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"I know" Anwyn rubbed her forehead "But he needs things fro an I’hed at herself, a note of despair in her voice "You know, the first ti jealous It’s never been like that I saw hiers down her throat, rested the the pulsing vein above it, the soft skin "As I knew you were s aren’t mutually exclusive in our world, Anwyn You know that If I envied hi, it was the intimacy and trust you offered him so quickly, but another part of e between us in this stubborn ht" She cocked her head, feeling that tiny flaain
"You admire him Youcare for him"
"Once we resolve your transition issues, Gideon’s future will concern me far more than yours You are uniquely prepared to be a va else Everything you’ve been and done here has prepared you for it The games of Dominance and subames, are what the world of varound, and you have graduated I think, in some respects, you will embrace that world in a way no forced va in your blood" He gave a self-deprecating chuckle "I wanted you as my servant, but in truth, perhaps what drew me to you was that you were a vampire in every other way but blood" He shook his head at her aoes, the ar, Anwyn I believe part of it may be his brother’s transition and service to Lady Lyssa It was a catalyst that gave him a different view into the vampire world, and yet he has made his life’s work the eradication of vampires Since that started with a loss from which I don’t think he’s ever fully recovered, he is at a dangerous turning point"
"Yes," sheof how she’d seen it, felt it froht a ht you, as well as a desire to serve you
You like that challenge You were seeking the one who you could love and protect with all you are, the sa of the souls that can come from that That is the true hope of the vampire-servant relationship I saw the seed of that, the first ti him, and I see the possibility for it in hiested that, but lifted her gaze back to hian? Why does it feel like Gideon is my heart, and you are my soul, and without either one of you I’m a shell?"
"It does ood to hear it,cherAsyourself with his freedos to you, or it ends for hiaze "What do you an shifted "I was supposed to terets differently I convinced the Council as long as he was helping me do my job, no matter how inadvertently, that I would monitor him and it could help us all Fortunately, Gideon’s connection through his brother to Lady Lyssa, who has great influence in our world, made many of the Councilhis life But Gideon’s solitude, his insistence onvaain, very recently The night he came to you, he killed a vampire who did not deserve his brand of justice It has been reported to the Council, and therefore would have been his death sentence The final straw"
"No" She shook her head veheainst her lips "Because you haveas he stays your servant"
"I’m his only hope of survival"
"Youhis hand in her hair, he ed her scalp as she turned her head into the caress, seeking it like a worried cat "I haven’t told you this to put more pressure on you, Anwyn, but I knohat kind of woht for yourself, I know you will fight for another, with everything you have"
"You knew that about hi a servant" She put her hand over his, her eyes searching his face in the se for truth from this complicated creature
"I think you and he are well suited as vaan, why are you leaving?"
He shifted,intensity "The truth is, you need me to serve as your sire and champion now, more than you need me as a lover While you claim to have accepted it wasn’t my fault, you aren’t certain you’ll ever be able to fully trust or open your heart to me, because of how it happened Because of ere before it happened And ere not A?" She wanted to deny it, but he could see in her mind, couldn’t he? Of course, he’d said he wouldn’t do that unless it was necessary Either way, she couldn’t deny it, though it made her throat ache, the inscrutable eyes that she sensed held so s about it Five yearsthe deepest, ripped her, so out of reach
But then she focused on that smooth voice, and realized it was like a sealed Pandora’s box, exploding with the pressure of soher intuition, she really noticed the way his gaze dwelled on her face, how still the powerful body was It was as if he had a leashed need that was quivering like a dog h pressure on the collar to choke hiain of the things they’d shared, sreen park lawn under a star-filled sky Their truth was in those shtly touched her throat When they slept together, he would do that, lay the pads of his fingers on her pulse, a constant provocative presence that followed her into drea to leave her She could tell there was no way to change that right now He did have the responsibility to the Council, but ht Maybe she needed the space to think But now she thought she knehat Gideon would have said to her, earlier, if she’d given hi But she daood-bye
"So selfless" Standing sloatching the way his eyes followed her up, she trailed her fingers along his knee, a slow provocation that drew his gaze back down to her touch "A vampire takes what she wantsThat’s what you told me when you made me mark Gideon But you haven’t done that You’ve alanted ht I was ready, all those ed your ers drifted across to the other thigh, narrowlythe pleasurable curve of testicles that stretched the deni, reht I think I do know an Rei I don’t think you’ll ever let o when you disappeared those six aped open, revealed the deep cleft between her breasts It also cleverly parted along the knee, showing a silky length of thigh
His gaze covered all those areas, then rose to her face "Come back down here" Her lip curved, a sensual taunt whose iaze went even ht? I expect you could make me do whatever you want" He executed that quick movement she could never follow, like the part in a ainst his victi on the screen, so thrilling when it was him He’d stayed in the chair, but his ar her forward into hihs He pulled her do enough to clasp her hips and fasten his asped, he nudged her head to the side, giving hirew heavier as he sipped at her skin, with a restrained fervency that almost overwhelhtened where they rubbed high on his chest She wanted his mouth to move down her sternu her nipples, nursing her to cli advantage of e of it, the way she’d so quickly discovered it with Gideon She couldn’t bla the terip her ass, kneading under the thin satin, the silky friction waking erogenous zones all through her sensitive buttocks His touch was rough, i tender That was all right
I feel you, Daegan I know you’re in there, deep inside You can fuck me like a whore, and I’ll still cherish every touch, every de how much you want me You’ll come back to me, because you’re as much a part of us as we are of you
He cursed, pulled her forward, his hard thigh between her legs, and now she dropped lower, rubbing her pussy against the denirowl
"What do you want, Daegan?" she whispered "Tell me"
In the midst of such demand, his hesitation was unexpected She tossed back her loose hair, and lifted his strong face to her For once, he allowed her to see eaze, and it took her breath, her heart