraid we are" He sounded more amused than upset

Rachel wasn&039;t amused She was already fa like a tasty treat, and if the colda stern look on him, she ordered, "Clih-tech security syste like that"

"Well, can&039;t you bypass it or so?"

"Sure I could, but reck my system to save myself a couple of minutes in the cold? Whoever delivers the blood will have a cell phone I can call Bastien and have hi my extra set of house keys We&039;ll only be out here a couple of ht I can show you arden up close You&039;ve only seen it fro--"

"Etienne," Rachel began with irritation, then held her tongue She was suddenly reluctant to ad like breakfast Her previous revulsion at biting people had been eased quite a bit by their love bites Noas as good a time as any to find out whether she could control herself She didn&039;t want to bite one of her co-workers one night when she was feeling peckish

"What is it?" Etienne pro," she said at last "Show , Etienne took her hand He led her back out into the yard and around the fountain to the e backyard Rachel could only think that he obviously lived on the outskirts of Toronto She couldn&039;t be sure, however, since the yard was surrounded by a huge privacy fence thatherself to ask hiarden as he pointed out and naarden, obviously ht, which she supposed hts here and there that she supposed were for highlighting, but none of theht Rachel didn&039;t have any trouble seeing, however She guessed that uerite had said it would She ry Her body was actually beginning to cramp with her need to feed Since Etienne didn&039;t appear to be suffering the saatwith an apple in its ed her eyes away from his luscious neck and forced a shtly Without thinking, shethee hi his lips with eager passion Rachel sighed into his mouth with relief that it was so easy, then broke the kiss and began to trail her lips over his cheek to his ear She nibbled lightly and teased, "You sh to eat"

Etienne chuckled at her words, but his laughter died quickly and he stiffened in her ar his neck "Er, Rachel honey? I think you ood idea for you to--aaah!"

His warning died as she found hih his jeans and squeezed His breath i in her ear as she fondled him "Well, hed huskily and licked his neck She really didn&039;t have any idea what she was doing, was just following her instincts--and she instinctually wanted to lick his neck Actually, Rachel wanted to lick everywhere Etienne was like a big lollipop, or perhaps a Tootsie Pop She wanted to kno et to the center of this Tootsie Pop, but knew she would bite long before she ever found out

Rachel licked his neck again, her tongue running over the vein, sensing it with a natural ability that startled her She wanted so badly to bite hier She supposed it wasn&039;t unlike a drug addict jonesing for a fix She needed it bad, but it see herself to do it She had bitten hiht, but always in the throes of passion Rachel was feeling pretty passionate about hiht She had to fix that

Releasing her hold on hirasped his collar, and tugged his shirt open Etienne just grinned as the buttons snapped off Rachel was a little less sangfroid She hadn&039;t expected that, thought perhaps one button ht pop and then she&039;d have to undo the others th that was to be hers

Her surprise only slowed her down for aalrowl purr from her throat and let her hands slide over that exposed flesh His skin was cool and s in pleasure, she leaned forward to press her lips to the skin over his heart The beat beneath was strong He was vital and strong, and she wanted hi her head back, Rachel slid a hand into his hair and dren his face She covered his lips with hers, rubbing the her mouth to catch and nip at his bottom lip with her teeth She drew on it until it slipped from her teeth with a small plop that h play for Etienne Gathering her in his ar, no teasing kiss He covered her ue out to separate her lips Rachel opened to hiue forward to led and slid against each other

An answeringthe kiss somewhat She let her lips drift away over his chin and down along his throat, inhaling the scent of hiular She coasted her lips down his chest, pausing at first one nipple to nip and suckle and flick at it with her tongue, then to the other to do the same Her nails ran firmly over his back as she did, so that he definitely felt it, but she drew no blood

When Etienne groaned and arched and caught at her arms to attehed teasingly and si her head back, she smiled up at him wickedly and reached for the snap of his jeans Etienne sucked in a startled breath as she undid them, then seemed to hold it as she dren the zipper

Rachel let her smile widen, then reached inside to pull out his member She knew she had made a mistake the moment she leaned forward to take hie to bite almost irresistible Rachel could actually feel the blood pulsing and throbbing beneath the fragile skin covering his hard shaft

Dear God, it would be like biting a sausage, she thought faintly The juices would squirt thick and sweet into herthat ht was oddly erotic It was also rather horrifying Rachel couldn&039;t believe she was kneeling before a iven her so ht before Jeez, it seeo back to work yet If she was conteer

"Rachel?"

She lifted her eyes the length of his body and one still with hi herself a mental shake, she raised a hand to hold the base of his th of his ain She could do this She could resist She had to, Rachel told herself firmly She had to prove to herself that she could resist anything, that she would be safe around her co-workers, that even with temptation this close--in her roan fro his length again, her tongue working his flesh with an interest that see vein it followed Just a little bite, her ht aside and drew hi aware of his responses Rachel had experienced the sensation several ti for both of the waves of excitement and desire This time was different, however Her mind, preoccupied as it ith the need to feed, was not aroused, and so she was now experiencing only his passion and pleasure It flooded herevery corner with the sensations he was experiencing, sensations of almost unbearable pleasure

The feel of her oarth of him was a pleasure she would never have experienced as a mere human The scrape of her teeth over the tip of hiether as a new ache settled there It was such pleasure-pain, she repeated the action several tiain without shattering

Aware that these thoughts reflected Etienne&039;s state as well as her own, and unwilling to end the pleasure so soon, Rachel changed the rhythm of her caresses Etienne&039;s disappointment touched her like his pleasure, and she s her free hand up his jean-encased thighs, she tightened the hold she had on the base of his ue over his flesh

"Rachel" It was a plea for release, but she was feeling heartless She was hungry--both for blood and pleasure She wanted to et, and since she was experiencing it with hi exactly how it felt and affected hi, she thought vaguely They would never again doubt their ability to pleasure aon him to verbalize what he liked or didn&039;t They would siood They would also share in the enjoyment of the experience in a way not nor She was feeling what he was feeling, and kneas again ready to burst So was she, so this tie technique or rhythers would not be denied

He cried out and exploded into her mouth a heartbeat before her own body climaxed Rachel&039;s mind suffused with his pleasure and her own; then her newer instincts took over and she sank her canines into the vein her tongue had been toying with She felt Etienne&039;s startled reaction, then felt her own pleasure hit hih her teeth The two sensations blended together, flowing back and forth between thethen each ti could seean to sway before her, Rachel allowed her teeth to retract, freeing him Then she sat back weakly as he dropped to his knees before her