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Abruptly so inside her broke and to her utter humiliation she burst into tears

"Youbastard"

Apparently as shocked as she was by her emotionaldirectly in front of hi as his thu to hurt you"

She sniffed, telling herself that she wasn’t coentle touch

He was aacold-blooded leech

"You already have," she ed by her accusation "What have I done?"

Was he serious? She lifted her are rash on her inner arm

"This, for one thing"

His jaw tightened, as if angered by her reminder of the crimson mark "Don’t blame me That’s entirely your fault" He lifted his own ar rash

"I don’t" Her words faltered Wait How could he have the same exact rash as her? Was it so like it All right, there was the brand between mated vampires that was supposed to be some sort of red tattoo, but it couldn’t be that Impossible Abruptly she remembered his fury as he’d ripped off his jacket and her heart stuttered to a painful halt "Oh crap Is that"

"Amark," he assured her in icy tones

She shook her head, stu backward as her brain refused to accept what he was saying

"How’s that possible? I thought leeches had to exchange blood to becos on her arm, as if she could rub thee to murder each other"

He curled back his lips to reveal his fully extended fangs Yep Definitely ered theinstinct It was primitive Uncivilized

And not at all a reason for her stomach to flutter as if she were

Excited?

No Way

"I don’t care how it happened," she said, an edge of panic in her voice "Just get rid of it"

He lifted a dark brow, his pale eyes reflecting the overhead light "And hoould you suggest I do that?"

"I" She licked her dry lips

"Yes?"

She wrapped her arms around her body, which continued to shake with uncontrollable tremors "How do vaaze, his expression gri"

"Isn’t it?"

She frowned Was this some sort of trick? Did he think she’d intentionally tried to trap theether? "Of course not"

"You can’t feel htly touching the narrow valley between her breasts "Here"

An erotic burst of heat speared through her at his touch A heat that was nearly as shocking as the realization he was right

She could feel hi frustration His barely leashed fury

His unwanted arousal

She’d tried to tell herself that the sensations were just an echo of the spell that had bound the hollow

He wasa part of her