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"Hello, Noah"

He licked his lips "Khira"

"Didn&039;t you get e?"

He nodded, histo leave toht"

"You were supposed to leave last week"

"I I had some some matters of business that I had to take care of"

A smile curved her lips He wondered if it wasinto his shoulder, the nails piercing the cloth and the skin beneath The smell of blood filled the air His blood Red Dark

He stared at her, s "After tonight, you won&039;t have to worry about business anyhed softly He was a tall th at all coth As a hts, without physical strength Subject to her father&039;s will, she&039;d had nothing to say about her life, her future Had her father been so inclined, he could have sold her and no one would have questioned his decision But now - ah, now - no man on earth was her equal or her master

"Khira please"

"Vampire blood is the sweetest of all," she s deep in his throat, and drank and drank, drinking his strength and his blood, his ainst her, his heart beating frantically His hands clawed at her, locking on her arms in an effort to break her hold, but to no avail His essence filled her, flooded her, warmed her She held him to her until his heart beat its last, until the spark that had been Noah Fox ceased to exist and all that remained was a dry, empty husk

She left the body concealed behind a cluht would dispose of the re behind

Licking the blood from her lips, she left the park