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Because she sure as hell wouldn’t choose a woman She’d choose soainst like she’d rubbed against his, those slow strokes, with her lips suckling at his throat It would hten on her hips,over his lips

He thrust that away "But I meant what I said earlier I’ll knohen it’s tio Or you will

But that won’t happen until you don’t need er I pro to trust you Give round and do this" He took another several steps forhen he saw her gaze drift down to his throat, linger there with a hunger that tightened his groin anewHell, I’vetih Why should this be any different?

Wisely, he chose not to share that with her, though he expected if she’d been looking at his face, she’d have been intuitive enough to figure it out But he did trust his gut It told him to do what he did now He closed the distance between theht?" His voice was thick, e her his only focus At last she gave hiether, her face getting that resolute look that told hi the responsibility for it, even though fear lingered in her eyes For him For what it would mean to them both

He wouldn’t let her worry He’d take the consequences of all of it

Slowly, he closed his hands over hers, loosened her fingers so the blanket slipped off her shoulders like a queen’s cape, pooled around her ankles "You’re so beautiful," he murmured It didn’t matter that her flesh was bloodstained or her hair snarled No oddess He bent then, slid his arm under her back and knees, lifted her in his arms She curled hers around his shoulders, and when herbeneath the press of her lips

He got her to the sofa before the rush of blood from his head to his cock couldback into overdrive as if resuht where they’d left off He kept her in his ehs, but she turned to straddle hiainst the couch so she could run her fingers down his chest and abdomen, pull the shirt back up andred streaks that arched hi color, he dropped his head back, staring up at the ceiling, giving it all to her He didn’t want to look for Daegan, see what he was doing He wanted only this, the feel of her body on his, the slow press of her breasts to his chest as she leaned in, the heated touch of her breath against his throat

Do it, sweetheart Just do it Whatever it will s pressed into that sa a rich pain He heard a quiet an had instructed her to do what all vampires could do Erase pain with a release of pheroh the blood, take an already straining arousal to a bursting ache

Here it came He hadn’t needed that, wanted it, but his body was helpless not to respond A lowhers He forced hiy quickly beca hi constriction of his jeans, cruel Mistress that she was, her hard nipples pressed against his chest She caught both of his arms, pressed them to the couch cushions on either side of his hips, her small hands curved into the crook of his elbows to hold hi into the pillows

Then the power of that second- control of hishis body jerk against hers Herhe could do to stop it It was as if his brain were ainto those waters, an inexorable force that belonged there Though he knehat a second h hiht ht this

She was talking, with a voice like velvet and feathers, equal parts unconscious seduction and soothing co in his head, clear as if she were talking outright His awareness of her went beyond the proxi touch She was inside hi door that couldn’t slow, bringing in and sending out infor He could handle that, but there was soes of his awareness As she continued to press deeper into hisshadows that weren’t funny Their red eyes promisedshe’d ever endured before, that would be , lose it all

She Not him She This was her mind Anwyn’s He was in her mind, one foot in hers and one foot in his, and he couldn’t withdraw frouely aware of heroff his lap as he confir, even if it was just his physical body The shadow creatures laughed, and behind them he sensed her fear as he pulled away and left her alone with thee forward, to grab hold of that corner of fear and follow it to her, to Anwyn’s helpless mind Instead, he was yanked forward and pulled down, a sickening falling sensation As he flailed, his mind burned with pain, eyes blinded by blood, all of hi voices and suffocating anguish

Fuck, his jaas broken Gideon rolled over to his side and spat blood, then realized he’d just spit onto the carpet Pushing up to one ar near his ears--no, inside his ears He shook his head, but it was i fro, his jaw hurt and he couldn’t seeet up At least he hadn’t soiled himself, as far as he could tell

When hands closed on his shoulders, he jerked forward, trying to grope for a knife, but he was disoriented as hell, and could grab hold of only an ar hi Faance Daegan "Take it slow You’re all right"