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I gain some composure and roll off of her toat one another "I thought vampires didn’t make love"

I’m at a loss "They don’t Ever Nor do they have the desire to"

Her hand finds mine and she squeezes it "Well we did and it wasn’t just sex It was so else as well Did you feel it?"

I’m not experienced in the sex department but even I know that wasn’t a normal act of intimacy "Yes There was definitelyI need to tell you" I hear the worry in her voice but I never want her to be frightened to tell

"Okay"

She breathes in deeply and her lips puff out as she exhales "I sensed your existence long before the night you ca as I can re froh that crowd of vampires at Vincent’s I knew you were the one I had been waiting for uiled by her? It’s not because she’s a blood jewel? "I was drawn to you the second I laid eyes on you I wanted to rescue and protect you but I had no idea why It almost killed me to walk out of that house without you in my arms"

She closes her eyes and sht now?"

I know exactly what she’s talking about It’s our special connection–the intense one we feel while I’est it’s ever been "Yes I feel how happy–but confused–you are right now"

She opens her eyes and her brorinkles in confusion "And I sense the same about you but you don’t seem quite as confused as "

I’d call it hopeful suspicion "Do you have a birth?"

My hope gainsposition and rolls her left shoulder forward Her right arm crosses her chest and she reaches around to point at her upper shoulder blade "Right here But Ibirthmark you’ll ever see It looks like an albino butterfly"

And there it is–a ht It’s what I wanted to seein the world I think it’s the proof of what I suspect I can’t stop the happy laughter erupting from my lips as I reach out to touch it "Oh, Avery"

"What?"

I playfully push her down onto the bed and cli into her eyes "This ápe"

Chapter Seven

Curry and Sebastian are looking at me from across my desk as they wait to hear the reason I’ve asked them to join me in my office How do I do this? I haven’t a clue How do I dare to explain how I’ve been secretly drinking from Avery for weeks? Or worse–what happened between us in her bedroo choice of words If she’s ápe then what happened was natural And inevitable But what if I’ here in silence is beco aard I don’t kno to start this conversation so I’ht with you?"

We’ll see if it is after I get their verdict "So has happened It’s quite serious and it ry with lance at one another and a quick look passes between them before they turn back tothat’s been happening betweenme to jump to conclusions

Curry clears his throat "You can tell us anything We won’t judge"

We’d see about that "I love Avery I have from the first moment I saw her but I didn’t realize it was affection that I was feeling I assu out to ht her here and I realized he wasn’t being drawn to her the way I was"

This catches Sebastian’s attention because he sits up and appears very interested "And you felt this way about her before you drank her blood?"

"Yes And I discovered soht Her blood didn’t appeal tofrom her was … beautiful We connected on an entirely different level It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced And afterwards–I could still feel her" I place my hand over ht here since that night"