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"Do not we all?" She came around to stand in front of y, you and I Even no, killing" She gave a delicate shudder "We are all each other’s prey,conquer the weak"

"Noms?"

"Ah, you’re not familiar with the terh others disparagingly call them nom-noms because we feed upon them"

"Like the Cookie Monster?"

"Is that the little blue creature?"

"Uh, yeah" I felt the conversation derailing so I jerked it back on track "Don’t you scare noms half to death so you can feed off thes would be most bland"

"But Dad said your kind feeds on fear That you like to play with your food before you kill it"

"I admit I do enjoy a fresh kill when it is prey, but I neither kill nor eat humans" She looked into the distance "I suppose others ofhave different tastes I truly have no idea since I haven’t seen another of my kind in years"

I gave her a suspicious look "My dad also said never to trust felycans, that you’re fickle"

"Well, I am female, Justin" She smirked "Perhaps you can trust oals are"

"I want to save ing indolently on the roof now that they’d eaten "I know several toht with you, but it will be their choice Once I transfor back It is also very difficult to keep theer"

I decided to play duer?"

"Oh yes I alected to tell you"

"I only found out what I am yesterday He didn’t have time to fill me in on every little nuance"

"Of course not," she said, patting my hand "I honestly know little of your kind, but I do know your brethren are very unpleasant to deal with, not to mention demonic in nature" She shuddered delicately "Your psychic energy, however, is positively top-notch In any case, my lamb, I was pleasantly surprised to make your acquaintance"

"You tried to force yourself onmy acquaintance?"

She wrinkled her nose "That I did, and I am very sorry But you are so delectable I could just dandle you onwas and I had no desire to find out "What were you going to do to me?"

"I would have taken some of your essence just as you do to your prey I can smell your delicious aroma whenever you are around" She sniffed the air in rinned "It excites e her chin, "I can help you in exchange for inal terms"

I really didn’t have a choice "I suppose But nothing permanent"

"You ask ive us a chance? I prohtful" She alhed "Stacey, kiss ood sir"

"Very funny I just need to see sorew heavy, her eyes closed Our lips ainst , but her tongue felt nor to feel so that wouldthat would ain without hesitation

One of her hands stroked htly down ue It definitely didn’t feel rough In fact, it felt pretty aainst my chest, andher fir

My body reacted, its second brain springing awake in anticipation of ravishing this shapely teuy worth his salt wouldn’t be aroused after kissing like that? But it hadn’t been h my veins with a desire to consume her and make her part of me Despite the physical allure, her kiss had been but a pale reled with a kiss Whether I had a soul or not, Elyssa affected a part of me beyond the physical and I would never have that with Stacey

"Why can’t I get her out of my mind?" I shouted to the sky in exasperation