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Anwyn’s slied out of the caras a butterfly floated by The delicate creature chose to rest on her fingers, as if it knew there was nothing to fear It had no concern or awareness of its alien environ over aup into a blue sky punctured not by skyscrapers and s clouds

As Anwyn turned her hand, the butterflya bowl, and then closed over it, holding the creature within that gentle cage The butterfly continued to rest, puers opened and it fleherever butterflies went

The clouds closed back in, her ainst the wall, breathing hard, gulping for oxygen He realized he’d run the circuit five, maybe ten times, and only now had he run out of breath Even two th and endurance His senses were razor sharp His physical senses, at least His head was stuffed with cotton,froht about ignoring it Anould call with her an, so he withdrew itJacobIntuitive bastard Gideon had thought about calling hiht in South A Lord Mason at the moment It was Jacob’s bedtime Two, there was no way he could have that conversation So he’d quelled the urge, and yet here Jacob was, on the line Being a night owl, or whatever the reverse was for a vaot

He snapped it open "Have you fucked guys for her?" he demanded

He wanted to ask the entirely reverse question--Have you let a guy fuck you?--but he just couldn’t go there Had that night with Lyssa and Jacob done so to him? Fuck, no He didn’tNot once had he wanted Jacob during that interlude with Lyssa, and the idea of it repulsed hiotten even ht about the things that happened to your mind when you spent toova the occasional hooker Yeah, he was the poster boy for deviance

But on his run, he’d reviewed every guy he’d ever h school, some of the va down for huntingNot even a twinge And yet his an, in a lithe, loose squat by theover his broad shoulders The way the auntlet, the crease in his brohen he asked questions about it

He’d even had an involuntary half drea up behind hiers in the shirt, drawing Daegan to his feet But Anas behind Gideon, turning hian’s e the as her fangs pierced hian’s hands slid just as possessively over hers on his ass, around to his hips, as his fangs sank into hi, and hard as a rock, still experiencing erotic tres he couldn’t face now

Distantly, he are that Jacob had cleared his throat at his jarring greeting "Hold on a round noises faded as if his brother had stepped into a roorandson were in the kitchen with us I thought this ht be a little inappropriate for a kid’s ears Would you like to repeat that now?"

Not likely"You heardpimp eyed him, but when Gideon flipped out his switchblade to pare his nails, theaway "Daotten yourself involved with a female vampire somehow, haven’t you?"

"It’s complicated, and I’m not in the et it sorted out h, I swear I will coh you’re still a big, badass vaet in a punch or two before you drill hter was not my first response Gideondid sheAre you marked?"

"I would expect that’s why I called you earlier," Gideon said between gritted teeth

The lo curses was impressive, not only for the creativity, but for the fact that Jacob didn’t rile easily, despite their shared Irish blood When he did, he riled up hard It made Gideon feel better Of course, he thrived on adversity, asshole that he was

"Gideon, hell, I don’t even knohere to start You know about vaht, how to take one down But do you understand what it’s like to live with them? As part of their lives? It’s not your kind of life Not even close"

"It’s not perets a real servant Would you stop being aquestion?"

"Yes I have"

It was so direct, Gideon had to rewind "Things like that are part of being a servant," Jacob added

"Like bringing her tea or doing her nails" Gideon stared at the concrete ground "How’d you feel about it? You hated it, but you did it for her?"

"That would be the cowardly response" Jacob gave a half chuckle Envy gripped Gideon His brother sounded so relaxed about fucking ahis handsover his hands on his dick, not even touching it directly