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"Ara, don’t bite hi me

Arthur looked up at him, confused "Didn’t know you cared"

I wrappedfro we need now is the death of a vauely aware of Mikeaway, but had to narrow myself in and focus only on the blood--only on the feel of it taking the burn away, like creae to bite Arthur seared worse I could I could bite hiive hiht

"Okay, that’s enough" Mike grabbed my shoulder and rolledh my heart, turned to a flush of heat in my cheeks as I felt the air between us

"Sorry, Arthur" I wiped et a little carried aith blood"

He bowed his head, rolling his sleeve down his already healed arm "Do not think on it, Princess It is row taller then, taking o" As he led hts "Back to work--all of you Blade, you’re in charge"

Thank you, Arthur, Iaway at et a chance to see if he heard me

The cool breeze and soft kiss of rain on my cheeks outside shocked my warm body My heart started faster and the taste of Arthur on ertips to the

"How could you?" Mike said, eyes forward, practically dragging me away

"What? Drink his blood?"

"Yes! How could you let yourself--?" His face contorted with disgust, his fingers tightening on h Get over it" I whipped rip "I’m a vauy You’re a girl Doesn’t asped loudly "How dare you? I would never--"

"Don’t play stupid, Ara We all saw the lust take hold" He pointed to the training hall

I dropped my hands to my hips "It’s not my fault It’s a part of the process"

"Precisely why you are never to drink his blood again Do I make myself clear?" He towered overlike a flarew taller in front ofto take all ofmy chin to seem taller "I can eat frooing to stop ainst the white bricks of the training hall, rubbing furiously at his brow "Ara Please Co a stubborn little brat You know you shouldn’t drink from him and you knohy"

As the heat of lust and the adrenaline si of acquiescence "Well, it doesn’t matter, because I don’t want his blood anyway," I huffed, folding my arms "And if I did, I’d have it You can’t tell ht I did feel the lust I did feel the desire to move my lips up Arthur’s arm and find his mouth, and I kneas artificial So, I wouldn’t drink his blood again--if I could help it But I wasn’t about to be controlled by Mike, either

"It’s my job to tell you what to do--when it comes to your safety"

"Arthur won’t hurtyou I’ He stiffened quickly and dropped his arm back down to his side "Look, I’ ordered around, but, please--" He stepped intoed "Like I said, I don’t want it"

"Fine" He let go ofahead "But if I catch you alone with hi, and I will forcibly remove you"

"You so will not!"

He stopped then and turned to face me "Yes, I will I promised David I’d watch out for you when it comes to Arthur I won’t let you make the mistake I know you’re capable of, Ara"

"Wait? What rabbed his sleeve

"You know da about" He looked down at me, his caramel eyes narrowed "I listened to your heart, Ara, while you drank from him--as did Arthur You’re lucky only one other person in that room is immortal, or they would all have heard it, too"

"It’s just the blood lust, Mike," I called as he walked away again

"That’s bullshit, Ara, and you know it"

"Hu!" I huffed and followed hi you don’t kno to control yourself when it comes to your heart"

I bolted--Lilithian speed--and stood in front of hi his path "My heart?"

His eyes shifted before stopping on the ground by his feet "You think you want soet it, Ara--which, by the point you realise it’s not what you wanted, you’ve already destroyed it"

My stomach dropped "Mike? Is this about Arthur--or about you?"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>